is for everyone too!
Give $30 and you’ll be entered to win a Day Hiking Starter Pack, which includes an REI Trail 25 daypack + a Nalgene waterbottle + an REI beanie!
to give away, so your odds of winning are better than ever!
Anyone who donates their time at a TKO trail party this week (11/28 – 12/4) will also be entered to win!
One of the biggest challenges of outdoor recreation for people with disabilities is a lack of pertinent information. In an effort to make the Oregon Hikers field guide a helpful resource for all trail users, TKO collaborated with Access Recreation to hold a series of training sessions on gathering trail and facility accessibility information. Volunteers learned about the necessity of accessibility information and how to gather it at the trail, and the collected data will be added to the pages of the ten most popular hikes on Oregon Hikers.
One of TKO’s guiding principles is that “trails are for everyone.” Throughout 2022, we sought to expand this to include our youngest trailkeepers with our family friendly stewardship days. These inclusive stewardship events allow families to get active outside, fostering a sense of place and responsibility for our natural spaces that helps to build the next generation of stewards. Most importantly, kids as young as 4 got out on trails and had fun caring for these important urban access points to nature!
Urban trails are a cornerstone to nature access for urban and suburban residents, offering countless physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health benefits. TKO has been busy throughout the Portland Metro Area and beyond in 2023 ensuring that these trails can continue to safely connect communities with the outdoors!
Throughout 2023 TKO has been lucky to participate in some outstanding trail projects in the Willamette and Umpqua River Valleys. These projects, critical to maintaining and reopening trails, allowed volunteers to grow their trail construction skills in some of Oregon’s most beautiful natural areas!
Have you caught the “saw bug” yet? Join TKO on a logout and you just might! This draw to saw work, the itch to feel the saw interact with wood as you cut, captivates many a trail crew member after just one day pulling saw. Saw work is a critical aspect of trail stewardship, and it’s this feeling that TKO has worked to inspire in emerging sawyers across Oregon.
Trailkeepers of Oregon
P.O. Box 14814
Portland, OR 97293
(971) 206-4351