Trail Projects

WISE works with local schools to deliver interpretation techniques to students for them to develop educational interpretive trails near their schools for classes and visitors.

WISE has been actively involved in developing two new trail systems in the Copper River Valley. In partnership with the Copper River School District, Bureau of Land Management. Kenny Lake Soil & Water Conservation Ass., Alaska Bible College, AHTNA, and the National Resource Development Council, interpretive trails have been established in Glennallen and the Kenny Lake area. These trails are used by the local schools as outdoor education classrooms as well as by the general public for recreation and interpretive programs.

 

 

Glennallen Trail
Starting in 2003-4, WISE assisted Copper Valley Development Association in the planning, layout, development of interpretive materials, and dedication of the Glennallen Trail. WISE in partner with National Park Service developed training and mentoring of students to research and design the interpretive signs for the trail. Funding for these trails was secured from the Alaska Trails System TRAAK Board

Kenny Lake Trail

Starting In 2006-8, using the Glennallen Trail as a prototype, WISE assisted Copper Valley Development Association in the planning, layout, development of interpretive materials, and construction of the Kenny Lake Trail. WISE in partnership with National Park Service, developed training and mentoring of students to research and design the interpretive signs for the trail. This trail incorporated learning stations and interpretive material that will be used by the local teachers for their natural history school programs. Funding for these trails was secured from the Alaska Trails System TRAAK Board.