Collective Impact and Sustainable Trails

How can like-minded organizations pull together to achieve and maintain sustainable trail systems? Too many organizations are working in isolation from one another. Collective impact brings people together, in a structured way, to achieve social change; trails are not an exception.

With a common agenda, shared measurement, fostering mutually reinforcing activities, and encouraging continuous communication and a strong backbone organization, it is possible to “raise all ships” and add much needed capacity to trail stewardship.

Learn how the White Mountain Trail Collective is implementing the Collective Impact Model to add capacity to its partners and change the way they do trail work in the White Mountain National Forest.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the Collective Impact Model
• New collaborations with Partners
• Growing Stewardship

Trail Competencies

• Trail Construction
• • Trail Sustainability Principles

Relevant Trail Types

General. All trail types are relevant.