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Regional trail groups offer Broadwater County a grant-ready trail planning toolkit and ask for letter of support
Summary
Representatives from Gallatin Valley Land Trust, Prickly Pear Land Trust and the Montana Trails Coalition visited the Broadwater County Parks & Recreation Board on Jan. 12 to offer planning templates, fundraising advice and a proposed pilot of a county 'trail toolkit' and requested letters of support for an urgent grant application.
Representatives of three Montana trail organizations outlined how small, visible projects and a grant-ready planning "toolkit" could accelerate trail development and maintenance in Broadwater County.
Tom Lang of the Montana Trails Coalition proposed a trail-planning toolkit that would include a menu of project types, cost estimates, signage packages and maintenance guidance, together with training and a pilot project. "We're gonna build a trail tool kit," Lang said, describing the kit as a way to produce grant-ready projects and training that small communities can use to apply for state and federal trail funding.
Matt Parsons, trails director at the Gallatin Valley Land Trust,…
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