Source One Serenity's Trail Program
Make Impact on Public Lands
In June 2026, our trail crew spent nearly a week maintaining trails in the Umpqua National Forest, including the Pacific Crest Trail. The crew's hard work received heartfelt appreciation from trail users and members of the local community who witnessed the improvements firsthand.
Click the Facebook post to see photos from the project and read about the impact our volunteers made.
Watch this video to see how the trail in Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park looks now and learn why this work is so meaningful for veterans.
Douglas County
Veterans & Community Members Serving the Next Generation at the Glide Educational Forest
One of our goals at Source One Serenity is to create opportunities for veterans to continue serving their communities while building connections and purpose. Our work at the Glide Educational Forest is a great example of that mission in action.
During the first quarter of this year, our Trail Stewardship crew contributed more than 455 hours to improving the Glide Educational Forest, which is managed by the OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Program. The forest welcomes nearly 1,000 5th-grade students from Roseburg Public Schools each year for hands-on learning about forests, wildfire, and natural resources.
Working alongside the OSU Extension Service, Douglas County, Wolf Creek Job Corps, Northwest Youth Corps from Phoenix School, and Elder Oaks Farm & Nursery, our crew cleared brush, stabilized trails, built a bridge for safer access, and helped complete the project with the planting of native vegetation.
Knowing that hundreds of children are walking these trails every year makes this work especially meaningful. By making the trails safer, more sustainable, and more welcoming, our veterans and community members are helping create a place where young people can learn, explore, and build lasting memories in the outdoors.
Projects like this show what can happen when veterans and community partners come together to invest in the next generation.
Umpqua National Forest
Restoring Reynolds Shelter
On July 18, 2025, veterans and community volunteers completed the rebuilding of Reynolds Shelter on Reynolds Ridge in the Umpqua National Forest.
Past Events
In 2026, Source One Serenity has:
rendered
600+
volunteer hours
estimated value of
$21,047
“Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
Aldo Leopold