Discover Your Forest – $5,000
Phil’s Trailhead CXT Restroom Mural:
Discover Your Forest (DYF) implemented a creative solution to ongoing vandalism on public lands managed by the Forest Service. In cooperation with Deschutes National Forest Service, DYF
coordinated the design and application of a mural by Vivi Designs in the Pit toilets at Phil’s Trailhead. This has been identified as a priority site as one of the most popular mountain biking trailheads in the Pacific Northwest.
Dirty Freehub – $5,000
Gravel Rides for Adaptive Athletes :
This project supported Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) in its newly formed Community Gravel Rides project.
For this project, they delivered 3 fully documented ride guides that meet the requirements and needs of OAS and meet All Access criteria. Further, they build out a collection page of these rides specifically for OAS on the Dirty Freehub Website. This will increased the OAS rideable trails significantly.
COTA – $4,500
COTA Sawyer Program :
COTA established a reimbursement program to defray some of the costs borne by COTA’s volunteer sawyers, creating a more equitable opportunity to be a sawyer. This grant helped COTA stand up and run a Nationally Recognized Saw Training Curriculum (NRSTC) program, providing more sawyer training opportunities for COTA, DTC partners, and the public.
Friends of Central Cascades Wilderness – $882
First Aid and CPR Training :
This project allowed over 30 volunteers to participate in Backcountry First Aid/CPR training. Attendees were DTC Partners that use crosscut saws or chainsaws to maintain recreation areas in the Deschutes
National Forest. FA/CPR certification is required for all sawyers by the Forest Service. This program provided Free FA/CPR training for all sawyers.
Meissner Nordic – $2,024
Support public transit pilot:
With support from CET and CONC for this pilot program running winter 25/26, the short term objective is to provide public transit access to Meissner and Swampy Sno-Parks:
- Providing transportation for skiers who don’t have private vehicles.
- Providing transportation for skiers who have private vehicles but don’t want to drive
themselves due to weather conditions or overcrowded Sno-Park parking lots. - Assessing the amount of interest in public transit to Sno-Parks on the Cascade Lakes
Corridor.
US Forest Service – $4,656
Sign Improvement:
This project will funded graphic design and installation for several new trail signs. Such as specifically targeted designed use bike trails and bike trail passing etiquette, a sign to identify unauthorized trails and discourage use by providing messaging on the applicable resource concerns and updated travel management signs for approximately 20 locations.
