The Sheridan Community Land Trust received funding that will help build and maintain an already popular trail system in Sheridan County. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
Provision Fund Grant to Help SCLT’s Connection of Red Grade Trails
Provision Fund Stewards recently visited the Sheridan Community Land Trust office to award a grant of $2,500. Provision Fund President Jason Szewc said the Land Trust’s work to expand recreation opportunities in the community aligns with Provision’s vision to make the outdoors enjoyable and accessible. Land Trust Executive Director Brad Bauer said the grant will be used to help connectivity of the Red Grade Trails system by making lower loop trails accessible from Base Trailhead to those being built higher up the mountain at the Poverty Flat and Bear Gulch East Trailheads, a connection which is planned for this summer.
Bauer noted that once the trail system is complete, Red Grade Trails will provide visitors with 28 miles of high quality trails open to hiking, running, walking, biking and horseback riding in the Bighorn Mountains. Szewc said the grant was made possible because of community members who partner with the Provision Fund. Community members who become “patrons” by contributing $100 annually have an active role in selecting projects they believe will make an impact in Sheridan County. A panel of ten stewards oversee Provision Fund disbursements, like the grant to SCLT to support Red Grade Trails.
To learn more about the Provision Fund please visit https://www.provisionfund.org/.
To view and print community trail maps, please visit https://sheridanclt.org.
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Last modified: March 10, 2022