Alaska Centers - Anchorage

Alaska Centers - Anchorage The center hosts exhibits representing natural, historical, and cultural features throughout the state.
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Staffed by NPS Rangers, visitors can learn about recreating on Alaska's public lands as well as educational materials to bring back to their classrooms

Program Promo! It’s that time of the year… Coffee With a Scientist is back! Starting this Friday, June 7th, we will have...
06/04/2024

Program Promo!

It’s that time of the year… Coffee With a Scientist is back! Starting this Friday, June 7th, we will have an Alaskan specialist speaking EVERY Friday at 2pm in the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center. And of course, like everything else we offer, these events are FREE!

These photos might provide hints on our June topics, but for more detailed event information, visit us at https://www.nps.gov/anch/planyourvisit/calendar.htm or stop by the center in downtown Anchorage!

Coffee and cookies are provided thanks to our partners at Alaska Geographic.



Image Credits: Image 1 = NPS Photo/K. Griffin; Image 2 = NPS Photo/C. & G. Coray; Image 3 = NPS Photo/J. W. Frank

05/10/2024

Get Reel with Abby – Close up with me!

Here in Anchorage, we will be welcoming our seasonal rangers, interns, and volunteers next Monday. We’re so excited to see all the new faces, and a couple of familiar ones, too!

This does also mean that the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center will be closed for the next two weeks for seasonal training, and our social media may be quiet. There’s a lot to learn about Alaska’s public lands, and we want to ensure that everyone is set up for success.

In the meantime, America the Beautiful passes can be obtained at the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Information Center on 7th Avenue as well as U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center on 1st Avenue.

See you Memorial Day weekend!



Video Credit: NPS Video/A. Cook

Video Description: View from inside a building of a uniformed person bringing in a large “OPEN” sign, a shot of the sign inside the building under a whiteboard with yesterday’s date and weather written on it, a shot of a TV with a video on it being paused, a shot of the same person turning off a light above an arctic fox exhibit, a shot of stamps being reorganized and ink closed, a shot of the same person turning an exhibit on fire to the first page of the book, a shot of the person unlocking a cabinet door to turn off a light in an exhibit with brown caribou pelts and skulls, a shot from the front desk of the overhead lights turning off in the Center, and a shot of someone writing 224 on a sheet of paper in a column titled “Daily Count”, this number is also shown on a metal clicker.

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight What happens to the land when a glacier retreats? At Taashuyee (Mendenhall Wetlands) State...
05/09/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight

What happens to the land when a glacier retreats?

At Taashuyee (Mendenhall Wetlands) State Game Refuge, scientists are studying a phenomenon known as glacial rebound. The land is increasing in elevation every year because there is no longer a heavy glacier weighing it down! It is described by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as “like how a couch cushion that has been sat on regains its shape after a person stands up.”

Taashuyee (Mendenhall Wetlands), the ancestral lands of the Tlingit people, are also known as being an important pit stop for migrating birds in the spring and fall.

To read more about Mendenhall Wetlands and glacial rebound, check out this report done in partnership by USFWS, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, and the Southeast Alaska Land Trust: Glacial Rebound on Taashuyee (Mendenhall Wetlands) (arcgis.com)

📍 LOCATION: Juneau
🎣 RECREATION: hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, wildlife watching, boating, snowmachining, photography
✅ SAFETY: leave no trace, bear safety, water awareness



Image Credit: USFWS Photo/A. Pilley

05/04/2024

Get Reel with Abby – Permafrost Kit Unboxing!

Here at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center, we have quite a number of education kits available for check out. Just look at that wall of suitcases!

To check out this kit or learn what else we have available, please reach out; Educational Adventures for Alaska's Parks & Public Lands - Alaska Public Lands (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov). Kits can be used in a variety of settings; traditional classroom, homeschool, scout troupe, etc. - check out yours today for learning more about your public lands!



Video Credit: NPS Video/A. Cook

Video Description Indoors: a uniformed person picks up a dark blue, hard-sided, roller suitcase and puts it on a white plastic folding table; the camera pans over the contents of the suitcase; the person pulls colorful plastic models out of bubble wraps; a close-up of the earthen models; a model shows a sinking house and road; the camera shows a check-out form and then pans across two walls worth of shelved of suitcases.

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight Is that Crater Lake? Not quite... it’s Mount Katmai!  Katmai National Park & Preserve, bet...
05/02/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight

Is that Crater Lake? Not quite... it’s Mount Katmai!

Katmai National Park & Preserve, better known for their Fat Bear Week and Fat Bear Tuesday, is also home to Alaska’s own Crater Lake. Known as calderas, these mountaintop craters are caused by massive volcanic eruptions.

What’s so intriguing about Mount Katmai is that it collapsed due to the eruption of a mountain six miles away! Novarupta erupted for nearly three days in 1912 and stole magma from right under Mount Katmai to do so, causing the caldera.

Interested in learning more about the Bears and Volcanoes of Katmai? Their park film, plus Bear Cam livestreams and highlights, are available to view at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center.

Oh, and swipe for a picture of Fat Bear 2023 – Grazer! We couldn’t leave her out.

📍 LOCATION: Southeast Alaska, northwest of Kodiak Island and southwest of Homer. Headquarters are in King Salmon.
🎣 RECREATION: hiking, camping, 🐻 bear watching 🐻, boating, fishing, hunting, ranger-led programs, historic site
✅ SAFETY: Wildlife/bear safety is SUPER important here! Check in with rangers at a visitor center before going out to the park – this is REQUIRED if visiting Brooks Camp.



Image Credits: Image 1 = NPS Photo; Image 2 = NPS Photo/F. Jimenez

04/26/2024

Get Reel With Abby!

In the winter months, the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center is open Monday thru Thursday form 10am AKST to 5pm AKST. Why aren’t we open Fridays?

This is because on Fridays our staff is either hosting educational field trips at the center itself or going to community locations for outreach. For example, last Friday we were at Mountain View Library!



Video Description: Starts outdoors; outside of a building with two signs that say MT. View Public and Library; pan to a shot of hand opening; inside shot of public building heading towards another doorway showing a sign of “Chat With a Park Ranger” on door; door opens into large sunny room with two table with tablecloths on them; closeup of had flipping a sign that says “Whose Fur is This?” and furs below sign.

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight – Big Delta State Historical Park What can you buy for $10? Maybe a hot meal if you’re luc...
04/24/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight – Big Delta State Historical Park

What can you buy for $10? Maybe a hot meal if you’re lucky? But an entire restaurant – no way!

In 1923, Rika Wallen bought a roadhouse – a business that provided shelter, food, and supplies for travelers and locals – along the Richardson highway for just $10.

Big Delta State Historical Park is home to much more than Rika’s Roadhouse, however. The site originally consisted of Athabascan winter homes after being drawn by the salmon run in the fall. The park also historically hosted a telegraph office, radio station, and then a soldier encampment during World War II.

📍 LOCATION: Mile 274.5 of the Richardson Highway
🎣 RECREATION: camping, public use cabin, picnic sites, museum, walking tour
✅ SAFETY: Leave No Trace, wildlife/bear safety

Find out more about Big Delta State Historical Park from Alaska Department of Natural Resources or drop by any of our four Information Centers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and Tok!



Image Credit: AKDNR Photo

04/20/2024

Calling all youth! (Between the ages of 15 and 19)

Intern with the National Park Service this summer at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center!

Length of internship is 10 weeks from June 3-August 9, 2024 at a rate of $14.34 per hour (full time, 40hr work week).

Apply by Thursday, April 25, by either following this linkhttps://www.nps.gov/.../DI-4014-YCC-Application-Form.pdf or having an interested youth scan the QR code in this post!

We would love to have you join our team for the summer!


Video Description: pan of interior of exhibit area; close up on taxidermy polar bear, cutout of an elderly man, and then a taxidermy sea otter being pulled by rope; final shot is of a young person standing in exhibit area waving at camera.

Alaska Public Lands SpotlightBetween the ages of 15 and 19? Intern with the National Park Service this summer at the Anc...
04/18/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight

Between the ages of 15 and 19? Intern with the National Park Service this summer at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center!

Length of internship is 10 weeks from June 3-August 9, 2024 at a rate of $14.34 per hour (full time, 40hr work week).

Apply by Thursday, April 25, by either following this linkhttps://www.nps.gov/subjects/youthprograms/upload/DI-4014-YCC-Application-Form.pdf or having an interested youth scan the QR code in this post!

We would love to have you join our team for the summer!



Image Credit: Image 1 = NPS Photo/ANCH; Image 2 = DOA/DOI Graphic; Image 3 = QR Code generator.

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight Have you ever wished you migrated with the seasons? Spend your winters in Hawaii and summe...
04/04/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight

Have you ever wished you migrated with the seasons? Spend your winters in Hawaii and summers in Alaska?

The Innoko National Wildlife Refuge could be your dream summer home, along with thousands of birds that do just that (migrate, well maybe not Hawaii, but somewhere else equally as warm)!

From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: “Each spring and summer, thousands of waterfowl come to nest and molt on the plentiful wetland lakes, creeks, and rivers that make the Innoko Refuge one of the largest staging areas for migrating waterfowl in Alaska. Moose, bear, fish, waterfowl, berries, as well as other plants and animals provide valuable subsistence resources for communities along the Yukon River, which forms the western border of the Refuge.”

Visit the Alaska Public Land Information Centers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and/or Tok for more information on National Wildlife Refuges and subsistence in Alaska!



Image Credits: Image 1 = USFWS Photo; Image 2 = USFWS Photo/K. Banish; Image 3 = USFWS Photo; Image 4 = USFWS Photo/D. Dewhurst

03/29/2024

Find your bestie in uniform this summer!

The Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Centers and National Park Service are currently hiring seasonal employees for this summer. These positions are in partnership with the Student Conservation Association and the Youth Conservation Corps. These posting will close on April 15 or when the positions are filled. Apply today!

For more information and to apply for Student Conservation Association opportunities, visit https://thesca.org/about/regional-presence/sca-alaska
For more information and to apply for Youth Conservation Corps opportunities, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/youthprograms/youth-conservation-corps-opportunities.htm



Video Credit: NPS/L. Crowe

Video Decription: Indoors, large visitor center; "When you and your bestie are matching" stays at top of screen and various shots of two park rangers lip syncing to lyrics that also show up on screen as they go in and out of various locations in the center.

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight – United States Geological Survey (USGS)! 60 years ago today, this is what 4th Avenue in A...
03/28/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight – United States Geological Survey (USGS)!

60 years ago today, this is what 4th Avenue in Anchorage looked like – just a couple of blocks down from the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center (AAPLIC).

The USGS is one of our partner agencies at the APLICs, however, it’s unique in that it doesn’t manage any land. Rather, they perform critical research on our natural landscapes.

One huge thing the USGS researches in Alaska is earthquakes – and today is the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake. This magnitude 9.2 earthquake still holds record: it was the second-strongest quake ever recorded, and the strongest in North America.

Check out USGS Coastal and Ocean Science and the USGS website for more information about the 1964 earthquake. Also stop by the Anchorage APLIC to view the historical film “The Day The Earth Shook.”

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center/science/1964-great-alaska-earthquake-and-tsunami



Image Source: USGS

03/23/2024

Get Reel with Abby – 🚨 NEW EXHIBIT ALERT! 🚨

Spring has sprung in Anchorage, and it’s time to change out our exhibits. This caribou exhibit was designed by Tommy, a Student Conservation Association (SCA) intern last summer, and luckily he was able to come back as a volunteer and arrange it according to his vision.

Check out this exhibit and more on subsistence in Alaska at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center – this particular exhibit is only up for a few more months!



Video/Image Credit: NPS/A. Cook

Video Description: Indoors; panning a glass exhibit case with fur items such as a robe, mittens, and hats to then an empty glass exhibit case, to then the exhibit case being filled with lighter fur pelts and skulls/antlers. Final shot is a photo of a young person in a yellow jacket and hat looking into the exhibit case (perspective is looking through glass case at person).

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight! Did you catch the ceremonial start of the Iditarod just outside our front doors a couple ...
03/21/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight!

Did you catch the ceremonial start of the Iditarod just outside our front doors a couple weeks ago?

This week’s public land spotlight is a site that is managed by 10 cooperating agencies – sound familiar? It’s the Iditarod National Historic Trail!

According to the Bureau of Land Management - Alaska , “[t]he Iditarod Trail is the only winter trail in the National Trails System” – meaning, unless you want to wade through swamps, it’s only passable in the winter. ( https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/national-scenic-and-historic-trails/iditarod)

While the Iditarod race is (symbolically) an easy 1,049 miles, the National Historic Trail is a slightly longer 2,400 and spans from Seward to Nome.

📍 Location: Between Seward and Nome
🎣 Recreation: hiking, mushing, snowmachining, fat tire biking, skiing, camping, public use cabins
✅ Safety: Leave No Trace, wildlife/bear safety.

Find out more about the Iditarod Trail on our website at https://www.nps.gov/anch/planyourvisit/northwest-arctic-region.htm -6 or in any of our four Information Centers throughout Alaska. The Anchorage APLIC conveniently has an Iditarod mile marker stamp, too!

Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance - Home (iditarod100.org)



Image Credit: Image 1 = BLM Photo/B. Wick; Image 2 = NPS Photo/A. Cook

03/18/2024

AAPLIC in Action!

The Alaska Public Lands Information Center in Anchorage is thrilled to have participated in this local school ice fishing endeavor with the Anchorage Park Foundation and partner agency Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official. Our Education Specialist had a blast with Creekside Park Elementary; thanks for being such good sports!

Get Real with Abby – Happy   from the APLICs! Here at the Alaska Public Lands Information Center (APLIC) in Anchorage, w...
03/16/2024

Get Real with Abby – Happy from the APLICs!

Here at the Alaska Public Lands Information Center (APLIC) in Anchorage, we have an AmeriCorps alum who we’d like to give a big to. Meet Jasmine, our Student Conservation Association (SCA) intern from 2022-2023!

Jasmine is originally from Anchorage and moved back up here to work with us in August 2022. She says the SCA program was the bridge between college and professional work experience. Jasmine now works as an Educator with the Anchorage Museum.

A major goal over her term was to reinvigorate community engagement efforts in the Mountain View area, and she is proud to have accomplished that. Thanks to Jasmine, the Anchorage APLIC provides programs at Mountain View Public Library on Fridays and has since scaled up to additional educational programs in the community at local schools and Boys & Girls Club.

This photo, provided by Jasmine, is from one of her favorite moments during her SCA season with us - Jasmine assisted one of our partner agencies in a butterfly count at the Cambell Creek Science Center (Bureau of Land Management - Alaska)!

Alaska Public Lands Highlight – Winter Festivals! We’ve been very busy the past couple weekends here at the Alaska Publi...
03/14/2024

Alaska Public Lands Highlight – Winter Festivals!

We’ve been very busy the past couple weekends here at the Alaska Public Lands Information Center in downtown Anchorage with both the Fur Rondy Festival and the ceremonial start of the Iditarod right outside our front door. Thanks to the help of our agency partners U.S. Forest Service - Chugach National Forest and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Alaska and our VIPs (Volunteers-In-Parks), we had a great time in the Fur Rondy Grand Parade and were able to have the Center open with themed activities both Saturdays.

Shoutout to Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official for providing fish so that our Education Specialist and Community Volunteer Ambassador were both able to lead fish dissection demonstrations on the front porch during Fur Rondy!



Image Credits: Image 1 = NPS Photo/C. Niles; Images 2 – 8 = NPS Photo/I. Munson; Image 9 = NPS Photo/C. Clark

Happy March 1st!In celebration of Women’s History Month, we would like to recognize the many women in science and conser...
03/02/2024

Happy March 1st!

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we would like to recognize the many women in science and conservation who have made exceptional strides in Alaska.

Checkout the National Park page science-conservation - Women Making History in Alaska Parks (U.S. National Park Service) (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/akwomenmakinghistory/science-conservation.htm #:~:text=The%20accomplishments%20of%20Celia%20Hunter,1980%20Alaska%20National%20Interest%20Lands) to learn more!!!



Image Credit: NPS Photo

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight: With the ceremonial start of the Iditarod approaching this Saturday right in front of our...
02/29/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight:

With the ceremonial start of the Iditarod approaching this Saturday right in front of our building, we thought we would highlight our park partner agency Bureau of Land Management - Alaska since the finish line is at the Campbell Tract across town in Anchorage.

Check out more details in their shared post below...

❗❗There will be no public parking available at the Campbell Tract on Saturday March 2.❗❗

Parking at the Smokejumper Trailhead will be closed for the event, starting Friday, March 1 at 4PM.

The BLM will host the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Ceremonial Start on March 2 at the BLM Campbell Tract.

Campbell Tract is a great location to view the mushers and their dog teams as they emerge from the woods and trot down the Campbell Airstrip to finish their 11-mile run from downtown. It takes teams about 45 minutes to make the run from downtown to the Campbell Tract. The ceremonial start begins downtown at 10am.



photo by BLM

Huge shoutout to our fellow public lands agencies - United States Forest Service and United States Fish and Wildlife Ser...
02/27/2024

Huge shoutout to our fellow public lands agencies - United States Forest Service and United States Fish and Wildlife Service - for making our participation in the Fur Rondy parade memorable!

Classic Smokey Bear (USFS) and the lesser-known-but-equally-as-cuddlable Puddles the Blue Goose (USFWS) joined Park Rangers from the different land agencies to make the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center stand out in the crowd.

U.S. Forest Service - Chugach National Forest U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Alaska



Image Credit: NPS Photo/K Sedlacek

Image Description: Outside; two mascots (large bear on left and blue bird on right) and three park rangers in uniform walk down snowy road.

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight: Do you think birds like milk? Many birds love to stop at a certain dairy farm in the Inte...
02/22/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight:

Do you think birds like milk? Many birds love to stop at a certain dairy farm in the Interior of Alaska along their seasonal annual or seasonal migration routes. Coincidence or filling up on their calcium for their journey?

If you’ve gotten this far, we’re sorry to inform you that we’re trying to be punny. While birds spend time at Creamer’s Field as they travel north or south to nesting grounds, they do not partake in any dairy products at this Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. Additionally, while once a thriving dairy farm, Creamer’s Field now “protects and enhances quality habitat for a diversity of wildlife, especially waterfowl and other migratory birds, while also providing for compatible public uses, such as wildlife viewing, research, and nature education.”

📍 (location): near Fairbanks, Alaska
🎣 (recreation): birding, hiking, dog sledding, hunting, sightseeing
✅ (safety): leave no trace, wildlife safety

Learn more from Alaska Department of Fish and Game at https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=creamersfield.main ( Department of Fish and Game - Official).



Image Credit: Friends of Creamer’s Field

AAPLIC Science for All Have you been wondering who’s behind all these spectacular posts recently? Who came up with these...
02/17/2024

AAPLIC Science for All

Have you been wondering who’s behind all these spectacular posts recently? Who came up with these fascinating themes anyway?

For the past couple of months, our Student Conservation Association intern, Noah, has been writing our social media posts (thanks Noah!). Spotlighting public lands across Alaska and sharing accessible ways to keep up with the science in those places was super meaningful to us and we hope you enjoyed! Noah now knows (nice alliteration teehee) so much about Alaska’s public lands and the agencies and individuals that get to work on them.

As the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center says goodbye to Noah next weekend, we also say goodbye to one of his amazing themes on our social media. While Wednesday spotlights will continue, Friday’s highlight will be from another intern so keep following, hashtag will be dropping soon!

Image Credits: Noah

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight: When life gives you mud, it brings you down to earth...pretty muddy right? Not quite lite...
02/15/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight:

When life gives you mud, it brings you down to earth...pretty muddy right?

Not quite literal mud, but travel down Mud Bay Road in Southeast Alaska, the site you see at the end will most certainly bring you down to earth; the beautiful Chilkat State Park. With 35 campsites in “a mixed forest of evergreens and deciduous trees,” access to the inlet King salmon run, an information center, glaciers, mountains, and both terrestrial as well as marine wildlife viewing, you’re sure to find reason enough to get your hands dirty.

📍 (location): 7 miles south of Haines
🎣 (recreation): fishing, boating, hiking, camping, sightseeing
✅ (safety): leave no trace, bear safety, water awareness

Managed by State Parks, find out more here! Chilkat State Park (alaska.gov)



Image Credit: Alaska DNR

Science For All:  If someone asked you what it is the Bureau of Land Management does, would you say, “manage land?” What...
02/10/2024

Science For All:

If someone asked you what it is the Bureau of Land Management does, would you say, “manage land?” What a great answer!

If you’d like a little more insight on the science behind this agency’s land management practices, we recommend their Alaska Frontiers Blog. This BLM blog “delivers exciting and insightful articles on the latest environmental actions, news, policies, and recreational areas” across the state of Alaska. Access the archives dating back to 2016 if you’d like to dive even deeper.

Check out the most recent article talking about the repair of the Ikpikuk River gage up in the arctic! Alaska Frontiers Blog | Bureau of Land Management (blm.gov)

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska



Image Credit: BLM

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight: This week we’re talking about an area often referred to as “Alaska in miniature.” Can you...
02/08/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight:

This week we’re talking about an area often referred to as “Alaska in miniature.” Can you guess where that might be?

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has everything from ice fields and glaciers to tundra, forests, and coastal wetlands making its biodiversity unusually high for such a northern place. These ecosystems each support Alaska plant and animal life that represent areas all across the state and all on one peninsula! Thus, this peninsula encapsulates a kind of miniature Alaska.

📍 (location): Soldotna, Alaska
🎣 (recreation): fishing, hiking, camping, hunting, birding, wildlife watching, boating
✅ (safety): safety in bear country, wildlife awareness, pack in pack out

National Wildlife Refuge



Image Credit: USFWS/Ian Shive

Science For All: Do you like feeling hot and/or hawt? While Alaska Parks enjoy being hawt, they are unfortunately becomi...
02/03/2024

Science For All:

Do you like feeling hot and/or hawt? While Alaska Parks enjoy being hawt, they are unfortunately becoming too hot; “the wild lands of Alaska national parks are changing at a rapid pace due to the disproportionate increases in temperature at high latitudes.”

Alaska Park Science is a free publication brought to you by the National Park Service covering various scientific research in Alaska parks. The most recent issue is entitled “Reckoning with a Warming Climate” and delves into research, planning, and stories from across Alaska.

Find out more from the National Park Service and be sure to check out the archives dating back to 2002! Alaska Park Science (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Alaska National Parks



Image Credit: NPS

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight: While we may not have eels up here in Alaska – lampreys and wolf-eels don’t count as they...
02/01/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight:

While we may not have eels up here in Alaska – lampreys and wolf-eels don’t count as they’re not true eels – we do have eelgrass!

Eelgrass is super important as it provides food and spawning habitat for fish, eases coastal erosion, and even improves water quality. Izembek State Game Refuge is home to one of the largest eelgrass beds in the world.

Location: northern shore of the Alaska Peninsula, near the community of Cold Bay
Recreation: birding, fishing, hunting, boating, camping, backcountry
Safety: wildlife awareness, water hazards, leave no trace

Find out more from Alaska Department of Fish and Game Izembek State Game Refuge, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Department of Fish and Game - Official



Image Credit: USFW

Science For All: Are you interested in collaborative forestry programs aimed at benefiting communities? Look no further ...
01/26/2024

Science For All:

Are you interested in collaborative forestry programs aimed at benefiting communities?

Look no further than SourDough News, a publication by the US Forest Service that provides “stories capturing the spirit of your Alaska public lands as told by Forest Service staff and partners who work and live in the Alaska Region.” There’s plenty to learn about forestry from both recent issues as well as the archives dating back to 2007.

Fun fact, its name comes from old miners during the Klondike Gold Rush that came to be known as ‘sourdoughs’ for the many stories and experiences they would share.

Which issue of SourDough News speaks to you? US Forest Service Region 10 - News & Events (usda.gov)

U.S. Forest Service - Chugach National Forest
U.S. Forest Service - Tongass National Forest



Image Credit: USFS

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight: Would you describe these caribou as steezy? For those not up on their 1990’s lingo, steez...
01/24/2024

Alaska Public Lands Spotlight:

Would you describe these caribou as steezy? For those not up on their 1990’s lingo, steezy is defined in the Dictionary as “effortlessly stylish or elegant.”

It also happens that this picture is taken in the Steese National Conservation Area. So, in that sense, they could definitely be called Steesey (see what we did there?).

Hopefully this made you giggle as much as it did us. This conservation area is known for its role in the annual life cycle of the Fortymile and White Mountains caribou herds, “offering migration corridors, summer crucial calving grounds in high alpine tundra, and winter ranges among black spruce boreal forests.”

Location: half day’s drive from Fairbanks, Alaska
Recreation: backpack, hike, camp, fish, pick berries, and hunt under Alaska's 'midnight sun’
Safety: bear safety, think before you drink (Giardia), cell phone coverage

Find out more from the Bureau of Land Management Programs: National Conservation Lands: Alaska: Steese | Bureau of Land Management (blm.gov).

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska



Image Credit: BLM/Craig McCaa

Science For All: Let's talk podcasts! They provide such easy access to information, and you can listen to them anytime, ...
01/19/2024

Science For All:

Let's talk podcasts! They provide such easy access to information, and you can listen to them anytime, anywhere, even on the go - as our Education Specialist Glenn would say, "Awesome!"

You may already have some favorites but save some space for the Fish of the Week Podcast created by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The first season highlights the diversity of Alaska's fish with each week focused on certain species in short, bite-sized episodes that are sure to satisfy all of your ichthyologist interests!

This podcast is one of many ways our partners are making their science available to everyone. Do you have your own ideas for making research more accessible? Not using words like "ichthyologist"? Share a comment!



Image Credit: USFWS

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