Field-based Resource Protection

Field-based Resource Protection Skill Definition:

Communicate inventory, regulations, and field practices related to resource preservation (e.g., plant and animal species common to the area, invasive species, and threatened resources) to avoid damage during trail projects, and/or maintenance.


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Resources for Field-based Resource Protection

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 Field-based Resource Protection

Custom Trainings

There are 47 trainers on TrailSkills
with Field-based Resource Protection experience.

Andrea

Andrea Hassler

Access Fund

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit Higher Education

Chattanooga, TN

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…

Allie

Allie Maloney

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Whitefish, MT

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

Don

Don Kelly

USDA Forest Service

Trainer Agency

Marion, VA

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

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…

Landon

Landon Welsh

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Trainer Nonprofit

Seattle, WA

Volunteer Training Coordinator for the Pacific Crest Trail Association-- planning trail-wide…

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Hire Workers

There are 161 profiles on TrailSkills
with Field-based Resource Protection experience.

Macfarland

Macfarland Gibson

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI)

Nonprofit

Flagstaff, AZ

Greg

Greg Kopsch

Higher Education

Apex, NC

Landon

Landon Welsh

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Trainer Nonprofit

Seattle, WA

Volunteer Training Coordinator for the Pacific Crest Trail Association-- planning trail-wide…

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…

Frank

Frank Morehouse

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation

Agency

Saratoga Springs, NY

The Regional Trails Team assists New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic…

Matt

Matt Rowell

USDA Forest Service

Agency

Ketchum, ID

I act as a trails and recreation supervisor for the Ketchum Ranger District of the Sawtooth…

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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