15.935: national trails system projectsthe national trails system objectives preserve, protect, and develop the components of the national trails system, with a strong emphasis on volunteer…

15.935: national trails system projectsthe national trails system objectives preserve, protect, and develop the components of the national trails system, with a strong emphasis on volunteer involvement through financial assistance agreements to operate, develop, and maintain any portion of such a trail either within or outside a federally administered area. This project will result in the completion of site design, interpretive analysis, site development, and a dedication event for a new and more accessible oregon national historic trail (NHT) visitor experience at keeney pass, located in vale, oregon. When complete this site will connect visitors of all abilities to a new interpretive trailhead area, a set of extant oregon trail swales, and a retracement trail along the historic swales, which leads to a viewpoint that allows the public to look out across the landscape and see the continuation of the trail as IT heads north-west across the valley.