Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    OUTREACH - DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, IATA'S IN-PERSON ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS CANCELLED. A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE WAS ARRANGED BY CONTRACTING WITH THE UW PYLE CENTER WITH 416 REGISTRANTS. ATTENDEES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO "ATTEND" TEN SEPARATE SEMINARS, TRAININGS, AND INFORMATION SESSIONS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR BYLAW-MANDATED BOARD MEETINGS AND ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING WERE EFFICIENTLY HELD. WE WERE THRILLED TO WELCOME JIM STAUDACHER, THE FIRST PERSON TO HIKE THE TRAIL IN 1979, AS OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER. IATA'S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM, SAUNTERS, HAD INCLUDED 22 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WITH 23 PROGRAM OPTIONS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. ONLY A COUPLE WERE HELD BEFORE CLOSINGS IMPACTED OUR OFFICES AND ALL SCHOOLS. FOR THE SAME REASON, OUR GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT OUR THINK OUTSIDE PROGRAM, WAS REDIRECTED BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF THE FOUNDATION TO OPERATIONAL NEEDS. THE GOAL OF THINK OUTSIDE WAS TO HAVE GOTTEN 10,000 FOURTH-GRADERS OUT ON THE ICE AGE TRAIL THROUGH THE FALL 2020 SCHOOL SEASON WITH 4,561 STUDENTS COMMITTED. A HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS OUR OCTOBER MAMMOTH HIKE CHALLENGE. THE HEAVILY PROMOTED EVENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WISCONSIN STATE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, SAW OVER 7,000 REGISTRANTS COMMITTED TO HIKING 40 MILES DURING OCTOBER AND VISITING TWO TRAIL COMMUNITIES. 3,921 REGISTRANTS COMPLETED THE CHALLENGE!
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $495.1K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    LANDS - IATA PROTECTED NINE PROPERTIES IN 2020 THAT PROTECT APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES OF TRAIL AND 270 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.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $470.4K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    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 1.3 MILES OF SUSTAINABLE TRAIL TREAD AND BROUGHT AN ADDITIONAL 15 MILES UP TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STANDARDS. SEVENTY-SIX TRAIL STRUCTURES INCLUDING 1,277' OF WOODEN STRUCTURES AND 260' OF ROCK WALLS AND ONE NEW DISPERSED CAMPING AREA WERE BUILT. IATA'S EIGHT MOBILE SKILLS CREW PROGRAMS GENERATED ALMOST 40% OF ALL VOLUNTEER HOURS REPORTED BY THE IATA. TOTAL VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YEAR WERE 1,499, CONTRIBUTING 53,297 HOURS. IATA MEMBERSHIP GREW TO A RECORD 5,560 MEMBERS. TWENTY-ONE VOLUNTEER AND STAFF PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE NPS/USFS SAWYER TRAINING FOR SAFE CHAINSAW USE.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.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $433.7K