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TRAIL AWARDS 

"Great trail systems don't just happen... ... it takes a team effort."

Our award program — announced at each Pierce County Trails Conference — recognizes hard work and achievements in the following general areas:

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  • A place or project

  • Lifetime achievement for an individual

  • Individuals with a particularly outstanding year

  • Governmental organization

  • Non-governmental organization

Award Recipients

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2023 (See the award presentation slides for details)

  • Pierce County Council - Natural Lands Program (ARPA Funding)

  • Ben Monte Calvo - Pierce County Parks Natural Lands Program Crew Lead

  • Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance - Tehaleh Mountain Bike Park

  • Brookfield Properties - Tehaleh Mountain Bike Park

2022 (See the award presentation slides for details)

  • Transportation Choices Coalition - Move Ahead WA Advocacy

  • Marilyn Strickland - Congressional Support of South Puget Sound Trails

  • Black Girls Run (Seattle/Tacoma) - Empowerment & Enthusiasm on Trails

  • Lifetime Achievement Awards - Terry Reid, board member, past president 

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2021 (See the award presentation slides or a video of the awards presentation)

  • Individual Outstanding Year - Representative Jake Fey & Senator T'wina Nobles - Legislative Funding Support for the Tacoma to Puyallup Trail

  • Leadership in a Trail Project - City of University Place: Gary Cooper & David Swindale - Chambers Creek Canyon Partnership

  • Lifetime Achievement Awards - Shawn Phelps, Pierce County Planning & Public Works; Jean White, King County Parks (retired); Dr. Jane Moore, ForeverGreen Trails (retired) 

2020 (See the award presentation slides or a video of the awards presentation) 

  • Individual Outstanding Year - Blake Geyen - Social Media Campaign for Voter Access Mobility

  • Government Organization - City of Pacific - Interurban Trail Completion

  • Non-government Organization - East Tacoma Collaborative - Swan Creek Park Cleanup

2019

  • Place/Project - MetroParks Tacoma - Wilson Way Bridge & Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park

  • Non-government Organization - Washington Trails Association

  • Lifetime Achievement Award - Don Partington

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2018

  • Place/Project - The Foothills Trail - South Prairie to Buckley - Pierce County Parks & Recreation Services

  • Non-government Organization - Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition

  • Outstanding Year - Gary Leaf

2017

  • Organization in Government - Pierce County Council & Pierce County Executive - Park Impact Fees

  • Outstanding Project - City of Tacoma - Prairie Line Trail

  • Trail Steward - Janet Myers

2016

  • Place/Project - The Waterwalk at Point Ruston

  • Non-Government Organization - Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance

  • Lifetime Achievement - Barbara Skinner

2015

  • Place/project – The Cushman Trail, City of Gig Harbor, Pen Met Parks, Pierce County Parks, and Tacoma Public Utilities

  • Non-government Organization – The Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition

  • Outstanding Year – Bill Hilton

  • Lifetime Achievement – John Ernest Berry III

2014

  • Place/project – 13 Miles of Bikeways, City of Tacoma (presented to Diane Wiatr)

  • Place/project – Prairie Line Trail – University of Tacoma Station (presented to Milt Tremblay)

  • Non-government Organization – The Russell Family Foundation for the Puyallup Watershed Initiative (presented to Richard Woo)

 

2013

  • Government Organization - City of Bonney Lake (presented to Gary Leaf and Terry Reid)

  • Lifetime Achievement - Ernest Bay

  • Lifetime Achievement - Bryan Bowden

  • Lifetime Achievement - Buzz Grant

  • Lifetime Achievement - Kathy Kravit-Smith

  • Lifetime Achievement - Kirk Kirkland

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2012

  • Lifetime Achievement - Terry Lee

  • Government Organization - City of Sumner (presented to Ted Hill)

 

2011

  • Outstanding Year - Bob & Diane Kastama

  • Government Organization - City of Tacoma (presented to Diane Wiatr)

 

2010

  • Outstanding Year - Don Partington

  • Government Organization - Chambers Creek Properties (presented to:  Pierce County Council)

 

2009

  • Outstanding Year - Marian Betzer

  • Government Organization - Pierce County Parks and Recreation Department

 

2008

  • Lifetime Achievement - Dixie Gatchel

  • Place/project - Chambers Creek Properties

 
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