Welcome to the
Washington State Trails Coalition
Join us in Vancouver on October 25-28, 2012 !!!
Call for Speakers
We are 
pleased to announce that the WSTC has selected the
Hilton Hotel Vancouver, Washington as the location for our 2012 trails
conference to be held October 25-28, based in no small part to a
thoughtful and enthusiastic presentation headed by Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department.
If you wish to book your room, please use our hotel block code of "WTC". (Click here for a direct link to the hotel.)
pleased to announce that the WSTC has selected the
Hilton Hotel Vancouver, Washington as the location for our 2012 trails
conference to be held October 25-28, based in no small part to a
thoughtful and enthusiastic presentation headed by Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department. If you wish to book your room, please use our hotel block code of "WTC". (Click here for a direct link to the hotel.)
Call for Speakers
Contribute your knowledge, skills and experience to the 2012 Conference! In an effort to cast a wide net for compelling stories and presentations, the Program Committee is accepting program proposals until March 30, 2012. For all the details, including, submitting a proposal, click here.
Vancouver Conference Theme and Tracks Look Spot On
Our Purpose
We are excited to share with you that this year's conference’s theme is “Bridging Communities with Trails” and the associated tracks are:
Planning for Success
Strategies to help your trail project gain traction, including successful fundraising, partnerships and coalition-building, and legislation and advocacy.
Managing Trails on the Ground
Case studies and presentations focused on effective trail design and construction as well as best practices for resource protection and managing trail use.
Community Engagement
Tactics and success stories for trail outreach and communication to diverse audiences, cultivating volunteers and involving youth.
The purpose of the WSTC is to provide an effective and interactive forum centering on protecting, promoting, and enhancing a statewide system of trails.
This includes both motorized and non-motorized outdoor recreation and transportation through voluntary and public involvement and in cooperation with landowners and land managers.
The primary forum is a biennial WSTC conference. Other forums include the off-year meeting and WSTC’s web site.
This includes both motorized and non-motorized outdoor recreation and transportation through voluntary and public involvement and in cooperation with landowners and land managers.
The primary forum is a biennial WSTC conference. Other forums include the off-year meeting and WSTC’s web site.
Conference Mailing List
To receive one or two postal mailings and up to three emails a year about the conference or conference planning please sign up on the RCO mailing list page; the 'check box" for the trails conference appears about 3/4ths of the way down and is listed under "OTHER".
Our 2010 Tacoma ConferenceWe
are equally pleased to announce that our WSTC 2010 Tacoma
conference was one of our best ever, with almost 200 in attendance.
Election results are listed below and bylaws update, the Idea Marketplace, key survey results,and the final 2010 conference highlights report links are active now.
Thank you to The Mountaineers for its generous donations to the conference. Thank you to the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program for their tremendous conference support. (More thank yous to Friday night mixer sponsors, conference speakers, and vendors to come.)
conference was one of our best ever, with almost 200 in attendance.
Election results are listed below and bylaws update, the Idea Marketplace, key survey results,and the final 2010 conference highlights report links are active now.
Thank you to The Mountaineers for its generous donations to the conference. Thank you to the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program for their tremendous conference support. (More thank yous to Friday night mixer sponsors, conference speakers, and vendors to come.)
Founded in 1999, our purpose is to provide an effective and interactive forum centering on 
protecting, promoting, and
enhancing a statewide system of trails.
Membership is open to anyone with a passion for trails.
The 20011-2012 officers and at-large members are: Pete Beaupain (President),Sarah Krueger (President Elect), Greg Lovelady (Recorder and Communications Director), Don Crook (Comptroller), Rick Hood (Immediate Past President), John Ernest Berry III and Rick Burk (Member-at-Large), and Jane Tesner Kleiner (Host Committee Representative)
The WSTC operates in accordance with our bylaws. Thanks to Greg Lovelady, we have a conference organizer's guide offered as an aid to future planners.
The WSTC operates in accordance with our bylaws. Thanks to Greg Lovelady, we have a conference organizer's guide offered as an aid to future planners.
Conference History
To learn about past conferences, please view or download our conference history.