Our Legacy

Photo: DeWolf Dirt Co.

Since 1976

For 50 years, PTBA member companies have designed and built tens of thousands of miles of trail, innovated new methods and equipment for efficiency and quality, and trained and mentored our current and future leaders in the trail industry.

PTBA’s true legacy is not the trail, but the people who are the trail blazers - and we are proud to recognize them through Lifetime Achievement Awards and Legacy Membership.

PTBA was founded in 1976 as the Western Trailbuilders Association (WTBA). The founding companies had the vision that they could work together to elevate the quality and professionalism of the trail industry. In 50 years, PTBA has grown from a few companies in the west to 150+ companies who employ thousands worldwide.

PTBA Lifetime Achievement Awards

Mike Shields, Mike Shields Consulting

Mike Riter, Trail Design Specialists

Peter Jensen, Peter Jensen and Associates, past PTBA president

Glen Jacobs, World Trail 

Dylan Jeffries, World Trail 

Tony Boone, Tony Boone Trails, PTBA board member

Charlie Dundas, Tri-State Company, PTBA board member

Dawn Packard, Blue Sky Trails, PTBA president

Woody Keen, Trail Wisdom (previous co-owner of Trail Dynamics), past PTBA president

Gerry Wilbour, Northwest Trails, Inc, PTBA board member, past PTBA president

Roger Bell, Belfree Contractors, founding member of WTBA

Harvey Bell, Belfree Contractors, founding member of WTBA

Jerry Morrison, Trail Creations, founding member of WTBA, inventor of the Morrison Trailblazer

Legacy Members

Through legacy membership, PTBA celebrates the owners, founders, builders, planners, and educators of PTBA Member Companies who have retired. Their decades of work is the foundation on what the successful trail industry is built - and the opportunity to maintain their knowledge and experience as part of the Association provides PTBA and the trail industry with myriad benefits.

Many Legacy Members still provide services and expertise to the trail industry.

Requirements for Legacy Membership include being the qualifier for a PTBA member company for 10+ years and contributing to the Association, on the board, as a committee member, and/or as part of our conferences.

Woody Keen, 2022
Trail Wisdom (current), Trail Dynamics (previous), past PTBA President

Mark Gronewald, 2022
Trailwerx

Kent Howes, 2023
Trailwerks

Dick Dufourd, 2025
RecConnect

Awards to Trail Industry Partners and Leaders

Roger and Harvey Bell Award for Outstanding Service to the Trail Industry

Dafydd Davis, pioneer in Trail Planning and Design based out of Wales

Pam Gluck, American Trails

Maryann Fowler, Rails to Trails Conservancy

West Virginia Scenic Trails Association

Civilian Conservation Corps

Jerry Morrison Trail Innovator Award

Tony Dipino, Sutter Equipment

Canycom

Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew

Greenways Collaborative

Charlie Dundas, Tri-State Company