In 2025, we are launching the TPA Trail Crew, a dedicated team of experienced professionals focused on improving trail maintenance across Colorado. Inspired by the USFS Statewide Trail Crew, this team will be:
- Fully funded by the TPA for the first year
- Equipped with a truck, camper, motorcycles, chainsaws, PPE, and more
- Offering trail work services at little to no cost to public land management agencies
Initially focused on handwork, the crew will also be qualified to operate machinery when needed. This initiative aims to address ongoing federal funding and staffing challenges, providing vital support for Colorado’s trails.
To sustain this effort beyond 2025, we’re pursuing a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) 2025–2026 OHV grant and building partnerships with agencies, clubs, and trail users statewide.
View the TPA’s 2025-2026 CPW OHV grant application: https://cpw.widen.net/s/rltsqwnpcz/13-tpa_statewide_trail_crew_2026
How You Can Help
- Submit Comments to CPW OHV Grants by January 31, 2025:
Show your support for the TPA Trail Crew by submitting written comments here: trails@state.co.us (See notes below on how to write effective comments) - Make a Donation:
Your contribution can directly support the TPA and the Trail Crew, ensuring we have the resources to continue this critical work. Every dollar makes a difference! Donate here.
Effective Comments Should Include:
- Specific reasons why you support or oppose a particular grant application.
- Details on the grant’s impact: Explain how you believe the grant will (or will not) expand, improve, or enhance motorcycle/multi-use recreation on public lands. Consider whether your recreation opportunities and experiences would be improved if the grant is funded.
- Sustainability and natural resource protection: Highlight how the grant will enable responsible and sustainable motorized recreation and contribute to protecting natural resources.
- Value for OHV funds: Share why you believe the grant and its requested funding represent a good (or poor) use of your OHV sticker funds.
- Feedback on land managers: Provide insights into your experiences—positive or negative—with the land managers (e.g., USFS Ranger District, BLM Field Office, State Park) responsible for the project. It’s crucial for the Subcommittee to understand whether land managers are listening to and respecting the OHV user community, which funds this grant program.