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Our impact

Numbers we can actually stand behind

This page exists for land management agencies, sponsors and grant reviewers. That makes it the one page where an optimistic estimate would do the most damage, so everything here is either evidenced or marked as not yet recorded.

Evidenced today

What the community brought with it

The Foundation is newly formed. These figures come from the South Florida Overlanders community that created it, and they are checkable: the routes are published, the videos are public, the events happened.

2,200+Miles of route documentedFlorida Adventure Trail and South Florida Adventure Trail combined, run and filmed section by section.
95+Free educational videosPublished openly, covering routes, equipment, safety and conservation practice.
1,700+Subscribers reachedThe audience the education programs already speak to.
7Public land units documentedBig Cypress, Picayune Strand, Yucca Pens, Okaloacoochee Slough, J.W. Corbett and others.
25Participants, largest single outingSeventeen vehicles at Yucca Pens WMA, summer 2025.
9Partner organizationsRadio clubs, rescue groups, overland communities and charities. See the list.

The dashboard

What the Foundation will report

These are the measures the Foundation commits to publishing, updated as programs run. Anything not yet recorded says so rather than showing a zero, because a zero reads as a result and this is an absence of one.

Recording beginsActive members
Recording beginsEvents conducted
Recording beginsEvent participants
Recording beginsVolunteer hours
Recording beginsStewardship hours
Recording beginsWaste removed
Recording beginsConservation projects
Recording beginsYouth participants
Recording beginsEducational programs
Recording beginsFunds raised

Why an empty dashboard is still worth publishing. It commits the Foundation to a specific set of measures before it knows whether they will flatter it. Choosing the metrics after the fact is how organizations end up reporting whatever happened to go well.

Impact stories

What the numbers do not carry

Figures establish credibility. Stories are the reason the figures matter. Both of these are from community members, in their own words.

"I got my truck completely stuck and had to leave it overnight. The community came through. Even with rain making everything worse, they stuck with me until we finally got the truck out. Forever grateful for this amazing community."

Community member, after a recovery in the Everglades

"17 rigs and 25 passionate souls navigated the trails, shared stories, and even held a friendly cafecito challenge in the heart of nature. The best memories are made by embracing every twist and turn along the way."

Yucca Pens WMA, summer 2025

Stories we intend to be able to tell. Somebody camping for the first time. A child making their first radio contact. Volunteers filling a truck bed with what other people left behind. A newcomer learning safe recovery instead of learning it the expensive way. These get published as they happen, with permission, and never invented in advance.

Funders and agencies, talk to us early

Program documentation, budgets and references are available on request. If your organization funds outdoor access, environmental education, youth engagement or community resilience in South Florida, we would rather scope a program with you than send you a brochure.

Request our program overview