Anyone can support the maintenance and enhancement of hiking, biking, horseback riding, and other non-motorized trails on State lands by ordering a trail supporter patch. All patches are 3 inches in diameter and cost $5 each.
Current Patches Available
DEC lands and facilities offer many recreational opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. The newest Trail Supporter Patch design features an accessible boardwalk trail through a marsh. Use the DECinfo locator to find your next adventure or explore DEC’s Accessible Recreation Destinations Map to search over 260-plus destinations on DEC lands across the state that offer accessible recreation opportunities for people with disabilities and those of all ages and abilities- like the Labrador Hollow Boardwalk Trail in Onondaga County - the inspiration for this patch.
DEC’s Trail Supporter Patch program offers a new patch each year. The waterfall patch, lean-to patch and previous activity patches that featured designs based on the international trail symbols for various recreation activities are also for sale while supplies last.
How to Order
There are three different ways you can order the trail supporter patch. Your order is then fulfilled and mailed to you from DEC's Albany office. Please allow 4-6 weeks from when you place the order for the patch(es) to be mailed.
Patches can be ordered:
- online through DEC's hunting and fishing license portal.
- over the phone at (866) 933-2257.
- at all locations where sporting licenses are sold.
Outlets that sell sporting licenses and help customers order these patches may print and post this flyer advertising the new patch and patch program.
- Flyer size 8.5"x11" (PDF)
- Flyer size 11"x17" (PDF)
If your organization is interested in bulk patch sales or resales, please contact our Trail Supporter Patch Coordinator at [email protected].
Help Support Trail Improvements
All funds raised from the purchase of the patch are deposited in the Conservation Fund's Outdoor Recreation, Trail Maintenance, and Development Account. DEC administers more than 3,500 miles of nonmotorized trails on State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, Forest Preserve, and Multiple Use Areas.
Funding from the sale of trail supporter patches also provides DEC's valuable partners in the Volunteer Stewardship Program with additional money to maintain and improve trails. The Volunteer Stewardship Program is a volunteer-based program which assists DEC with trail maintenance on DEC-administered lands.
Among those trails that benefit from patch sales are some of New York's finest and most well-known, including the Northville-Placid Trail, the Finger Lakes Trail, and the Long Path. Explore DEC-managed lands.
