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FRIENDS OF THE FOREST
Support the Texas Forest Trail

Friends of the Forest is the individual giving program of the Texas Forest Trail Region. Your donation helps us promote heritage tourism across 35 East Texas counties — supporting historic places, museums, downtowns, cultural traditions, natural landscapes, events, and regional storytelling.

As a thank you, donors receive exclusive Texas Forest Trail gifts.

Select your gift level below

Trail Friend — $25

Support East Texas heritage tourism and help share the stories of the Texas Forest Trail Region.

Thank-you gift:
Texas Forest Trail sticker

Pine Friend

Thank-you gifts: Sticker + mug
A classic Texas Forest Trail mug for coffee, tea, and everyday use — featuring the Forest Trail mark and celebrating the places, stories, and landscapes of East Texas.

Cypress Friend

Thank-you gifts: Sticker + mug + tote bag
A practical everyday tote featuring the Texas Forest Trail logo — perfect for farmers markets, museum visits, books, road-trip essentials, or a day exploring East Texas. Simple, useful, and easy to carry, it celebrates the historic places, small towns, forests, and cultural stories that make the Texas Forest Trail Region special.

Longleaf Friend — $500

Thank-you gifts: Sticker + mug + tote bag + cap 
A relaxed, easy-wearing cap featuring the Texas Forest Trail mark — made for backroads, trail walks, festivals, museum days, and everyday East Texas adventures. Comfortable and classic, it’s a simple way to show support for the forests, small towns, historic places, waterways, and stories that define the Texas Forest Trail Region.

Legacy Friend

Thank-you gifts: Full donor gift package + framed limited series print

Part of the Texas Forest Trail Limited Series, this donor-exclusive print celebrates the coastal marshlands of Sea Rim State Park through the bold silhouette of a red-winged blackbird among the reeds. With limited colors, strong graphic shapes, and a vintage-inspired style, the artwork highlights the wildlife, water, grasses, and quiet beauty of East Texas’ Gulf Coast landscape.

The Texas Forest Trail Limited Series is an annual art print collection created to celebrate the historic places, natural landscapes, wildlife, and cultural stories of the 35-county Texas Forest Trail Region.

Product features

  • 12″ x 18″ vertical art print
  • Archival matte paper, 230 gsm
  • Vivid, crisp color reproduction
  • Heavyweight paper designed for long-lasting display
  • Printed and assembled in the USA from globally sourced materials