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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Recorded Trainings for Decommissioning Trails

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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.

Allie

Allie Maloney

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Whitefish, MT

Allie Maloney is the Coordinator for the Flathead Trails Association. Her experience includes trail…

Sarah

Sarah Walter

Penn Trails LLC

Contractor Trainer

Carlisle, PA

Sarah is a licensed Landscape Architect in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with prior experience in…

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…

Dylan

Dylan Lang

Conservation Legacy

Trainer Corps

Salida, CO

Don

Don Kelly

USDA Forest Service

Trainer Agency

Marion, VA

I have over 32 years of experience performing conservation, trails, and construction related…

Jerome

Jerome Pelland

Sentiers Boréals, Inc.

Contractor Trainer

Granby

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Hire Workers

There are 184 profiles on TrailSkills
with Decommissioning Trails experience.

Joel

Joel Sather

USDA Forest Service

Agency

Ennis, MT

32 years in the US Forest Service.

Chad

Chad Jordan

Nonprofit

Suttons Bay, MI

wesley

wesley paulos

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Agency

Roanoke, VA

9 years state parks (CO and FL) 12 year DCR-Natural heritage as a land manager and Recreation…

Joshua

Joshua Simpson

USDA Forest Service

Agency

Mccall, ID

Recreation Program Manager for past 20 years; most recently on the Payette NF, in McCall ID where i…

Samantha

Samantha Burt

USDA Forest Service

Agency

Kamas, UT

Stephen

Stephen Crowe

Appalachian Mountain Club

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Cherry Valley, MA

Recruit, train and oversee volunteers to construct rock structures to harden treadway and maintain…

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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