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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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