Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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...

In March 2024, the US. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Conservation Investment announced distribution of $61 million in Pittman-Robertson & Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux funds to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG). The funding comes from excise taxes paid last year by hunters,...

Rockfish are in the Sebastes family and there are over 30 different species in Alaska’s waters. They tend to like rocks!

The Little Tonsina River bridge project in Alaska's Copper River watershed was the nation's first Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded fish passage project to break ground. As of August 2023, the two lane, 100-foot floodplain-friendly bridge is open to traffic - vehicles over top and fish below!

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has published for public comment a proposed rule for the subsistence harvest of migratory birds in Alaska during the spring and summer of 2022.  

A fish-friendly culvert was installed in Sitka, Alaska to help salmon migrate upstream and improve infrastructure.