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Trails commission recommends borough adopt Alaska trail handbook as interim standard

5593727 · July 28, 2025
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The Fairbanks North Star Borough Trails Advisory Commission voted to send a letter to the mayor recommending adoption of the Alaska State Parks Trail Management Handbook as an interim set of trail-design and maintenance standards for borough trails included in the borough's Comprehensive Recreational Trails Plan.

The Trails Advisory Commission on July 28 voted to send the borough mayor a letter recommending that the borough use the Alaska State Parks Trail Management Handbook as an interim set of trail design and management standards for borough trails listed in the Comprehensive Recreational Trails Plan.

Commissioners debated how the handbook would be applied, and staff clarified limits on borough code. Trail coordinator Andrea Jacobs told the commission that "the only trail related borough code that has been adopted is under Title 17 subdivision code" and that those subdivision provisions apply…

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