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Friends of The Trail

We are your resource in East King County for court-ordered community service! We do trash cleanups year round in the great outdoors.

Call us to inquire about working your hours off or just plain volunteering with us! We have come to realize that there are many organizations dedicated to caring for the environment and maintenance of our hiking trails and recreation areas. But there are few, if any, organizations dedicated to cleaning up public areas that see much abuse from illegal dumping, shooting and littering, including the

heavily used recreational areas. We fill this need to return our public lands and waterways to their pristine state, in the most cost-effective manner. There are many positive effects of our work such as improved wildlife habitat and water quality, prevention of other occurrences of illegal dumping, and contributing towards a more livable Washington for all its citizens.

08/24/2026

Tired of seeing this eyesore on Reinig Road in Snoqualmie? So are we. Our followers and friends may be wondering, are their donations to the Reinig Road Cleanup Project being diverted to other projects? Has Friends of the Trail given up on Reinig Road? The answer is a resounding NO! Reinig Road is a special project completely separate and apart from Friends of the Trail's day-to-day operations, which are conducted on Washington state's public lands and waterways and are funded by public grants. One of our cleanup partners on Reinig Road, Todd's Towing, is dealing with an internal matter that is temporarily restricting them to their own day-to-day operations and preventing them from hauling out more vehicles hulks. They'll be back on the job soon. Your donations are sitting there, waiting to be used, and we are actively pursuing leads to institutional funding to supplement them. Diplomatic negotiations are continuing to clear the legal and political snags. And we were recently granted permission to tour the interior of the property, where we found 11 motorhomes and enormous amounts of trash that defy verbal description. We're in the process of coming up with an estimate of the total cost of completely cleaning up the property so that all the bad things you see from the road (and all the bad things lurking in the shadows that you don't see) will be gone. Stay tuned, and thank you for your donations and your patience!

08/13/2026

A brief update for those of our followers who have inquired about the next step in the cleanup of the distressed property on Reinig Road and want to know what your donations are being used for. We've accomplished most of what we can in the county road right of way. Now we will be dealing with the interior of the property. That requires that certain issues be worked out as among the very many individuals who have various types and degrees of ownership interest in the property. Also, coordinating among haulers, volunteer labor, and disposal and recycling facilities that are willing to accept this type and magnitude of trash is no small feat. Friends of the Trail has a 30 year history of leveraging resources to get these projects done in the most efficient and economical manner possible, and you can be assured that your donations will be used for the exact purpose for which you made them. And we are thrilled to report that your outpouring of support has attracted the attention of institutional funders that look as if they may be willing to kick in money to match your donations. It took us years to clean up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley so that it could become the safe, clean, family friendly recreation resource it is today. That involved much more land and waterway acreage, but most of it is owned by the federal and state governments, so we were not dealing with ownership issues. Don't be discouraged if you see a pause in activity. We are on this project, we are working out the kinks, and we will get it done so this famous Twin Peaks road corridor will once again be beautiful. Thank you again for your patience and support! And thanks again to Micah Clark of Todd's Towing and Clayton Littlejohn for partnering with us on this project!

08/12/2026

Keeping Washington state's public lands and waterways clean - Friends of the Trail removes furniture dumped on the side of the road on High Point Way between Issaquah and Preston.

08/04/2026

Friends of the Trail recently removed trash from a roadside utility right of way corridor in Auburn, Washington. Our work gives court ordered community service folks an ideal way to complete their obligations. Wednesdays through Sundays year round, we conduct cleanups like this on public lands and waterways in Washington state. We're authorized by most courts to certify community service hours performed, and since we go out for a day at a time, one day of work with us equals 8 hours of credit. Come join one of our crews! Work your hours off and help make Washington state a cleaner, more beautiful state. Call (425) 831-5486, and you could be on one of crews tomorrow!

07/26/2026

A Friends of the Trail crew member prepares to break down and remove debris from a dilapidated RV left abandoned in the woods of Washington state. Friends of the Trail is the only cleanup organization in the region with a history of successfully dealing with projects of this magnitude. That's why we were approached to coordinate the current cleanup of the distressed property on Reinig Road in Snoqualmie, Washington, in conjunction with Micah Clark of Todd's Towing and Clayton Littlejohn, our partners on this project. You've the seen the initial burst of cleanup activity on the roadside. Now we're doing the planning, marshaling the resources and clearing the diplomatic channels to efficiently put the incredible financial donations from the community to use in the next phase of the cleanup. Watch the site - and this space - for more progress we're gearing up for!

07/21/2026

Here's the trash that Friends of the Trail removed from underneath one of the bridges over the South Fork Snoqualmie River on the western edge of North Bend, Washington, on July 8, 2026. Do you prefer the way it was before the cleanup or afterward?

07/14/2026

Friends of the Trail wishes to thank the community for its generous outpouring of financial support to get the ball rolling on cleaning up the infamous trash-covered property on Reinig Road in Snoqualmie, Washington, in conjunction with Dallas and Micah Clark of Todd's Towing and Clayton Littlejohn. Here's how our operation looked the weekend of June 20-21, 2026, lowering the dino into place and then beginning the arduous task of loading it with the immense amounts of trash everywhere in sight, all with donated volunteer labor. The opportunity to start this cleanup was unexpectedly dumped in our lap and we had no resources to cover the dump fees and fuel costs. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT! We'll be working on this project for a long time to come, and we'll be posting lots of photos of what remains to be done. Again, a big thank you to everyone who donated!

07/07/2026

Friends of the Trail dismantled a makeshift campsite overwhelmed with trash at Tolt MacDonald Park near Carnation, Washington, and restored it to pristine condition. With opportunities like this for court ordered community service folks to work off their hours in the great outdoors, why choose anything else now that the summer season is upon us? The campsite you restore may be your own! Call us today at 425-831-5486 to sign up for one of our cleanups, and you can get 8 hours of credit for working just one day with us. Best of all, we work Wednesdays through Sundays, so you can work with us on a weekend day instead of having to take a day off from work during the work week. We'd love to have you help us make Washington state a better, cleaner and more beautiful place to live in. Contact us today!

06/28/2026

Car parts and trash dumped on a lonely dirt road near North Bend, Washington - and removed by Friends of the Trail. Court ordered community service folks, come work your hours off with us and help us make Washington state a better, cleaner place to live in. We conduct trash cleanups year round, Wednesdays through Sundays, rain or shine, and we have unlimited capacity to accommodate you. You won't be turned away or told we're "full" or "booked up." Earn 8 hours of credit for every day you work with us. We're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental service organization, and hours worked with us are accepted by all King County District Courts and many other courts as well. Call (425) 831-5486 today and join us in the great outdoors to get those hours worked off!

Address

North Bend, WA
98045

Telephone

+14258315486

Website

http://friendsofthetrail.org/

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