$355,000 in Grants to Improve Trails, Trailheads

    Moonshine Ink Staff
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    $355,000 in Grants to Improve Trails, Trailheads
    TAMBA AND TRTA awarded grants by the California Tahoe Conservancy to complete dirt trail network improvements on Forest Service lands. Photo courtesy California Tahoe Conservancy

      LAKE TAHOE

      At its Sept. 18 meeting, the California Tahoe Conservancy Board authorized $355,000 for grants to Tahoe nonprofits for trail and trailhead improvement projects. The grants include:

      • $125,000 to help support the Tahoe Cross-Country Ski Education Association in creating a new public trailhead near North Tahoe High School in Tahoe City. The new trailhead and parking lot will provide public access to the surrounding extensive network of hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country ski trails.
      • $115,000 to the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA) and $115,000 to the Tahoe Rim Trail Association (TRTA) to complete dirt trail network improvements on USDA Forest Service lands on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
      TAMBA AND TRTA awarded grants by the California Tahoe Conservancy to complete dirt trail network improvements on Forest Service lands. Photo courtesy California Tahoe Conservancy

      Working together, TAMBA and the TRTA will complete trail improvements on up to 40 miles of trails, including building erosion control features, clearing overgrowth in burn areas, and taking steps to reduce user-created trails. These trail improvements will create long-term solutions for erosion control and improve environmental sustainability on Basin trails.

      Conservancy funding for the three grants comes from Proposition 68.

      ~ California Tahoe Conservancy press release

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