Program Administration and Leadership

Program Administration and Leadership Skills Include:

    Program Budgeting

    Determine the overall costs of programs including tools, consumables, volunteer and staff time, equipment, materials.

    Communications

    Effectively communicate trail and partnership information to trail administrators, trail managers, and the public.

    Contract Administration

    Provide management of trail-related contracts and agreements as well as oversight of contractor activities and deadlines.

    Education and Public Outreach

    Develop and conduct workshops, seminars and other training for employees, public and private sector partners, and others on management issues and policy, direction, and guidelines. Empower others to competently and safely sustain the trail.

    Funding/Grants

    Align trail projects and their specific goals to grant funds. Grant administration includes grant writing, project reporting, financial tracking, and funding/funder communication.

    Inspections/Monitoring

    Monitor and document use and trail conditions to determine impacts on natural, social/experiential, historic, and cultural resources.

    Partnership and Collaboration

    Demonstrate awareness of the capabilities of both (1) one's own agency/organization as well as (2) partners. Develop the capacity to work with a variety of user groups and partners to identify and promote various interests related to trails.

    Policy/Directives/Law

    Apply knowledge of land management agency policies and law (including legislation, regulations, policy, planning, strategy, and management directives/guidelines) to the management of trails.

    Visitor Use Management and Monitoring

    Manage trails for a variety of uses and visitor experiences while meeting trail objectives. Monitor use to evaluate the trail experience (i.e., "Does the trail meet visitor expectations and agency/org. mission?").

    Agreement Development

    Develop contracts, cooperative agreements or memo. of understanding with land managers and partners that address the roles and resp. of all parties and define cooperative relationships.


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Resources for Program Administration and Leadership

Skilled Volunteers and Roles Training
Skilled Volunteers and Roles Training

This guide addresses ways your organization can create and implement strategies to develop skilled volunteer leaders. After reading this guide, you will be able to assess your volunteer leadership needs, identify training resources and begin…

Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook
Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook

Consider this workbook as a starting point. Every project is different. This workbook is intended as a guide to be adapted for specific situations.

Community Outreach
Community Outreach

There are many opportunities to get the word out to your community about your programs and projects – and many ways to ensure you are sharing valuable information and stories about where your programs and projects are taking place, what the…

Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace

The Seven Principles of Leave No Trace provide an easily understood framework of minimum impact practices for anyone visiting the outdoors.

Trail Safe Lesson 1 - Introduction
Trail Safe Lesson 1 - Introduction

Operational Leadership does not replace our existing occupational and safety and health program for the trail, it enhances it by helping us understand human limitations.

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Upcoming Trainings for Program Administration and Leadership

Facilitator Training for Making Meetings Work and Consensus That Works
The Harbinger Consultancy
The Harbinger Consultancy
Move United Education Conference
Move United
Move United
Move United Education Conference

April 22 - 24, 2024

Southeast Conservation Blueprint for Ecosystem Resilience
Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)
Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)
AORE Inclusive Summit
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE)
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE)
AORE Inclusive Summit

April 24, 2024

California Trails & Greenways 2024
California Trails and Greenways Foundation (CTGF)
California Trails and Greenways Foundation (CTGF)
California Trails & Greenways 2024

April 30 - May 03, 2024

2024 Northern California Singletrack Summit
The Watershed Research and Training Center
The Watershed Research and Training Center
2024 Northern California Singletrack Summit

May 03 - 05, 2024

Weaverville, California

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There are 49 trainers on TrailSkills
with Program Administration and Leadership experience.

Andrea

Andrea Hassler

Access Fund

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit Higher Education

Chattanooga, TN

Galeo

Galeo Saintz

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Plettenberg Bay

Galeo Saintz is the co-founder of South Africa’s two longest trail initiatives. For 10 years he…

Landon

Landon Welsh

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Trainer Nonprofit

Seattle, WA

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

Larry

Larry Lechner

Trainer Higher Education

Bellvue, CO

Member of Center for Protected Area Management and Training at Colorado State University,…

Jim

Jim Bedwell

Contractor Trainer

Golden, CO

Thirty-eight years of experience in the US Forest Service in landscape architecture, recreation…

Steve

Steve Kruger

Trainer Nonprofit

Portland, OR

Steve has worked in parks and natural areas for nearly 20 years, around San Francisco, Milwaukee,…

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Adam

Adam Larson

Aaryn

Aaryn Kay

Professional TrailBuilders Association

Contractor Nonprofit

Boulder, CO

Aaryn is the executive director for the Professional TrailBuilders Association (PTBA). She has been…

Emily

Emily Paulson

City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks

Trainer Agency Corps Nonprofit

Boulder, CO

I'm a trail project manager with a background in leading, training & managing trail crew…

Walter

Walter Opuszynski

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation

Agency

Barre, VT

Has worked as a crew leader for the Maine Conservation Corps, as a trail business owner with True…

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…

Chrissy

Chrissy Fichter

Arizona Trail Association

Nonprofit

Tucson, AZ

In my position as Manager of Volunteer Engagement at the Arizona Trail Association, I coordinate…

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