trails

A person walks along the tideline adjacent to the Airport Dike Trail on Thursday. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire)

First update in 20 years of citywide commercial-use rules for parks and trails proposed in new study

Plan to be discussed Tuesday bans commercial use of Perseverance Trail, Sunshine Cove Natural Park.

 

Trail Mix Inc.’s executive director, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, right, walks with Mike McKrill off Lemon Creek Trail on June 4, 2022 after taking part in the organization’s annual National Trails Day event. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

Saturdays are for the trails: Trail Mix and volunteers work on Lemon Creek Trail

The organization brought back its in-person National Trails Day event.

 

Meghan Tabacek, a Trail Mix Inc. crewmember, powers a wire hoist during safe rigging practices training. (Trail Mix photo / Meg Roussos)

Trail Mix and city plan ahead as building season wraps up

A good 2020 construction season will set the nonprofit up for a busy 2021.

 

Volunteers can join with trail maintenance Saturday

Volunteers can join with trail maintenance Saturday

Bring your boots and be ready to work.

Volunteers can join with trail maintenance Saturday
In this file photo from August 2014, amid a field of wild irises, a horseback rider moves down the trails adjacent to Echo Ranch Bible Camp earlier this summer. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Echo Ranch land swap goes ahead

The state of Alaska is almost finished with a deal swapping a portion of Point Bridget State Park with property owned by Echo Ranch Bible… Continue reading

In this file photo from August 2014, amid a field of wild irises, a horseback rider moves down the trails adjacent to Echo Ranch Bible Camp earlier this summer. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)