Wildlife Program Highlights

A river scene with a canoer in the forefront, staring down at the water and wearing an orange lifejacket. The surface of the river reflects blue sky, but closer to the camera, the water is clear enough to see the river bottom and brightly colored salmon swimming ahead of the canoe. Further down the river is another canoe, and each side of the river is bracketed by green vegetation. A mountain range is visible in the distance.

Tearing through a good time

The Gulkana River is one of six Wild and Scenic Rivers managed BLM Alaska. These rivers have outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values.
Two women are looking up a hole in the tree while one of them is pointing at it.

The black bear housing market in Alaska

Bear surveys are necessary work on the Bureau of Land Management's Campbell Tract, a recreation area in Alaska that happens to be home to black bears. Staff conduct the surveys to ensure visitor safety and understand the bears' denning behavior.
Four people wearing gloves and hardhats stand and kneel around a tree they are about to cut down.

Felling trees for fish habitat

Staff directionally felled encroaching conifers into a creek near Lander, Wyoming, to mimic natural log jams and provide structure to the stream channel. This will improve the habitat for fish, beaver and other wildlife.