Close-up of the Start/Finish Full course map (~6 mile loop) [...]
Full course above. Close-up of the start/finish line is below. One lap is 11ish miles. [...]
Gerald "Jerry" Bailey also 2022 Volunteer of the Year. THANK YOU TO Jerry, Sharon and Dan Winter, and Allyson Parker-Lauck for their incredible support and volunteerism. We are indebted to all of them for their generosity, enthusiasm, and efforts to make the Nature Center a wonderful place for people to visit. [...]
Thank you all for attending and supporting the Nature Center’s OCTOBER NIGHTS AUCTION this past weekend. We hope everyone had a great time at 49th State Brewing with our band HWY9 and our auctioneer Dan Newman.Thanks to all of you and those who bid during our online silent auction, we met our goal of raising $50,000.00 with over $18,000 “For the Cause” to construct a new public use cabin in memory of Erin Johnson. We are grateful for your incredible generosity. &nbs [...]
Betsy Ward and Hans Farnstrom joined us this summer as our resident volunteers after falling in love with Alaska on their previous trips. We've been fortunate that they have also fallen in love with the Eagle River Nature Center. They both love the outdoors and sharing their enthusiasm for it with visitors. We thank them for all the work they do serving the public and representing the ERNC. Kudos to you both!Here's what Becky has to say: "I visited the Nature [...]
Thanks to receiving a Recreational Trails Grant, we have been able to begin working on a trail to connect the Lower Parking Lot to the Nature Center. The new lot has been great for providing additional parking and increasing safety (less people are now parking on Eagle River Road). It has also been instrumental in allowing people with disabilities to access the Rodak Nature Trail and Viewing Decks. They can now bypass the steep section of the trail that begins behind the Nature [...]
