Welcome to our page of recognition for our major supporters and grantors!

We will be recognizing major donors who have not indicated that they are to be anonymous along with any grants that have aided our actions to maintain and improve the Bitterroot Trail for all users of non-motorized recreation. These will be listed in reverse chronological order with the most recent at the top of the list.

In 2026, the BTPA completed our trail-side bench project in the "S Curves" area of the trail.  Missoula County provided matching funds for the materials needed to complete the project at two locations.  Funded materials and equipment included concrete, anchoring materials, and the custom-manufactured metal bench supports.

In 2025, Boyce Lumber and Design Center contributed to the materials needed for construction of our trail-side bench project.  This included the pressure-treated lumber, composite decking material, and other hardware needed to assemble and install the two benches in the "S Curve" area of the Bitterroot Trail.

In early 2024 BTPA began participation in the Montana Department of Transportation Adopt-a-Highway program. We have adopted the clean-up of the section of Highway 93 from Lolo Creek to just north of Trader Brothers. In anticipation of this adoption, BTPA applied to the Rural Micro Grant Program of Missoula County to fund pick-up grabbers to aid in the clean-up of the highway shoulders as well as the trail borders. Sincere thanks for all of the support that Missoula County has provided to the Bitterroot Trail Preservation Alliance to help improve and maintain the Bitterroot Trail multi-use facility.

In 2022 Missoula County provided another matching grant to assist with the installation of mileage bollards from the Buckhouse Bridge to the County Line Rd. at 1/2 mile intervals. These bollards (4"x4" wooden posts) have the mileage from the junction of the Bitterroot Trail and the Milwaukee Trail in Missoula.

Since September of 2017 until the end of 2023 Missoula County has provided a matching grant for us to use to coordinate installation of the portable toilets between Missoula and Lolo, and just north of Florence at the underpass to the Carlton Creek Park & Ride.