Facility Activities

Guided public use is managed through a complex permitting program that includes air and water taxi services, sport fishing, big game hunting, and wildlife viewing. Unguided access is managed through public contacts and a force of Refuge Rangers who patrol more than 200 miles of rivers. In total, Togiak receives more than 20,000 visitor days per year.

We recommend you leave a detailed trip plan with a trusted friend or family member, as well as any air taxi or guide you are working with, in order to facilitate search and rescue efforts, if necessary. 

The retreat of glacial ice and the power of earthquakes and volcanoes have shaped a striking landscape that appears from the air to be carved and crumpled. The varied topography supports a diversity of wildlife, including many game species. Caribou from the migratory Mulchatna Herd pass through...

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge includes coastal bays and lagoons; hundreds of ponds, lakes and streams; and over 30 rivers. Anglers come from around the world to fish for Chinook, Coho, sockeye, chum and pink salmon, Arctic grayling, rainbow and lake trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic char and...