Membership
Alaska Trappers Association
Membership Information
The Alaska Trapper is published monthly eight times per year during the trapping season (Sept. – April). A year’s membership to the ATA costs $30.00 per year or $80.00 for 3 years and includes a year’s subscription to the magazine (Canada $40.00 US funds per year, overseas $50.00 US funds per year). Lifetime membership is $500.00. Checks or money orders payable to ATA.
Watch the following video to get a general overview of membership benefits and activities when you join the Alaska Trappers Association.
Online Membership Signup/Renewal
Click the below to sign up or renew your membership online.
Sign Up/Renew By Mail
To pay by mail, fill out our membership form, and send it with appropriate payment to:
Alaska Trappers Association – Dept W
PO Box 82177
Fairbanks AK 99708-2177
South Central Chapter:
SCCATA
PO Box 230574
Anchorage, AK 99523-0574
Contact: Brad Christensen
Phone: (907) 782-9160
Email: ride_ak@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/SCCATA
Delta Junction Chapter:
Contact: Matthew Willey
Phone: (907) 505-9037
Email: matthew_willey64@yahoo.com
Kenai Peninsula Chapter:
KPC-ATA
PO Box 2067
Soldotna, AK 99669
Contact: Dianne MacLean
Phone: (907) 598 4387
Email: clspv2@yahoo.com
Southern Southeast Chapter:
ATASSC
PO Box 991
Contact: Bob Jahnke
Ward Cove, AK 99928
Phone: (907)-247-8207
Email: bobkristn@kpunet.net
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245631905879514/
Mission Statement
The Alaska Trappers Association endeavors to preserve and promote trapping through trapper education and public awareness.
Our Philosophy
Shared knowledge fosters responsible trappers and improves public understanding of trapping.
The Trapper's Code of Ethics
A Trapper’s Responsibility
- Respect the other trapper’s “grounds” – particularly brushed, maintained traplines with a history of use.
- Check traps regularly.
- Promote trapping methods that will reduce the possibility of catching non-target animals.
- Obtain landowners’ permission before trapping on private property.
- Know and use proper releasing and killing methods.
- Develop set location methods to prevent losses.
- Trap in the most humane way possible.
- Dispose of animal carcasses properly.
- Concentrate trapping in areas where animals are over-abundant for the supporting habitat.
- Promptly report the presence of diseased animals to wildlife authorities.
- Assist landowners who are having problems with predators and other furbearers that have become a nuisance.
- Support and help train new trappers in trapping ethics, methods and means, conservation, fur handling and marketing.
- Obey all trapping regulations, and support strict enforcement by reporting violations.
- Support and promote sound furbearer management.
The Code of Ethics is reprinted from the Alaska Trappers Manual. The manual was created in a joint effort by the Alaska Trappers Association and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The Alaska Trappers Manual and the Alaskan’s How-To Manual are available through the ATA.