Below are the article deadlines for issues of our magazine, Mammoth Tales. IATA staff will send chapter leaders an email with the exact dates approximately one month before each article deadline.

• Spring: ~January 20th
  (issue mails in March)
• Summer: ~May 15th
  (issue mails in July)
• Fall: ~September 20th
  (issue mails in November)

Event Sign-In Sheet

Quarterly Chapter Hours Report Worksheet (Word)

Quarterly Chapter Hours Report Worksheet (Excel)

Individual Hours Log

NPS VIP Program Volunteer Documentation Resources

* Our report for the entire organization for the National Park Service's "volunteer year" (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30th) is due in mid-October, necessitating an earlier deadline for the July/August/September quarterly report.

Chapter Financial Summary Template

• Project Review Form
  
• Handbook for Trail Design, Construction and Maintenance
  
• Trail Signage Notebook
  
• Trail Stewardship Notebook
  
• Trail Structures Notebook
  

IATA 501(c)(3) letter from Internal Revenue Service

Thank you to all who contributed to the making of the Strategic Plan. Your input helped shape the plan, and in turn the plan will help shape the IATA. Download it below.

Ice Age Trail Alliance Strategic Plan 2011-2015.pdf

Working with youth on the Trail? Here are some resources that can help.

Volunteer Ed Spoon of the Ice Age Trail Alliance's Dane County Chapter wrote an introduction to working with Scouts completing an Eagle project on the Ice Age Trail. Download the PDF.

Volunteer Barb Converse of the Walworth/Jefferson County Chapter compiled a list of ideas for those exploring the outdoors with children. Download the PDF.