Land
Manager Forum
2024
8:30 – 9:00
Coffee and Check-In
9:00 – 10:30
Getting from A to B: Funding resilient trails to connected communities
The Denali Commission will give an overview of their funding program and highlight some grantees that are in the planning process – Island Trails Network and Ketchikan Gateway Borough, in the implementation stage – National Forest Foundation and Haines Huts and Trails, and the outcomes from a completed project – Sitka Trail Works.
Presenters:
• Nikki Navio – Transportation Program Manager, Denali Commission
• Patrick Shannon - National Forest Foundation
• Steve Paulson – Island Trails Network, Kodiak
• Ben Hughey – Sitka Trail Works
• Nate Arrants - Haines Huts and Trails​​
10:45 – 12:15
Project updates by region - Mat-Su
Presenters:
• Christine Byl and Gabe Travis - Interior Trails – Finishing Curry Connector Trail
• Alan McClain - Mat-Su Borough - Pioneer Peak and other Mat-Su projects
• Stuart Leidner - State Parks – Hatcher Pass trail projects
• Sam Dinges - Alaska Trails – Talkeetna Planning
• Ben Ervin - Alaska Trails – Pioneer Peak, Hatcher Pass​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
12:15 – 1:00
Lunch Provided
1:00 – 2:00
Project updates by region - Kenai Peninsula
Presenters:
• Tim George - Trails Group Director, Kijik Corporation
• • Will Brennan - Trail Program Manager for the Chugach National Forest, USFS
• Cooper Freeman – Homer Cycling Club​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
2:00 – 3:15
Project updates by region - Anchorage Area
Presenters:
• Jon Underwood, Happy Trails – Eklutna Lake and Indian Valley
• Ben Ervin, Alaska Trails – Hidden Lake
• Spencer Gunter and Bren Powers, BLM - Campbell Creek
• Lee Bolling, Singletrack Advocates – Hillside Singletrack
• Christine Byl and Gabe Travis, Interior Trails – Crow Pass​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
3:30 – 4:30
New Funding for Trail Projects
Presenters:
• Steve Paulson – Island Trails Network – Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program
• Stephanie Payne - Parks and Rec Director, Petersburg - Tribal Transportation Program​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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