A $33,000 grant will go toward trail maintenance in the southern section of the park, he said, and the department is seeking another $80,000.
Their activities include trail maintenance, sustainable trail building, group rides and skills clinics.
Other possibilities include helping with trail maintenance, working in the gift shop, stuffing envelopes or greeting visitors to the center.
On his walk, he'd seen various volunteers doing trail maintenance, and his reverence was intact now.
Since its designation as wilderness under Ronald Reagan, the only artificial improvements have come in the form of trail maintenance.
The Forest Service uses the permit revenue for trail maintenance.
Individual expertise in trail maintenance is welcome.
During the 1930s, as more trails were built, a system of trail maintenance was developed giving each hiking club a share of responsibility.
A trail pass system was re-instituted to pay for trail maintenance.
Resource managers, typically employed by private or federal agencies, are in position to make judgment on how and when trail maintenance needs to be done.