A long stretch of the Seward-Fairbanks route would fall in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where a proposed Assembly resolution opposes National Scenic Trail designation.
Federal planning for Alaska Long Trail hits potential pushback in Mat-Su over ‘overreaching restrictions’A rainstorm passes by the Alaska Range seen from K'esugi Ken Campground in Denali State Park on June 21, 2019. Trails in the park could be part of a proposed Alaska Long Trail system.
would run through Mat-Su, stretching from the Knik River over a hundred miles through Denali State Park.ordered by Congress in 2022 and currently underway is looking at whether the trail should be federally designated as a National Scenic Trail, a move that comes with millions in funding and some federal oversight and regulations, supporters say.
“I don’t really see a downside to the designation,” said Sam Dinges, a Mat-Su coordinator for Alaska Trails, asupported by the ‘Scenic Trail’ designation is a sensible way to be proactive about having something that’s planned, broadly recognized and supported.” Officials with the state Department of Natural Resources, which manages the state lands the trail would use, said they have been working closely with federal officials on a technical analysis of the proposal.
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