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WTA recognized the need for people whose lives were being impacted by the pandemic to get outdoors, safely and responsibly. about our mission.

— Binny Marwaha, hiker and WTA member on how a challenging year was made a little easier with WTA's help

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you do to maintain trails, educate about outdoors and everything else. Trails made it possible to get through the pandemic without losing sanity” — Binny Marwaha, hiker and WTA member on how a challenging year was made a little easier with WTA's help

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