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Announcing Prospectus and Request for Proposals for Big Game Guiding Special Use Permits

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's NWRS offers special use permits for Big Game Guides to provide commercial guiding services on National Wildlife Refuge lands within the Alaska Region. Special use permits will be awarded for big game guiding services through a competitive selection process. For more information visit: Announcing Prospectus and Request for Proposals for Big Game Guiding Special Use Permits

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Rat Eradication on Four Islands in Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on an environmental impact statement (EIS) for potential alternative actions (ranging from no action to various methods of eradication) to address nonnative invasive rats on four Aleutian Islands (Great Sitkin, Amchitka, Kiska, and Attu) within Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The scoping period ended on November 7, 2024. For more information about the proposed project, visit: Rat Eradication on Four Aleutian Islands EIS

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Public Meetings and ANILCA 810 Subsistence Hearings for Izembek SEIS

The draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Potential Land Exchange for a Road Between King Cove and Cold Bay is now available. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments. For more information and to view public meeting and hearing details, visit Land Exchange Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Information and Documents.

NOTICE: Comment period extended 45 days: Comment period end date has changed from December 30, 2024 to February 13, 2025.

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Coastal Plain Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

December 9, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management issued the Record of Decision for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and announced the lease sale:  Congressionally mandated lease sale announced for Alaska’s Coastal Plain | Bureau of Land Management

Our regional headquarters is primarily comprised of administrative offices, law enforcement, and the offices of our regional leadership. At this location, you can find staff from our Alaska Migratory Birds Office, Alaska Marine Mammals Office, Conservation Genetics Lab, Ecological Services (including our contaminants and spill response office), Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration, Science Applications, Water Resources, Fire Management, External Affairs, and the Office of Subsistence Management.

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History and Culture
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Awards More Than $1.3 Million in Tribal Wildlife Grants to Alaska Tribes
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $1.3 million to eight federally-recognized Tribes in Alaska to benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitats.
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Recreation
A Place to Park that Matches the Adventure Beyond the Trailhead
A Cooperative effort between Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska State Parks, Eklutna Inc., Eklutna Village Corporation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Restoration Program helped provide a much needed expansion to the Eklutna Lake ATV trailhead. The trailhead, with an...
Biologist on boat sample for aquatic invasive species.
Science and Technology
All Hands on Deck for Early Detection
In the words of Benjamin Franklin, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” For invasive species management this is often referred to as early detection and rapid response, or EDRR.
Watercraft inspector physically inspecting two kayaks on top of truck roof rack for aquatic invasive species.
Recreation
Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska
Just as Gandalf famously declared 'You shall not pass!' to protect the passageway from great evil in Lord of the Rings, we must continue a similar attitude in our prevention of zebra mussels. These tiny, invasive mussels pose a serious threat to our waterways, ecosystems, and infrastructure. By...
Crowbill Point, covered in green and grey with grass and dirt, stretches into the blue waves of the Chukchi Sea.
Land Management
These Boots are Cleaned for Hiking
Want to protect your favorite Refuge? Start by scrubbing your boots. Footwear is a dominant means of introduction for invasive plants, invertebrates, and pathogens because the treads can transport seeds, plant parts, soils, microscopic eggs, feces, and other biologically active material to new...
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Wildlife Wonders
Convergent Evolution in Fish Morphology
What, in exact terms, is a fish? What definition can we use for our finned friends that encompasses them, and ONLY them? As it turns out, we’re going to have to dive into the science of evolution to figure out why that seemingly simple question is so complex. Then, we’ll look at a few examples of...
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      Conservation in Color: Alaska's Wildlife
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