Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Spending and Projects Report 2023

About this article: This article was originally published in the Lewis & Clark Trail Annual Report 2023.

By the Numbers

In 2023, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail staff continued work on programs to commemorate and protect the trail and embarked on new projects with new partners. These efforts have a measurable impact.

• 32,000+ visitors to Lewis and Clark Trail Visitor Center in Omaha, NE
• 18,290 hours contributed by trail interns
• 119,995 views on NPS Mobile App
• 108 Native-owned points of interest added to LewisandClark.Travel

NPS

Budget

Funds Recieved

ONPS Base Fund: $2,46,714

Grants Recieved (PMIS, Volunteers in Parks): $260,000

5 year ONPS Base Trend:

2018: $2,022,747
2019: $2,008,032
2020: $2,103,000
2021: $2,301,138
2022: $2,365,511

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2023 Spending

Agreements, Contracts, and Partner Support: $356,500
Publications and Signs: $214,479
Supplies and Technology: $51,240
Travel: $65,400

Total Spending: $689,619*

Piechart (left) illustrates that, outside of Personnel Services and Salary, Agreements, Contracts, and Partner Support make up about half of spending. Publications and Signs represent a little more than half of spending, with Supplies and Tech and Grant Projects making up the rest.

*Outside of Personnel Services and Salary
Personnel Services and Salary: $1,769,095

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Projects and Agreements

Auto Tour Route

1,400 miles of Auto Tour Route signed in 6 states

Panoramic Mapping

1,720 miles of historic river route and overland route captured with panoramic mapping

Cooperative Agreements

7 Active Cooperative Agreements with partners along the Lewis and Clark Trail

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Junior Ranger Program

4,090 Junior Ranger books & badges distributed to host sites

Natural Resource Documentation

56 proposed actions evaluated for potential to impact trail resouces

Official website

1,000,000 page views on the Lewis and Clark Trail’s official website