National Trails System Act · Cooperative Stewardship Network

Trail Partners & Agencies

Under the National Trails System Act, the 2,400-mile Iditarod National Historic Trail is managed through cooperative partnerships among federal and state land agencies, Alaska Native organizations, statewide nonprofits, and local community trail chapters.

How the 2,400-Mile Trail Network Is Stewarded Together

The National Trails System Act was established in 1968 with the vision of managing America’s national trails through partnerships. In Alaska, the principal non-profit partner is the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance (IHTA). We work closely with the Congressionally-designated Trail Administrator at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Because the BLM directly manages only a portion of the Iditarod Trail, cooperative partnerships with other federal, state, private, municipal, and Tribal land managers and local volunteer chapters throughout Alaska are critical to the Trail’s protection.

01 / Public Land Managers

Federal & State Land Management Agencies

Statutory land management agencies responsible for trail administration, public shelter cabins, ranger districts, wildlife refuges, and state park corridors from Seward to Nome.

Congressionally Designated Trail Administrator

U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Designated by Congress as the overall Trail Administrator for the 2,400-mile Iditarod National Historic Trail network. Coordinates statewide interagency stewardship, the Comprehensive Management Plan, public shelter cabins, and youth education at the Campbell Creek Science Center.

Anchorage Field Office & INHT Program4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507· (907) 267-1246

BLM Campbell Creek Science Center5600 Science Center Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507

BLM Iditarod National Historic Trail National Scenic & Historic Trails

Federal Land Manager · Southern Trek

U.S. Department of Agriculture · U.S. Forest Service

Chugach National Forest

Manages the Southern Trek segments of the Iditarod National Historic Trail across the Kenai Mountains, Turnagain Pass, Johnson Pass, and Crow Pass, maintaining bridges, trailheads, public-use cabins, and the iTREC! educator program.

Supervisor's Office161 First Avenue, Door #8, Anchorage, AK 99501

Seward Ranger District334 4th Avenue (PO Box 390), Seward, AK 99664

Glacier Ranger District145 Forest Station Road (PO Box 129), Girdwood, AK 99587

Begich, Boggs Visitor CenterPortage Lake Loop, Girdwood, AK 99587· (907) 783-2326

Chugach National Forest Ranger Districts Directory

Federal Land Manager · Interior Refuge

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service · Innoko National Wildlife Refuge

Protects historic winter trail segments, shelter cabins, and boreal wetlands across the 3.85-million-acre Innoko National Wildlife Refuge between Ophir, Iditarod/Flat, Dishkakat, Kaltag, and the Yukon River.

Alaska Regional Office1011 Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503

Innoko National Wildlife RefugePO Box 69, McGrath, AK 99627

USFWS Alaska Region Innoko National Wildlife Refuge

State Land & Park Corridor Manager

State of Alaska · Department of Natural Resources

Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (Alaska State Parks)

Stewards major segments of the historic trail on State of Alaska public lands, including Chugach State Park (Eagle River Nature Center & northern Crow Pass), Susitna Valley trails, and historic RS 2477 public rights-of-way.

DNR Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1380, Anchorage, AK 99501

Eagle River Nature Center (Chugach State Park)32750 Eagle River Road, Eagle River, AK 99577· (907) 694-2108

Alaska State Parks (dnr.alaska.gov/parks)Eagle River Nature Center

Passport Stamp & Visitor Center Partner

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service & Alaska Public Lands Information Centers

Provides visitor orientation, Junior Trailblazer patches and certificates, and official National Historic Trail Passport cancellation stamps at Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward and the Alaska Public Lands Information Center in Anchorage.

Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center1212 4th Avenue, Seward, AK 99664

Alaska Public Lands Information Center605 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501· (907) 644-3661

Alaska Public Lands Information Centers Passport Stamp Program & Mile 1

02 / Coalition, Race & Education Partners

National & Statewide Nonprofit & University Partners

Nonprofit organizations, race organizers, conservation corps, and university archives advancing trail stewardship, youth crews, oral history, and K–12 curriculum across Alaska.

Organizer of The Last Great Race on Earth®

Official Race Partner · Founded 1972

Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc. (ITC)

Co-founded by Joe Redington Sr. and Dorothy G. Page to stage the annual 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage/Willow to Nome, keeping the historic winter trail active and internationally celebrated.

Iditarod Race Headquarters & Museum2100 S. Knik-Goose Bay Road (PO Box 870800), Wasilla, AK 99687-0800· (907) 376-5155

Official Iditarod Race Website (iditarod.com)

National Federation · 32 Scenic & Historic Trails

National Trails System Coalition

Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)

Connects nonprofit trail organizations and federal agency administrators across America’s 32 National Scenic and Historic Trails to champion trail funding, youth fellowships, and national stewardship policy.

National Office222 S. Hamilton Street, Suite 13, Madison, WI 53703

Partnership for the National Trails System (pnts.org)

Education, Publishing & iTREC! Partner

Official Public Lands Nonprofit Partner

Alaska Geographic

Official nonprofit education and publishing partner for Alaska’s public lands, co-sponsoring the Iditarod Trail to Every Classroom (iTREC!) curriculum and publishing the official INHT Visitor Guide.

Anchorage Headquarters241 North C Street, Anchorage, AK 99501· (907) 274-8440

Alaska Geographic (akgeo.org)iTREC! Educator Program

Summer Trail Construction & Maintenance Crews

Youth & Young-Adult Conservation Corps

Student Conservation Association (SCA)

Deploys youth and young-adult trail crews along the Iditarod National Historic Trail—constructing puncheon bridges, clearing brush, and restoring tread across Girdwood, Turnagain Pass, and the Southern Trek.

Alaska & National ProgramAnchorage, AK · Arlington, VA

Student Conservation Association (thesca.org)Volunteer & SCA Crew Dispatches

Statewide Trail Coalition & Crew Partner

Statewide Trail Advocacy & Stewardship

Alaska Trails

Statewide nonprofit organization partnering with IHTA, land managers, and volunteer crews to fund, build, and maintain sustainable multi-use and historic trails across Alaska.

Statewide OfficeAnchorage, AK

Alaska Trails (alaska-trails.org)

Digital Oral History & Archival Partner

University of Alaska Fairbanks · Rasmuson Library

UAF Oral History Program · Project Jukebox

Developed the interactive Iditarod Trail Project Jukebox in partnership with IHTA, preserving dozens of oral history interviews, transcripts, historic photographs, and maps from Trail elders, mushers, and bush pilots.

Oral History ProgramElmer E. Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK 99775

Launch UAF Project Jukebox Oral History & Stories Overview

Urban Trail & Take It Outside Educator Partner

Community Parks & Outdoor Education

Anchorage Park Foundation

Collaborates with IHTA, BLM, and the U.S. Forest Service on the Take It Outside virtual and place-based learning series for educators and community trail stewardship in Anchorage.

Anchorage Office3201 C Street, Suite 110, Anchorage, AK 99503

Anchorage Park Foundation

03 / Community Trail Chapters & Clubs

Iditarod Trail Blazers Chapters & Local Kennel Clubs

Local volunteer chapters, trail clubs, and mushing organizations brushing trail corridors, setting reflective winter tripods, and maintaining historic landmarks in their home regions.

Southern Terminus & Mile 1 Stewards

Community Volunteer Trail Organization

Iditarod Trail Blazers — Seward Chapter

Local volunteer chapter dedicated to preserving and marking the First Mile in Seward, the Mile 0 monuments, the Trail Blazers and Jujiro Wada statues along Resurrection Bay, and Southern Trek trail segments.

Seward Chapter Mailing AddressPO Box 1923, Seward, AK 99664

Explore Seward (Mile 0)Mile 1 Walking Tour & Passport Program

Knik & Susitna Valley Trail Stewards

Community Volunteer Trail Organization

Iditarod Trail Blazers — Knik Chapter

Local volunteer chapter maintaining historic winter trail segments, safety tripods, and dog-mushing heritage sites around Knik Pool Hall / Knik Museum and the Susitna Valley.

Knik Chapter Mailing AddressHC 30 Box 5460, Knik, AK 99854

Explore Knik Trail Community

Upper Kuskokwim & Interior Trail Stewards

Community Volunteer Trail Organization

Iditarod Trail Blazers — McGrath Chapter

Local volunteer chapter brushing trails, installing reflective winter trail tripods, and caring for public shelter cabins across Farewell, Rohn, Nikolai, McGrath, Takotna, and Ophir.

McGrath Chapter Mailing AddressPO Box 12, McGrath, AK 99627

Explore Takotna & Interior Stops Stewardship & Trail Projects

Western Terminus (Mile 938) Partner

Bering Coast Sled Dog Heritage · Est. 1907

Nome Kennel Club

Historic Nome sled dog organization originally established in 1907 during the gold-rush era and active today promoting recreational mushing, youth sled dog clinics, and winter trail stewardship on the Seward Peninsula.

LocationNome, AK 99762 · Norton Sound / Western Terminus

Nome Kennel Club (nomekennelclub.com)Explore Nome (Mile 938)

Across All 18 Trail Communities

Tribal Governments, Local Municipalities & Citizen Trail Groups

Alongside our agency and chapter partners, the Iditarod National Historic Trail relies on Alaska Native Tribal governments, ANCSA village and regional corporations, local city and borough governments, search-and-rescue volunteers, and community trail clubs from Seward to Nome.

Explore 18 Trail Communities →Partner With the Alliance →

Trail Partners & Agencies

How the 2,400-Mile Trail Network Is Stewarded Together

Federal & State Land Management Agencies

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Chugach National Forest

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service · Innoko National Wildlife Refuge

Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (Alaska State Parks)

National Park Service & Alaska Public Lands Information Centers

National & Statewide Nonprofit & University Partners

Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc. (ITC)

Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)

Alaska Geographic

Student Conservation Association (SCA)

Alaska Trails

UAF Oral History Program · Project Jukebox

Anchorage Park Foundation

Iditarod Trail Blazers Chapters & Local Kennel Clubs

Iditarod Trail Blazers — Seward Chapter

Iditarod Trail Blazers — Knik Chapter

Iditarod Trail Blazers — McGrath Chapter

Nome Kennel Club

Tribal Governments, Local Municipalities & Citizen Trail Groups

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