{"id":7830,"date":"2022-02-07T07:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:15","slug":"bcha-usfs-trail-partner-funding-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=7830","title":{"rendered":"BCHA & USFS Trail Partner Funding Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIMPORTANT NOTE: <\/strong>Please advise BCH members who wish to submit a US Forest Service Trail Partner Funding grant application to ensure their proposal is of a SIZE and SCALE to be competitive with applications submitted by other national organizations.<\/p>\n

A grant application submitted by a single chapter for work on one or a few trails is unlikely to be funded.<\/strong> I encourage BCH members to join with other chapters or states to submit grant applications that are BIG <\/strong>and result in substantial work being done to reduce the\u00a0amount of deferred maintenance of Forest Service trails (applications of up to $20,000!).<\/p>\n

Your proposal will receive extra points if the work includes trail maintenance within one or more USFS Trail Maintenance Priority Area. See map at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/managing-land\/trails\/priority-areas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The scoring <\/strong>for Trail Partner Funding grant applications weighs heavily<\/strong> on:<\/p>\n

1. Miles of trail maintained,<\/p>\n

2. Miles of trail\u00a0deferred maintenance eliminated,<\/p>\n

3. Number of volunteers engaged, and<\/p>\n

4. Cash and in-kind matching funds.<\/p>\n

The level of cash match is also scored in addition to in-kind match (volunteer labor, etc.). Even a few hundred or few thousand dollars of cash match will tip the scale toward higher grant application scoring. So avoid the minimum 1:1 match composed entirely of in-kind labor,\u00a0stock days, etc. Throw in some cash to substantially increase your grant scoring\/ranking by the grant review team.<\/p>\n

And band together. Just as important, band together with hiking, biking and other trail organizations to submit a joint application<\/strong>–grant applications that benefit multiple trail\u00a0user groups receive higher scoring! At a minimum, describe in the grant application how the work you are proposing will benefit hikers, backpackers, trail runners, climbers, hunters, anglers, bird watchers, etc. Submit state-wide projects or multi-state projects in order to increase the chances your projects will be funded (and try to squeeze in a Trail Maintenance Priority Area).<\/p>\n

BCHA Chapter Grant – How to Apply – Starting in January of each year!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

How and When to Apply for a Chapter Support Grant<\/h2>\n

1 \u2013 Grant requests can only be between $100 and $1,000 (maximum). If you are matching our grant with other grants or sources of money for a larger project, please state the other matching group(s) and the amount they are providing.<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Are you following one or more of our Mission Statements?<\/p>\n

a \u2013\u00a0To perpetuate the common sense use and enjoyment of horses in America\u2019s back country and wilderness<\/p>\n

b \u2013\u00a0To work to ensure that public lands remain open to recreational stock use<\/p>\n

c \u2013\u00a0To assist the various government and private agencies in their maintenance and management of said resource<\/p>\n

d \u2013\u00a0To educate, encourage and solicit active participation in the wise use of the back country resource by horsemen and the general public commensurate with our heritage<\/p>\n

Also, are you educating and encouraging youth in the proper use of America\u2019s backcountry and any public lands, be it county, state or national?<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 The application must be complete! Incomplete applications will not be considered. Dates for chapter support grant submissions are January 1 to March 15.<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 If for some reason a grant recipient is unable to do the project, please contact the chairman at\u00a0grants@BHCA.org<\/a>\u00a0to discuss your options.<\/p>\n

Timeline<\/h2>\n

January 1 through March 15 \u2013 We accept applications.<\/p>\n

March 16 through March 31 \u2013 Committee scores and decides grant recipients.<\/p>\n

April 1 \u2013 Spreadsheet goes to BCHA\u2019s treasurer for checks to be written.<\/p>\n

During the national board meeting, grant recipients will be announced. Checks will be sent the week after the national board meeting.<\/p>\n

A project report is mandatory and due by December 31 of the year the grant is received. The contact person listed on the grant application is responsible for submitting the report. Send the report with pictures (before and after) to\u00a0grants@BCHA.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Any questions? Contact the Chairman of the Chapter Support Grants Committee at\u00a0<\/strong>grants@BCHA.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please advise BCH members who wish to submit a US Forest Service Trail Partner Funding grant application to ensure their proposal is of a SIZE and SCALE to be competitive with applications submitted by other national organizations. A grant application submitted by a single chapter for work on one or a few trails […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bchi-bcha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7831,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions\/7831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}