Northwest Youth Corps Teens Help to Improve Forest Trails

USDA Forest Service
web site http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/activities/trails/
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Recreational Activities
Hiking & Trails
Completed Projects
September 7, 2005
 
Teens from Northwest Youth Corps helped to restore and maintain several trails on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest during the summer of 2005.

A total of 11 crews worked on various trail projects including: Lookout Mountain on the Mt. Baker Ranger District, Chockwich on the Darrington Ranger District, North Fork Skykomish on the Skykomish Ranger District, and Dutch Miller Gap on the Snoqualmie Ranger District.

The teens, ages 16-19, helped to rehabilitate sections of the various trails making them safer and more accessible. Northwest Youth Corps is a nonprofit organization that provides teens an opportunity to develop job skills and learn how to work together and protect the environment.

The Northwest Youth Corp has partnered with the Forest Service since 2003 and contributed nearly $500,000 dollars toward trail maintenance efforts.

Photo: For the last several summers, teens from Northwest Youth Corps have been helping to maintain various trails on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. In summer 2004 they worked on the West Fork Foss Lakes Trail at Big Heart Lake on the Skykomish Ranger District.

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