28 October 2023 - 6 November 2023 We planted - and later, watered - over 1,400 native shrub seedlings to restore habitat alongside trails in the Timpanogos Wildlife Management Area. This helped restore winter forage and erosion control in the area, which was damaged in the 2020 fire.
June 2023 Professional trail work, paid for by the Utah Department of Wildlife Services, improved trails in the Timpanogos Wildlife Management Area, especially the lower segments of the Cottontail, Lazuli, and Gopher Snake trails, improving grading and reducing erosion. This work had been envisioned by the original Timp WMA trail plan, which UVTA and the DWR created with public input in 2018.
1 May 2023 With the Forest Service and Utah DWR, we celebrated the opening of over 20 miles of newly-official trails in the Dry Canyon Trailhead in Lindon! Kiosk maps showing these trails were installed, and a good crew of volunteers helped improve an adjacent segment of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and clean up unwieldy junk around the trailhead. Signs for the newly-official trails followed.
22 April 2023 We participated with Conserve Utah Valley for an Earth Day "Slate Canyon Saturday." Among the well over a hundred who came to the broader event, a great crew of 25 helped improve a nearby segment of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
23 December 2022 Congress passed the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act as a (small) part of its omnibus appropriations bill. Among other things, this will enable the "LPW" social trail in Alpine to be officially designated as part of the BST. Here's more details from the State of the BST project.
17 June 2022 Three of our board members represented UVTA at the Utah Trails Forum Conference in Cedar City. This was a great opportunity to learn how other areas are successfully building and improving trails, brainstorm on how to solve common challenges, and we got some great field training on trail design and construction.
5 May 2022 UVTA was awarded a Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant for $51,000 (matched by Utah DWR, Lindon, Pleasant Grove, OYCA, and several donors) to rehabilitate several of our recently designated trails in the Timp Foothills Area. These funds will help us hire professional trail builders to work on trail segments with major erosion issues. Part of our matching was a commitment to do as much volunteer work as possible, so watch for future work days. Also, congratulations to Santaquin, Springville, and Alpine who also received trail-building grants!