ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE INC
2110 MAIN ST, CROSS PLAINS, WI 535289596 www.iceagetrail.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE (IATA) IS A NONPROFIT MEMBER- AND VOLUNTEER-BASED ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO CREATE, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT A THOUSAND-MILE FOOTPATH TRACING ICE AGE FORMATIONS ACROSS WISCONSIN--THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.

CREATE, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT A THOUSAND-MILE FOOTPATH TRACING ICE AGE FORMATIONS ACROSS WISCONSIN.

TRAILS - IATA HAS BUILT AND MAINTAINS ALMOST 700 MILES OF THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE. IATA COORDINATES THIS WORK WITH ITS 19 CHAPTERS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN AND BEYOND. IN ADDITION TO DIVERSE TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, STEWARDSHIP, AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR ON AN ONGOING BASIS, IATA ADDED 5 MILES OF SUSTAINABLE TRAIL TREAD AND BROUGHT AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILES UP TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STANDARDS. SEVENTY-SIX TRAIL STRUCTURES INCLUDING 1,705' OF WOODEN STRUCTURES AND 576' OF ROCK WALLS AND ONE NEW DISPERSED CAMPING AREAS WERE BUILT. IATA'S EIGHT MOBILE SKILLS CREW PROGRAM GENERATED ALMOST 40% OF ALL VOLUNTEER HOURS REPORTED BY THE IATA. TOTAL VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YEAR WERE 2,376 CONTRIBUTING 83,000 HOURS. IATA MEMBERSHIP GREW TO A RECORD 3,941 MEMBERS. TWO ICE AGE TRAIL COMMUNITIES WERE ADDED WITH UNIQUE MOU'S FOR EACH COMMUNITY REFLECTING THE COMMITMENTS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND IATA TO PROMOTE THE TRAIL AS PART OF THE "FABRIC" OF THE COMMUNITY.

OUTREACH - IATA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 420 PEOPLE. TWELVE 45-120 MINUTE SEMINARS WERE HELD, INCLUDING TOPICS SUCH AS HIGHLIGHTING BACKPACKING, FIELD TRIPS AND TOURS, COLD CACHEING, GEOLOGY, LAND PROTECTION, HIKERS FORUM, AND WHAT'S ON TAP. FOUR HIKES WERE INTERRUPTED BY TERRIBLE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS REPRESENTED THE HO CHUNK TRIBAL NATION AND PROVIDED AN INSPIRING PRESENTATION ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND RESPECT FOR THE LAND AND LAND CONSERVATION THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL EYES OF THE HO CHUNK PEOPLE. EVENING SOCIAL HOURS, AN ALL-MEMBER MEETING, AND A CHAPTER LEADERSHIP FORUM ROUNDED OUT THE EVENT. IATA'S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM, SAUNTERS, INCLUDED 20 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WITH 24 PROGRAM OPTIONS. IN 2019 SAUNTERS ENGAGED 2,549 REGISTERED STUDENTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING ALONG THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN MULTI-DAY BACKPACKING OUTINGS IN THE CHEQUAMEGON NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST, A VARIETY OF SERVICE EVENTS INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM TRAIL CONSTRUCTION TO LANDSCAPE RESTORATION, AND A SERIES OF GUIDED HIKES FOCUSING ON THE GLACIAL GEOLOGY OF WISCONSIN. WITH A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION, THE IATA DEVELOPED ITS THINK OUTSIDE PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THINK OUTSIDE WAS TO GET 10,000 FOURTH-GRADERS OUT ON THE ICE AGE TRAIL. THROUGH THE FALL 2019 SCHOOL SEASON 4,561 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED.

LANDS - IATA PROTECTED FOUR PROPERTIES IN 2019 THAT PROTECT APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES OF TRAIL AND 209 ACRES. PROPERTIES WERE PROTECTED IN BOTH FEE AND EASEMENT. ALL THESE LANDS WILL HOST A VARIETY OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCLUDE THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.

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