Trail Stewards
Do you regularly utilize the Heritage or Water Trail? Are you ready to join an engaging cohort of outdoor enthusiasts? Become a Tree Rivers Heritage & Water Trail Steward and adopt a segment or launch to actively ensure our trail systems are monitored, cleaned, and cared for by assisting Friends in responding to and resolving daily, weekly, and monthly trail maintenance needs between March and October. Anyone – individuals, families, employees – can become Trail Stewards.
Whether you use the land trail everyday, a certain water trail launch a couple times a month, or just get out on the weekends, there is a place for you as a Trail Steward in 2025. Our season kicks off in March with our annual Trail Stewards orientation.
Your commitment to the trail:
- Promote and advocate the mission of Friends of the Riverfront
- Regularly utilize the trail and monitor needs (approximately 10 hours per month)
- Attend at least 6 Trail Stewards & Ambassador monthly meetings
- Report maintenance issues to the city through the 311 system (overflowing trash cans, illegal dumping, vegetation overgrowth, etc…)
- Perform maintenance such as trimming overgrowth, cleaning graffiti, and collecting litter
- Report service hours monthly through an easy-to-use online form
- Volunteer as a Friends Crew Leader at a minimum of one volunteer workdays
Our commitment to YOU:
- Provide training and trail care best practices
- Provision tools and supplies as necessary (garbage bags, graffiti remover, shovels, hand tools, etc.)
- Exclusive trail updates at monthly meetings
- Networking opportunities with a cohort of nearly 20 other stewards
- Enrichment and professional development opportunities
- Seasonal incentives (Pirates tickets!) and recognition events
Contact Trail Stewardship Program Manager Alex Toner (alex@ friendsoftheriverfront.org) with questions and to learn where Stewards are needed in 2025!
Meet our Trail Stewards:
Theo Tedesco
Chapel Harbor Water Trail Launch
Paul Heckbert
Duck Hollow
Cindy Fraer
North Shore
Doug Ripper
South Side
Donna Green
Northside
Tom Ross
Westhall Street Water Trail Launch
Cleah Schlueter
Eliza Furnace
Susan Westwood
Millvale
Jeff Atkinson
River Ave
Mel Fetsko
Strip District
Jerry Green
Northside
Jacki Yingling
Millvale Water Trail Launches
Rachel Simko
Cheswick Water Trail Launch
Jim Martin
Lawrenceville
Al Bowers
Tarentum Water Trail Launch
John Schaefer
South Side Flats
Meredith Grelli & Family
Duck Hollow | Verona Water Trail Launch
Tripp Clarke
Aspinwall
Joe McLaughlin
North Shore | River Avenue
Rich Fraer
North Shore
Nanci Goldberg
Sharpsburg Water Trail Launch
Yale Cohen
Three Rivers Heritage Trail
Jan Ripper
South Side
Sarah Woshe
Marshall Shadeland
Cathy Atkinson
River Ave
