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Nature Valley’s commitment to America’s trails continued and grew in 2006, when $175,000 was donated. The money was used to send college and high school volunteers, members of the Student Conservation Association, into five of America’s national parks to help make them even more enjoyable. Read more about each restoration and see photos taken by the volunteers in each section below.
Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
Crews in this national park of diverse habitats built a 400-foot stretch of wooden walkway, built water controls and cleared debris among many other tasks.
Learn More>>Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, California
The Nature Valley-funded crew helped widen and repair the Telescope Peak trail, originally constructed in the 1930’s, as well as clearing brush and other repairs.
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Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming
The Nature Valley SCA crew performed over 1,000 hours of vital trail maintenance amid the peaks of Grand Teton, including work on causeways, fences and drainage structures.
Learn More>>Overmountain Victory National Park, Carver County, Tennessee
The work of the crew helped connect existing segments into a seven-mile-long pathway with great historic significance, as it follows a path used in the Revolutionary War.
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Shenandoah National Park, Elkton, Virginia
In Shenandoah National Park, crews helped restore parts of the trail that had been damaged in a flood and created structures to help maintain the trail’s condition.
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