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Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is a department within the government of Alaska.ADF&G's mission is to protect, maintain, and improve the fish, game, and aquatic plant resources of the state, and manage their use and development in the best interest of the economy and the well-being of the people of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle. [1]
The Sterling Highway is part of Alaska Route 1. It leads mainly west from Tern Lake to Soldotna, paralleling the Kenai River, at which point it turns south to follow the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. It is the only highway in the western and central Kenai Peninsula, and most of the population of the Kenai Peninsula Borough lives near it.
Gustavus (Lingít: Wanachích T’aak Héen [3]) (gus-TAY-vəs) [4] is a second-class [5] city [6] in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.The 2020 census population was 655, [7] which represents a 48% increase over the 2010 census of 442 [6] and is one of the fastest growing communities in Alaska.
Sutton-Alpine is located in southeastern Matanuska-Susitna Borough at (61.712473, -148.885625), [5] 52–72 miles (84–116 km) northeast of Anchorage along the Glenn Highway
Gakona / ɡ ə ˈ k oʊ n ə / (Ggax Kuna’ [2] in Ahtna Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 169, down from 218 in 2010. [3] It is home to the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program.
Hyder is a census-designated place in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 48 at the 2020 census, down from 87 in 2010. [5] Hyder is accessible by road only from Stewart, British Columbia. It is popular with motorists wishing to visit Alaska without driving the length of the Alaska Highway. Hyder has no ...
Minto (Tanana: Menhti) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP is 150, down from 210 in 2010. [2] The name is an anglicized version of the Lower Tanana Athabaskan name Menhti mən̥tʰi, meaning 'among the lakes'. After repeated flooding the village ...