Partners
The National Trails Act was established in 1968 with the vision of managing the trails through partnerships. In Alaska, the principal non-profit partner is the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance.
Who Manages the Trail
We work with the Congressionally-designated Trail Administrator at the Bureau of Land Management. BLM actually directly manages only a small section of the Iditarod Trail, so partnerships with other governmental, private, and tribal land managers throughout the state are critical to the Trail's protection.
No one entity manages the entire Iditarod National Historic Trail. The Bureau of Land Management was appointed to coordinate the efforts of public land managers and volunteers on behalf of the Trail, but the actual management, maintenance, and preservation of the Trail, including the natural and cultural sites located along it, is a group effort.
From Iditarod National Historic Trail Visitor Guide, page 2
The Alliance’s Partners
Land Managers
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Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior · Anchorage Field Office
blm.gov -
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior · Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
fws.gov/refuge/innoko -
Chugach National Forest
U.S. Department of Agriculture · Seward and Glacier Ranger Districts
fs.usda.gov/chugach -
Alaska State Parks
State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources · Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
dnr.alaska.gov/parks
Trail Organizations
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Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc.
PO Box 87800, Wasilla, AK 99687-0800
iditarod.com -
Partnership for the National Trails System
222 S. Hamilton Street, Suite 13, Madison, WI 53703
pnts.org
Iditarod Trail Blazers
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Seward Chapter
PO Box 1923, Seward, AK 99664
SITBlazers@gmail.com -
Knik Chapter
HC 30 Box 5460, Knik, AK 99854
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McGrath Chapter
PO Box 12, McGrath, AK 99627
And other citizen groups, community trail groups, local city and Tribal governments, and stakeholders throughout Alaska.