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Tread Lightly!, Partners, and Volunteers Improve Sevenmile Rim Trail during Moab Easter Jeep Safari

Restoration for Recreation Tread Lightly! Project

Photo courtesy Four Wheeler Network

Restoration for Recreation Tread Lightly! Project

More than 50 volunteers helped Tread Lightly! improve a popular four wheeling trail during the Moab Easter Jeep Safari

  

Moab, Utah–April 1, 2015–More than 50 volunteers turned out on Tuesday during the Easter Jeep Safari to help improve Moab’s popular Sevenmile Rim Trail and Wipe Out Hill.

Volunteers constructed nearly a half mile of fencing to help more clearly delineate the trail and reduce impact on the surrounding areas. They also erected a buck and rail fence at Wipe Out Hill to provide some aesthetically pleasing environmental protection without obstructing the scenic view.

“It’s a great feeling knowing our work here today could help keep this area healthy and open for generations,” said Andrew Hoit, Falken Tire’s vice pretreadlightly-jeep-safari-restoration-projectsident of sales. “We’re proud to be part of any project that protects future opportunities for great wheeling.”

The national nonprofit Tread Lightly! brought together some of the outdoor industry’s leading companies to fund the project including Falken Tire, Discount Tire Direct, Quadratec, Four Wheeler Network, Goal Zero, and Teraflex. The Red Rock Four Wheelers and Bureau of Land Management are also supporting partners.

“We’re grateful for the generous donation of time and funding we’ve received for this trail today,” said Bureau of Land Management Field Office Manager Beth Ransel. “It’s public-private partnerships like these that can really help alleviate our public land’s back-logged maintenance. We especially appreciate the help this project gives us in communicating the BLM’s management policy regarding motorized vehicle travel.”

The project is part of Tread Lightly!’s Restoration for Recreation program. Restoration for Recreation is designed to protect and maintain recreation opportunities by repairing road, trails and bridges, improving maps and signage access points, and revitalizing dilapidated recreational facilities.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of the Spring. For more information about donating to or volunteering for Tread Lightly!’s Restoration for Recreation program, go to www.treadlightly.org

About Tread Lightly!

Tread Lightly! is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a national nonprofit organization in October 2015. Founded in 1990 through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, Tread Lightly! promotes responsible outdoor recreation through ethics education and stewardship programs.

Tread Lightly! has more than 70 official partners from various industries and is likely the nation’s only non-profit holding MOUs with every federal and state agency in the U.S. Tread Lightly!’s diverse member base enjoys a wide range of outdoor activities including hunting, angling, camping, boating, biking, four-wheeling and much more. Become a Tread Lightly! partner or member today and start supporting access, education and stewardship at www.treadlightly.org.

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Contact: Jerrica Archibald

jerrica@treadlightly.org

800-966-9900

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