2) Growing a passionate amazing team

3) Remaining community centric in our work along the CDT

4) Building a robust and diverse pool of funding

5) Helping move GAOA forward and securing our 2 year GAOA award

6) Establishing an Endowment for the CDT

The incorporation of community connection, beyond the trail tread. 

Developing a reputation in the past year for being a reliable information source/partner, ie. the EIR system and protocols.

Our volunteer programs have seen growth with many hours contributed annually by passionate individuals.

Efforts in making the CDT more accessible to a broader, more diverse audience. Initiatives aimed at increasing inclusivity on the trail has encouraged people of all backgrounds to access the CDT.

Evolving and impactful Field Programs

and other web resources

2) Closing some of the major gaps along the CDT and getting closer to completion

3) Fully regionalizing our work and growing our partnerships and relationships in the northern stretches of the trail

4) Increasing # of volunteers, partners, and CDTC members trail-wide

5) Pass the CDT Completion Act

Provide a direction and a ‘touchstone’ for staff to prioritize within existing capacity.

-Increase awareness of the CDT

-More events and presence along the trail in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming

1.Strengthening partnerships with indigenous communities & historically underrepresented communities.

2.Building capacity, regionally, to expand presence of CDTC staff in trail communities and engaging with communities more effectively whether through full-time regional staff or Ambassador programming.

1. More Training opportunities

2. Honorariums

3. Event gatherings for CDT ambassadors and adopters

• grants - fewer, larger, multiyear grants; 

• corp. partners - larger strategic partnerships with triple crown, move outside of outdoor retail industry, streamline our partnership agreements

• individual donors - strengthened relationships with major donors and more sophisticated donor campaigns to increase CDTC's membership at large

2) Invest in strategic partnerships that build awareness and strengthen CDTC's reach and fundraising potential

• Ensuring strong collaboration with Communications team

3) Create the tools and resources other team members need to be effictive and confident fundraisers/relationship builders

-Diversify fundraising events along the trail

Use GIS across programs to better tell the stories of the divide landscape

-promoting local history, indigenous cultures, ad traditional land uses along the trail