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   The $600,000 Deschutes Trails Coalition Stewardship Grant Program funded by
Deschutes County unrestricted Transient Room Tax dollars was granted in 2023 to
support trail or trail-related infrastructure projects. This 2-year program recently
came to a close, resulting in nine projects funded by local organizations.

Awardees include:

Bend Parks and Recreation District – Shevlin Park Trail Improvement
Dirty Free Hub – Creation of 30 Gravel Bike Trail/Routes and Guides
Discover Your Forest- Deschutes National Forest Stewards Program
Oregon Natural Desert Association – Oregon Badlands Wilderness and Reynolds
Pond Trail Accessibility Improvements
Central Oregon Trail Alliance – Building Trail Maintenance Volunteer Skills &
Capacity
Deschutes Land Trust – Spectre Ranch Acquisition Project
Friends Of Central Cascade Wilderness – Green Lakes Trailhead Wilderness
Host Hut
Oregon Equestrian Trails – Horse Camp Corral Replacements at Chief Paulina
and Three Creek Meadows
US Forest Service – Newberry National Volcanic Monument Trails Enhancements

Learn more about the projects on our website and read the attached final reports.

About the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC): The Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC) formed in 2017 from diverse local and regional recreation stakeholders who came together to provide community leadership and support to Central Oregon land managers in an effort to address escalating challenges to our trail system. The coalition is made up of nearly 35 trails organizations, land management agencies, visitor bureaus, conservation organizations, businesses, and organizations representing youth, and underserved populations. More specifically, DTC’s vision is a deliberately-designed and sustainably-maintained regional trail system that is stewarded by land managers and the community, and upholds the four Pillars of Sustainability: environmental, social, economic, and physical.

This article appears in Source Weekly June 26, 2025.

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Deschutes Trails Coalition Stewardship Grant Projects Reach Completion

by Nic Moye, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 25, 2025

<h1>Deschutes Trails Coalition Stewardship Grant Projects Reach Completion</h1> <p class="byline">by Nic Moye, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 25, 2025</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp;The $600,000 Deschutes Trails Coalition Stewardship Grant Program funded by<br /> Deschutes County unrestricted Transient Room Tax dollars was granted in 2023 to<br /> support trail or trail-related infrastructure projects. This 2-year program recently<br /> came to a close, resulting in nine projects funded by local organizations.</p> <p>Awardees include: </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendparksandrec.org/park/shevlin-park/"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screen_shot_2025-06-26_at_11.13.12_am.png" alt="" class="wp-image-5188" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A Shevlin Park trail</figcaption></figure> <p> Bend Parks and Recreation District – Shevlin Park Trail Improvement<br /> Dirty Free Hub – Creation of 30 Gravel Bike Trail/Routes and Guides<br /> Discover Your Forest- Deschutes National Forest Stewards Program<br /> Oregon Natural Desert Association - Oregon Badlands Wilderness and Reynolds<br /> Pond Trail Accessibility Improvements<br /> Central Oregon Trail Alliance - Building Trail Maintenance Volunteer Skills &amp;<br /> Capacity<br /> Deschutes Land Trust - Spectre Ranch Acquisition Project<br /> Friends Of Central Cascade Wilderness - Green Lakes Trailhead Wilderness<br /> Host Hut<br /> Oregon Equestrian Trails - Horse Camp Corral Replacements at Chief Paulina<br /> and Three Creek Meadows<br /> US Forest Service - Newberry National Volcanic Monument Trails Enhancements</p> <p>Learn more about the projects on our website and read the attached final reports.</p> <p>About the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC):&nbsp;The Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC) formed in 2017 from diverse local and regional recreation&nbsp;stakeholders who came together to provide community leadership and support to Central Oregon&nbsp;land managers in an effort to address escalating challenges to our trail system. The coalition is&nbsp;made up of nearly 35 trails organizations, land management agencies, visitor bureaus, conservation&nbsp;organizations, businesses, and organizations representing youth, and underserved populations. More&nbsp;specifically, DTC’s vision is a deliberately-designed and sustainably-maintained regional trail&nbsp;system that is stewarded by land managers and the community, and upholds the four&nbsp;Pillars of Sustainability: environmental, social, economic, and physical.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/business/deschutes-trails-coalition-stewardship-grant-projects-reach-completion-23387709/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=5187&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/business/deschutes-trails-coalition-stewardship-grant-projects-reach-completion-23387709/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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