Alaska Geographic Association

2020: As the nonprofit partner to all of Alaska’s National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, and BLM lands, Alaska Geographic aims to overcome barriers and inspire increased appreciation of, engagement with, and support for Alaska’s public lands. We accomplish this by working in partnership with public lands agencies to connect people with Alaska's parks, forests, and conservation lands through the creation and delivery of exceptional products and programs. These products and programs provide visitors and local communities with greater opportunities to learn about and personally experience iconic places like Denali National Park, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, the Chugach National Forest, and the many public lands along the Dalton Highway. We further provide opportunities for people to give back to their favorite places by donating or volunteering to help with stewardship projects and education programs across Alaska.

2020: Alaska Geographic is the non-profit partner of Alaska’s public lands agencies, playing an essential role in supporting these lands by providing educational programs and products, innovation in community collaboration, and funding for critical projects. Our success involves several coordinated approaches:

a. Providing site-specific educational and stewardship programs for visitors and local communities.

b. Providing leadership training and mentoring for Alaskan youth.

c. Create and sell interpretive products that educate people about Alaska’s public lands, enhance the visitor experience, and provide financial support to these wild places.

d. Raising funding to assist with priority educational and stewardship projects in parks, refuges, forests, and BLM lands.

e. Fostering collaboration between community organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and public lands agencies.

2020: Alaska Geographic provides expertise in educational programming, youth leadership, collaboration-building, project management, and retail management.

2020: How do we know we’re making a difference?

• Students in our youth programs stay involved, return as volunteers, and grow into internships, college programs and jobs related to conservation. Over 100 teens complete our wilderness and leadership programs each year.

• Our partnerships with local schools and colleges are expanding, with a growing interest in hands-on learning with real-world problems, and a need for a partner who can facilitate working successfully and safely with public lands. We serve over 1,000 students each year.

• In 2019 Alaska Geographic provided more than $215,000 in grants and funding to our public lands partners through earned revenue proceeds and raised more than $450,000 in grants and funding including $65,000 in donations.

• Other organizations seek our advice on building and sustaining successful education and youth leadership programs.

• Our youth leadership and education programs are award-winning and receive national and international recognition and replication.