2025 Youth Forest Stewards (YFS) Youth Forest Stewards: 2025 Season Recap Building skills. Giving back. Growing stewards of the forest. Our Youth Forest Stewards (YFS) program wrapped up another incredible season in 2025! With an average of 10 dedicated high school students at each project, this year’s crew put in
2024 Youth Forest Stewards Ready for some trail-trekking, hands-on learning, and making a difference in our local environment? That is exactly what the Youth Forest Stewards program is designed for! Youth ages 14-18 volunteer on trail work projects, educational opportunities, and gain experience and knowledge in careers in the outdoor
West Ridge Bridge Construction Building Bridges & Crossing Creeks Have you ever been walking on a trail and asked yourself “Why haven’t they built a bridge here?” If you have you’d better keep reading because it is not as easy as you would think! The West Ridge Trail is a
2024 Accomplishments FDRD volunteers had a very busy 2024 summer field season filled with lots of trail maintenance, educational hikes, and cleaning up our public lands. Thank you to all of our volunteers, community and USFS partners for making this year one of our most successful! Folks from our community and beyond
