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Volunteer! Trail work is fun and can be as easy or hard as you wish to make it. Our volunteers range in age from teens to eighties. No experience is necessary and crew leaders will instruct you on the job. Volunteers who participate in two or more work parties earn a free Northwest Forest Pass for the following year. Click here to sign up for our volunteer list . If you want to volunteer but digging in the dirt isn’t for you, we have other ways you can help protect, preserve, and promote our Trail. 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