Alaska Region Headquarters

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CAUTION: BIRD NESTING SEASON

Birds are sensitive during the nesting season. Vegetation clearing, ground disturbance, heavy wake near shorelines and other site construction and recreational activities can destroy eggs or nestlings or cause nest abandonment. If you encounter an active nest, leave it be and give it space until young hatch and depart the area. Do not destroy eggs, chicks, or adults of wild bird species. Learn about the laws that govern migratory birds in Alaska including possible exceptions for subsistence gathering. More information on avoiding waterbird harassment and timing recommendations for construction activities to minimize impacts to nesting birds.

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Potential Land Exchange for a Road Between King Cove and Cold Bay

For information on the potential land exchange for a road connecting King Cove and Cold Bay through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Congressionally designated Izembek Wilderness please visit Potential Land Exchange for a Road Between King Cove and Cold Bay. 

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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Wildlife Wonders
The White Raven: Corvus Considered
If you are familiar with the common raven (Corvus corax), you probably know them as a large, intelligent, black bird. We'd like to introduce you to an ivory-colored raven currently living in the urban neighborhoods of Anchorage who's inspiring art and drawing attention from afar.
Dense mat of invasive Elodea viewed underwater in Big Lake, Alaska.
Our Partners
The Big Deal About Big Lake
When invasive Elodea was discovered in a Mat-Su Valley lake, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southern Alaska Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office and partners of the Mat-Su Elodea Task Force worked collaboratively on a conservation success.
Close Up of Federal Wildlife Officer/Pilot taxis at an airport with the entry window/door open.
Our People
A 67 Million Acre Open Air Office
How do you pack for a patrol of an area the size of Mississippi? What do you pack? A lunch? What about a week's worth of food, a tent, sleeping bag, and your flight helmet? Those are exactly what Senior Federal Wildlife Officer (SFWO) Cody Smith packs at a minimum for a patrol of his over 67-...
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Our Partners
Collaboration on the High Seas
Collaboration on the high seas; And other lessons learned on marine debris clean-up
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Our People
Wildlife Inspector Canine
Wildlife Inspector Canines work with Wildlife Inspectors to help combat international wildlife trafficking. Dock, a black Labrador from Georgia, has spent seven years working with the Office of Law Enforcement in Alaska.
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History and Culture
Yaaw / Pacific Herring
On Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, the Tlingít and Haida people call it "herring egg weather"—a snow flurry may usher in blue skies that quickly cloud up and cast down rain or snow…all within minutes. Boats are readied and hemlock trees and branches cut. Yaaw (Tlingit for Pacific...
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      Conservation in Color: Alaska's Wildlife
      Download these digital coloring pages created by Alaskan artists to learn more about wildlife and conservation, while creating works of art.
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