Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced today that 42 trail organizations, communities and various land-managing agencies throughout Montana will receive federal Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant awards for their projects in 2021.

Fifty-three RTP applications were received this year from a variety of eligible applicants, including federal and state agencies, towns, cities, counties, private clubs and nonprofit organizations. 

The Recreational Trails Program current awards total approximately $1,563,080 in federal funds. RTP grants funds are allocated to the highest-scoring projects based upon their relative scores and State Trails Advisory Committee (STAC) recommendations.

The Recreational Trails Program is a federally funded grant program. This grant program awards about $1.5 million annually. Eligible activities include construction or maintenance of motorized and non-motorized trails or trail-related facilities, purchase of trail equipment and development of trail education or ethics programs

A list of the successful 2021 Recreational Trails Program grant recipients is available here.