The Great American Outdoors Act is providing $878,000 in funding for trail maintenance and upgrades for three projects in the Coconino National Forest around Sedona in addition to $380,000 for a signage project in nearby Loy Canyon.
The 2020 passage of the Great American Outdoors Act created the Legacy Restoration Fund, which will receive an annual allocation of $1.9 billion through fiscal year 2025. The LRF is the funding source for the Sedona projects as well as for other deferred maintenance work being carried out by federal land management agencies. Its revenue comes from fees charged for energy development of fossil fuels and renewable sources on public lands.
The first $98,000 project was completed in March with assistance from American Conservation Experience following work by the Conservation Legacy’s Ancestral Lands Crew in November 2021. Work focused on the west side of the Village of Oak Creek south of Crescent Moon Ranch toward Cathedral Rock. Additional work was completed on the Easy Breezy and Templeton trails.
The primary use of the funding will be the $700,000 Red Rock Trail Heavy Deferred Maintenance Project, a funding request to pay Forest Service trail crews to do maintenance across the entire Red Rock zone of the district.
Forest Service recreation management specialist Kevin Kuhl explained that it would involve “installation and construction of rock check steps, armoring of trail tread with rock, social trail closure work and installation of...
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