Historic Resources:
The National Trail System Act (as amended) calls for the identification and protection of the historic route and its historic remnants. However, it is apparent form legislative history of the amended National Trails Act that Congress did not intend to fully protect every inch of the historic trail system or every historic site.

Using the 1977 Bureau of October Recreation report, The Iditarod (Seward-Nome Route) and other Gold Rush Trails as a starting point, the Iditarod Trail Project Office began to identify, evaluate, and make recommendations for the historic route and its components.

Identification of Sites and Segments
There are two trail components, site and segments, which have been inventoried during the course of the project. Although each known historic site and trail segment has been identified, adequate research and site recordation of the Iditarod National Historic TRail will require extensive research and field work far exceeding the immediate requirements of the initial planning program.




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