The BLM in Alaska has many obligations for
managing public lands and there is a need for additional capacity to
accomplish long term goals and projects. Assistance could allow for the
expansion of opportunities and services beyond those required for BLM to
accomplish its mission. The BLM and partners could benefit from
recreation assistance in the form of organizing outreach events, and
joint projects. Assistance from a non-profit partner would help the BLM
align recreation goals with communities, develop a land ethic within
local communities, deliver the services communities and visitors want
while improving effectiveness and efficiency.
The principal purpose of this project is to cooperatively develop and
support a long-term strategy to create comprehensive recreational trail
systems and visitor use facilities for public use and enjoyment. The
strategy will emphasize organizing and utilizing the combined efforts of
volunteers, trail organization members and staff, and affected public
agencies to incrementally develop the system of recreation services
delivery.
This agreement stimulates the realization of public purposes
and benefits by providing the public with volunteer trail project
opportunities at the local level, the latest educational and training
resources, increases the knowledge, skills and abilities of community
and trail volunteers, organization members, recreation and tourism
advocates and agency staff via staffing support, trail events, longer
term volunteer opportunities on public lands and through targeted
educational projects. The agreement also facilitates the creation of
locally managed, cost-effective, locally-based, recreation experience
delivery systems in a variety of communities across Alaska in response
to rising public demand for such recreation opportunities and the
limited availability of agency resources to meet that demand.
Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
