Staff and volunteers of the Ice Age Trail Alliance were the National Park Service winners of the 2020 George and Helen Hartzog Award in the “Volunteer Group" category. They also won the award in the Midwest region of the National Park Service (Regions 3, 4, and 5). The George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service recognize the exemplary contributions of volunteers across the National Park System.
The Ice Age Trail Alliance is the long-standing major partner of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. The Alliance, and its thousands-strong volunteer workforce, have been amazing innovators in trail construction, tireless protectors of the resource, story tellers of Wisconsin’s nationally significant geologic history, and true champions in public engagement of every description. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail spans more than 1,000 linear miles, cared for by volunteers across every inch. Even in a year like 2020 when COVID-19 shook the nation and the world, the Alliance stood tall.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service