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

• Spring: ~January 10th
  (issue mails in late February and covers March/April/May)
• Summer: ~March 29th
  (issue mails in late May and covers June/July/August)
• Fall: ~July 12th
  (issue mails in late August and covers Sept./Oct./Nov.)
• Winter: ~October 11th
  (issue mails in late November and covers Dec./Jan./Feb.)
  

Event Sign-In Sheet

Quarterly Chapter Hours Report Worksheet

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

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.