Decommissioning Trails

Decommissioning Trails Skill Definition:

Demonstrated ability to plan and implement the closure, reclamation, and revegetation of a trail segment.


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Resources for Decommissioning Trails

Trail Decommissioning & Wildland Restoration
Trail Decommissioning & Wildland Restoration

Learn how to put a campsite and section of trail to bed so that it returns to nature without erosion. Some call this “trail magic,” or “Zen and the Art of Wilderness Gardening” because, if properly done, the old scars disappear, replaced by a…

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Upcoming Trainings for Decommissioning Trails

Sustainable Trail Building One-Year Certificate Program
Sustainable Trail Building One-Year Certificate Program

September 09, 2024

Lyndonville, Vermont

Custom Trainings

There are 49 trainers on TrailSkills
with Decommissioning Trails experience.

Kevin

Kevin Simpson

Mountain Surf Creative

Contractor Trainer Higher Education

Quincy, CA

Kevin founded Mountain Surf Creative in 2023 as a way to bring creative solutions to trail related…

Marc

Marc Hildesheim

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Vaughn, MT

Marc Hildesheim is a lifelong OHV enthusiasts who lives in Eastern Washington with his wife, three…

William

William Jones

USDA Forest Service

Trainer Agency

Hood River, OR

In my sixth year working wilderness, motorized, and non-motorized trails for the Forest Service;…

Daniel

Daniel Whitaker

American River Parkway Foundation

Trainer Nonprofit

Carmichael, CA

Began on a trail crew with the Arizona Conservation Corps. We maintained trails in the Coronado…

Jennifer

Jennifer Medina-Gray

Trainer Agency Corps

Albuquerque, NM

Kim

Kim Frederick

Chinook Associates LLC

Contractor Trainer Agency Corps Nonprofit Higher Education

Golden, CO

Kim Frederick has over 45 years of experience in the design, development and management of…

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Hire Workers

There are 180 profiles on TrailSkills
with Decommissioning Trails experience.

Jennifer

Jennifer Medina-Gray

Trainer Agency Corps

Albuquerque, NM

Matt

Matt Malone

Nature Trails, LLC

Contractor Trainer

Brevard, NC

Erik

Erik Taylor

Agency

Folsom, CA

Recreation planner and project manager with California State Parks.

Mike

Mike Riter

Trail Design Specialists (Georgia)

Contractor Trainer

Danielsville, GA

We are a full service trail company. Our services include trail design, construction and…

Jeremy

Jeremy Poore

McDowell Tech Community College

Contractor Trainer Higher Education

Old Fort, NC

I'm in the process of building McDowell Tech Trail School into a national-level Trail Construction…

Jake

Jake Carsten

Contractor

Del Rio, TX

Jake Carsten began his career in the bicycle industry in 2011, working on the IMBA-Subaru Trail…

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Trail Skills Collaborators
Federal Highway Administration USDA Forest Service National Park Service Bureau of Land Management
American Trails Professional TrailBuilders Association Partnership for the National Trails System Northern Vermont University Northwest Arkansas Community College Eppley Institute Corps Network