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Washington Trails Association (WTA) is a non-profit organization that advocates protection of hiking trails and wilderness, conducts trail maintenance, and promotes hiking in Washington State.
History
WTA first began with publishing Signpost, a grassroots magazine started in 1966 by the late guidebook author Louise Marshall. The late hiking guidebook author Ira Spring co-founded WTA, serving on its Board of Directors from 1982 until his death in 2003. WTA still publishes a magazine for hikers, now under the name Washington Trails. In 1993, WTA's former executive director, the late Greg Ball, launched the organization's volunteer trail maintenance program, completing just 250 hours of trail work on public lands. In 2009, WTA logged over 93,000 hours of volunteer trail maintenance on National Parks, National Forest and state lands.