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The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to conservation, research, education, and animal care. The center is located on about 200 acres (81 ha) at the head of Turnagain Arm and the entrance to Portage Valley, Milepost 79 of the Seward Highway, about 11 mi southeast of Girdwood.
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is a set of principles that has guided wildlife management and conservation decisions in the United States and Canada. [1] Although not formally articulated until 2001, [ 2 ] the model has its origins in 19th century conservation movements , the near extinction of several species of wildlife ...
Turnagain Arm. The inlet was first explored and settled by Alutiiq people, tribes of coastal-dwelling Pacific Eskimos, beginning around 6000 years ago.The Chugach arrived around the first century and were the last of the Alutiiq people to settle in the area, but abandoned it after tribes of Dena'ina people, an Athabaskan people from the interior of the state, arrived sometime between 500 and ...
The Seward Highway begins at an intersection with Railway Avenue, in Seward, less than 300 feet (91 m) from Resurrection Bay. At this point, the Seward Highway is two lanes, with a parking lane on each side. The Seward Highway is designated as AK-9 at this point of the route. The highway continues through downtown Seward and residential areas.
The Center for Wildlife purchased 8.42 acres in 2016 at the base of Mount Agamenticus adjacent to 16,000 acres of conservation land and trails. ... The Center for Wildlife has cared for more than ...
The wildlife center is also seeking people to help with carving the pumpkins in the days leading up to the event. Volunteers are welcome to come in any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Oct. 22 ...
Eeyore, a Sicilian donkey at the Western North Carolina Nature Center in East Asheville. Born in Weaverville in 2001, Eeyore came to the nature center in March 2002. ... Asheville’s city owned ...
The Seward Highway follows a portion of the southern edge of the Chugach State Park along Turnagain Arm. [3] Turnagain Arm boasts the second highest tides in North America after the Bay of Fundy. [4] These tides, which can reach 40 feet (12 meters), come in so quickly that they produce a wave known as a bore tide. [4]