Show Your Pride on the Trails Guided Events The Shuswap Trail Alliance is pleased to be participating in Salmon Arm Pride project and will be hosting three guided events. Saturday Oct 23 - 9:30am - guided walk at Little Mountain Sunday Oct 24 - 10:00am - guided mountain bike ride at South Canoe Sunday Oct 24 - 1:00pm - guided walk at Shuswap Memorial Cemetery Trails. Check out all of the details HERE. Click HERE to register! Invitation for proposal: The Shuswap Trail Alliance is privileged to be administering the Secwepemc Landmarks and Trail Sign Project on behalf of leadership from the Adams Lake, Neskonlith, Little Shuswap Lake, and Splatsin communities. The Secwepemc Landmarks and Trail Sign Project team is seeking proposals from artists to create sculptures that will be situated at key, highly visited areas, which will portray Secwepemc location names, culture, and stories. Applications are being received for one for Main Secwepemc Landmark Sculpture and another for 6 Medium Secwepemc Landmark sculptures. Deadline to submit applications is Tuesday October 26th, 2021. For detailed project descriptions and application process click here: Main Monument Artist Expression Interest.pdf and Sentinel Expression Interest.pdf 2021 Shuswap Trail Alliance ANUAL GENERAL MEETING (May 18, 2021) via Zoom. If you missed it, check out these links to the 2021 STA AGM Agenda (including 2020 Financial Statements); 2020/2021 STA Coordination Report, and the Presentation Slides chock full of photos from trail projects in 2020. Check out the new trails built last year by visiting the online trail guide (click on the Trail Icon above right), and watch for more new additions underway this year. Trail stewards, volunteers, munipcal/regional/and provincial community partners, funding supporters, clubs, school groups, business teams, Rapattack, the STA trail team, and so many others are working very, very hard. Invest in the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail (Sicamous-to-Armstrong) - your metres matter! Check out the website.
Why not make a lasting contribution to supporting and maintaining Shuswap Trails...contribute to the Shuswap Trail Legacy Fund. Unlike our regular donations, the Legacy Fund builds an endowment trust fund for the future care of trails throughout the Shuswap in partnership with the Shuswap Community Foundation. Click here. Love Your Trails: Shuswap Trail Alliance Memberships 2021 - support 2021 trail projects with a membership. Get the mail-in member form here, or join online here. Shuswap Regional Trails Strategy & Shuswap Trails Roundtable Updates - check out the latest news and updates here.
Book the TrailRider - visit the Shuswap TrailRider Adaptive Adventure Society for details.
Plus we're continuing to grow the Torres del Paine, Patagonia partnership Our partnership continues. Click here.
The Shuswap Trail Alliance is working to park cars and get people on bicycle and feet. . .and paddles, and skis, and snowshoes, and horses, and. . .The Shuswap Trail Alliance exists as a collaboration of partners working together to create purpose built, sanctioned and sustainable trails throughout the Shuswap region. The Alliance motto is, "Well-designed, well-signed, well-maintained, well-promoted". We see success as people living actively, enjoying nature, and demonstrating a commitment to sustainability. 15 Successful Years The Shuswap Trail Alliance has taken on over 300 projects, and written or contributed to over 100 community trail plans, publications, guidelines, research reports and public documents. It’s a team effort that has engaged over 200 groups, organizations and businesses; and involves 1000's of hours of annual volunteer time and the incredible support of a host of regional partners and sponsors. Here's a snapshot:
The Shuswap Trail Alliance was recognized as the 2012 BC Parks Volunteer Organization of the Year, the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce Community Booster of the Year, and is a recipient of the Queens Diamond Jubilee. Check out the most recent Shuswap Trails Background Brief here.
And check out Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo's official statement to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia acknowledging the collective work of Shuswap Trail Alliance partners here. Partners and SponsorsCheck out our 2020 Shuswap Trails Fundraising Sponsors here. And our Milestone, Landmark, and Legacy funding partners below. . .
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What's New
Secwepemc landmarks Project News Release
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Secwépemc Landmarks Project receives $296,000 in grant funding for Phase II
Media Release: May 20th, 2021
The Secwépemc Landmarks project partners are pleased to announce the approval of $296,000 in grant funding for Phase II of the Secwépemc Landmarks project.
Changing roles at the Shuswap Trail Alliance
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The Shuswap, Secwépemc Nation Territory, British Columbia – The Shuswap Trail Alliance is evolving. After 15 years at the helm helping to grow and guide the regional collaborative trail initiative, Shuswap Trail Alliance co-founder and Executive Director, Phil McIntyre-Paul, is passing over the reins to assume a new role with the organization.
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