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Home > News > Seeds of Stewardship Reports > 2019 Seeds of Stewardship Reports > Watersheds and Benthic Bugs Part 1 > IMG_5091

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July 26, 2019 Sabrina Carlson

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🙌 Big high-fives going out to one of our favori 🙌 Big high-fives going out to one of our favorite trail building companies, @flagline_trails for supporting the AZT! 
⚒️ Flagline Trails LLC is a trail contracting and consulting business that specializes in designing, building, maintaining and promoting recreational trails that provide exceptional experiences and uphold the highest levels of respect for the landscape's natural and cultural resources.
👉They have recently worked on numerous trail projects, including: 
• Arizona Conservation Corps
• Arizona Trail Association 
• City of Tempe 
• Coconino County Parks and Recreation 
• Hawes Trail Alliance
• Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction 
• Southwest Trail Solutions
• Tonto National Forest 
• Town of Superior
#TrailworkThursday! ⚒️ The ATA contracted with #TrailworkThursday! ⚒️
The ATA contracted with @americanconservationexperience (ACE) through the #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct, to perform much needed deferred maintenance along Passages 40 and 42 on the #KaibabNationalForest. Several ACE trail crews braved cold temperatures throughout the month of November to thoroughly maintain a total of 6-miles of #arizonatrail! Trail work focused on repairing and widening cupped sections of trail that had become too narrow for trail users, as well as improving the tread surface where the trail was disappearing in open meadow areas in order to improve safety and wayfinding for trail users. Other work included clearing 19 down trees, corridor brushing and digging drains. Special thanks to #ACE for their ongoing support to assist the ATA with continuing to maintain, improve and sustain the #AZT!

🌲 Ancestral lands of the Pueblo, Havasupai, Hualapai, Hopi
🙌 Thank You for a Memorable 2024! Through your 🙌 Thank You for a Memorable 2024!
Through your ongoing generosity we are able to maintain the treasure that is the Arizona National Scenic Trail and protect it for future generations. Since 1994, the Arizona Trail Association has accomplished incredible things – all with support from members, donors, business partners and others who believe in our mission. People like you!

At the ATA, we encourage a life filled with outdoor activities, making meaningful connections with people and landscapes, and embracing the ethics of stewardship. Please think about the positive connections you’ve made on the AZT or through the ATA over the past year or decade, or longer, and make your tax-deductible year-end gift today: 🔗 in profile.
As we close out the year, we want to take a moment As we close out the year, we want to take a moment to recognize the grantors that make this work possible. A big thank you to the following for supporting the Arizona Trail Association: 

W.L Gore and Associates 
Catena Foundation 
Arizona Wildlife Federation Cash for Conservation 
HDR Foundation 
National Park Foundation 
Tohono O'odham Nation 12% Gaming Distribution Grant
Rails to Trails Conservancy Trail
Arizona Wilderness Society 
Tucson Electric Power/Unisource Energy Services
US Forest Service
National Recreation Foundation
Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund 
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona 
Arizona Community Foundation – Flagstaff
Hydro Flask Parks For All 
City of Flagstaff BBB Revenues, Creative Flagstaff, the Flagstaff Arts Council, and Flagstaff365
Northern Arizona Healthcare
Friends of Freedom
Saguaro National Park 
Resolution Copper
🐻 Day 5 of our 2024 Highlights ~ Wildlife Monit 🐻 Day 5 of our 2024 Highlights ~ Wildlife Monitoring

In partnership with @arizonastateuniversity, our Wildlife Monitoring project made tremendous progress in 2024. As you may recall, we have been undertaking a multi-year study of wildlife and human use patterns along the AZT through the use of wildlife cameras in an effort to better understand the occurrence of wildlife on the trail, type and frequency of recreational activities, and how recreation may impact wildlife patterns. Data was collected from 64 cameras across 19 of the AZT’s 43 passages between October 2017 and August 2023. More than 500,000 images were captured, sorted, and analyzed.
 
From 5,401 independent wildlife images, we identified 25 small- and medium-sized mammal species. The highest species richness recorded by a single camera was 17 species. Coyotes were the most widely detected species (84.4% of locations), followed by mule deer (78.1%), gray fox (73.4%), and bobcat (71.9%). A total of 27,225 images of hikers were captured, as well as 12,651 mountain bikers and 478 equestrians.
 
A thorough analysis is underway and will be reported on in 2025, including a scientific peer-reviewed article that will help guide land managers, wildlife biologists, recreation staff, and others in making sound science-based decisions. This project along the AZT is the longest wildlife and recreation transect that has ever been studied, and we are excited to share the results with you soon.
🫡 Day 4 of our 2024 highlights ~ Veterans Engag 🫡 Day 4 of our 2024 highlights ~ Veterans Engagement & Trail Stewardship AZT VETS

It's been an incredible year for the @aztrailvets (Veterans Engagement and Trail Stewardship) Program. We offered 12 unique veteran opportunities on the trail, attracting over 100 volunteers and new trail professionals through our Veteran Volunteer Work Weekends and Fox Squad events combined. We logged 1,737 volunteer hours and provided employment opportunities for veterans while positively impacting over 50 miles of the Arizona National Scenic Trail.

Our commitment to providing healthy outdoor experiences to assist individuals coping with traumatic experiences during their service is something we should all be proud of. And the positive connections being made within the veterans community are nothing less than profound. If you know of a military veteran who may benefit from the program, please encourage them to get in touch (see link in profile).
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