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Juneau off-roaders are building a dedicated trail system for thrill seekers
The new project in Juneau is a collaboration with the City and Borough of Juneau’s Parks and Recreation and Trail Mix.
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Juneau is getting a new city-owned public use cabin
Juneau is getting a new public-use cabin, this time built by a local trail maintenance nonprofit. The cabin will be owned and maintained by the city but constructed by Trail Mix Inc., which builds and maintains trails around Juneau.
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Tongass Voices: Trail Mix’s Meghan Tabacek on what it takes to be in trail work
Meghan Tabacek has been with Trail Mix, Inc. for four years now, and she’s done a lot of the dirty work. The nonprofit has maintained many of Juneau’s beloved trails since 1993, and she says the crews look a lot different than they used to.
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Climate change is muddying the future of trail maintenance in Southeast Alaska
“The time from when we build a trail or do a refurbishment of a trail to the time it needs touch-ups and fixings is shortening,” Tabacek said. “We're having to do a lot of maintenance that isn't technically planned.” Warmer air holds more moisture.
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OPINION: Building parks and futures: the impact of YEP
Highlights the work of the Youth Employment in Parks (YEP) program in 2024 in Anchorage, which Trail Mix's YEP program is modeled off of.
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Trail Mix and city plan ahead as building season wraps up
A good 2020 construction season will set the nonprofit up for a busy 2021.
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CBJ Gives Boost to Trails Program
The CBJ endorsed spending $1 million in CARES Act funds to employ 48 people for a period of four months working on trails.
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Special delivery: Trail Mix uses helicopter to build new trail
The synchropter can lift more than its own weight.
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Trail Mix Inc. reroutes part of Treadwell Ditch
Slide prompts construction.
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Juneau draws inspiration from Depression-era solutions with plan to put locals to work on trails
A city proposal would use $1 million in CARES Act funding to create temporary jobs for locals out of work due to the pandemic.
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Kaxdigoowu Héen Dei (Brotherhood Bridge) project starts off big summer for Juneau trails
Treadwell Ditch Trail is one among many trails recieving some TLC.
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Trail Mix celebrates 25 years of work
Biggest trail maintenance organization in state hits milestone
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Seasonal workers laid off by pandemic get to work improving local trails in Juneau
Seasonal summer workers were laid off in droves this spring as it became clear that cruise ship passengers wouldn’t be coming to Juneau due to the pandemic.
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support a trail crew

In 2025, Trail Mix launched Support a Trail Crew to respond to unprecedented federal layoffs and ensure our trails remained staffed with skilled, local workers. Thanks to your generosity, we raised nearly $55,000 to sustain ongoing Forest Service trail maintenance and create a landing spot for local trail crew members facing job loss.

While the Forest Service’s Reduction in Force (RIF) is still ongoing, we’re preparing these funds to support impacted staff in the months ahead. If you’re a federal worker facing unemployment, please reach out.

From all of us at Trail Mix, thank you. Your support didn’t just help launch our season, it showed that this community stands strong for the trails and the people who care for them.

Juneau nonprofit aims to hire fired Forest Service staff to maintain local trails, if it can raise the money
Juneau’s trail maintenance nonprofit wants to hire fired U.S. Forest Service staff to make a new trail crew — if it can raise enough money to pay them.
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Juneau’s Forest Service trails may be without maintenance this year
Juneau’s trail maintenance nonprofit won’t be maintaining Forest Service trails this season, unless it can crowd-source funding for a new trail crew.
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On National Trails Day, the future of trail work in Juneau looks brighter
Donors stepped in, and Trail Mix raised just over $54,000 to put towards previously scheduled work on two heavily trafficked Forest Service trails and other projects.
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Trail Mix: Keeping Juneau’s Trails Alive
The organization recently faced challenges with potential Forest Service funding cuts, which forced them to reduce their trail crews from four to three for the season. In response, they launched a successful community fundraiser, raising nearly $55,000.
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Trails Build Alaska

Trails Build Alaska was a statewide advocacy effort championed by Trail Mix to create a trails workforce development program through American Rescue Plan Act funds. By building a trained trails workforce and better access to public lands, we invest in Alaska’s people, land, and economy.

Inspired by Juneau’s own Covid-19 Conservation Corps, the idea garnered bipartisan support in the legislature and across the state, particularly in Southeast. Trail Mix will continue to pursue ways to increase our ability to improve Juneau’s trails.

Experience is why I support Trails Build Alaska
There are many people still in need of work and our land needs attention now more than ever.
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To get Alaska’s economy back in gear, let’s work on its outdoor infrastructure
The pandemic has brought some truths about Alaska’s outdoor recreation sector into high relief and makes the case for greater state investment in the state’s $2.2 billion outdoor recreation economy.
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Advocates don’t want conservation corps efforts to trail off
Supporters call for statewide expansion of corps programs
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Trail enthusiasts hold parade in support of workforce development program
A trail of trail vehicles and workers paraded to promote a proposed trails workforce development program.
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Covid-19 Conservation Corps

The Covid-19 Conservation Corps was an investment in our local workforce, outdoor recreation infrastructure, and economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Reports And Presentations

Trails Build Alaska was a statewide advocacy effort championed by Trail Mix to create a trails workforce development program through American Rescue Plan Act funds. By building a trained trails workforce and better access to public lands, we invest in Alaska’s people, land, and economy.

Inspired by Juneau’s own Covid-19 Conservation Corps, the idea garnered bipartisan support in the legislature and across the state, particularly in Southeast. Trail Mix will continue to pursue ways to increase our ability to improve Juneau’s trails.

Trails Build Alaska was a statewide advocacy effort championed by Trail Mix to create a trails workforce development program through American Rescue Plan Act funds. By building a trained trails workforce and better access to public lands, we invest in Alaska’s people, land, and economy.

Inspired by Juneau’s own Covid-19 Conservation Corps, the idea garnered bipartisan support in the legislature and across the state, particularly in Southeast. Trail Mix will continue to pursue ways to increase our ability to improve Juneau’s trails.

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