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. Prospective applicants are advised to carefully read the prospectus and the Special Use Application and Permits below for the respective National Wildlife Refuges being applied for (below). 

Sealed proposals must be mailed and postmarked to the address indicated below no later than March 31, 2025. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Attention: Regional                                                               

Permits Coordinator National Wildlife Refuge System Alaska

1011 East Tudor Road, MS 235 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge 

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposals to Conduct Commercial Big Game Guide Services within Areas of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area AKM 01

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area AKM 02

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area AKM 03

Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposals to Conduct Commercial Big Game Services within Areas of the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge 

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge 

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposal to Conduct Commercial Big Game Guide Services within Areas of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area IZM-01

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposals to Conduct Commercial Big Game Guide Services within Areas of the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge

Koyukuk Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area and Guide Management Units

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area KOY 02

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area KOY 03

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area KOY 04

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area KOY 05

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area KOY 06

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposals to Conduct Commercial Big Game Guide Services within Areas of the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area NOW 01

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area NOW 02

Selawik National Wildlife Refuge

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposals to Conduct Commercial Big Game Guide Services within Areas of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge

Selawik National Wildlife Refuge: Map Guide Use Area SEL 01

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

Prospectus and Invitation for Proposals to Conduct Commercial Big Game Guide Services within Areas of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge 

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area YKD 01

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area YKD 03

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Map of Guide Use Area YKD 04

Contact Us For More Information

If you have questions, please emailak_visitors@fws.gov.