ALASKA OUTDOOR ACCESS ALLIANCE

The Alaska Outdoor Access Alliance, a group dedicated to keeping trails accessible for all user groups, was created and is committed to all forms of recreation. When we first organized we were faced with the BLM's ‘East Alaska Resource Management Plan', EARMP for short. This plan in its original form threatened to limit our use of major recreational areas in a popular hunting unit. Being the hunting state that we are, that raised some hackles!!! We are still working with BLM to make sure they don't limit us again... Since our Alliance formed we have been instrumental in the creation of the ‘Knik River Public Use Area'. This popular river has been the subject of editorials about the trash, random gunfire, car burning parties (and subsequent litter) and lawlessness of "all those ATV people". We knew we were not to blame so we contacted our State Representative Bill Stoltze and our Senator, Charlie Huggins. Together we helped draft the legislation and boundaries of the public use area.....