U.S. Forest Service - Chugach National Forest

U.S. Forest Service - Chugach National Forest The 5.4 million acre Chugach National Forest is located in the heart of southcentral Alaska. Marine mammals and tidewater glaciers beckon kayakers and boaters.
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Located in south central Alaska just 50 miles south of Anchorage, the Chugach forms a great arc around Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. It stretches more than 200 miles from the Kenai Peninsula to the remote and wild Copper River Delta. More than half of Alaska's population live within a short drive to the Kenai, making it the most accessible area of the Chugach. It hosts residents and

visitors for fishing the Russian and Kenai River, camping, and hiking and biking an extensive trail system. Prince William Sound, the heart of the forest, envelops deep fiords and great walls of glacial ice. communities of the Sound are linked together by its intricate coastline. The Copper River Delta enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a birder's paradise, and is home of the famous Copper river red (sockeye) salmon, on of the most highly prized fish in the world.

โ€œThe National Forest Foundation, chartered by Congress, engages Americans in community-based and national programs that promote the health and public enjoyment of the 193-million-acre National Forest System and administers private gifts of funds and land for the benefit of the National Forests. http://www.nationalforests.org/โ€


The Forest Service manages a system of 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands, and 222 research and experimental forests, as well as other special areas, covering more than 192 million acres of public land. The Forest Service has evolved into a 30,000 employee agency that manages the national forests for a number of multiple uses, including recreation, timber, wilderness, minerals, water, grazing, fish, and wildlife.

05/28/2026
05/27/2026

The sun making an appearance more and more and summer is here! As it heats up and dries out always remember your wildfire prevention and Fire Wise principles ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’๐Ÿก๐ŸŒฒ

A big thank you to the The Anchorage Fire Department for hosting this monthโ€™s Interagency Wildfire Open House. Hereโ€™s to another season of cooperation & communication ๐Ÿ‘

05/22/2026

Go with the flow! ๐Ÿ“‰ I made a chart to keep your road trip on the right track.

Sparks from your vehicle can start a wildfire, so take a look and see if youโ€™re following the safest route. Visit my website, SmokeyBear.com, for more tips.

The Begich, Boggs Visitor Center is open for the summer!The public is welcome to visit and talk to our knowledgeable sta...
05/22/2026

The Begich, Boggs Visitor Center is open for the summer!

The public is welcome to visit and talk to our knowledgeable staff, Thursday - Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐‘๐“ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐š ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญThe USDA Forest Service intends to solicit assistance from mi...
05/21/2026

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐‘๐“ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐š ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ

The USDA Forest Service intends to solicit assistance from military units through the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) Program under the Military Assistance Program in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.

The proposed project is planned for the Forest Service infrastructure and facilities on the Cordova Ranger District at the Childs Glacier Recreation Site. Work may include deferred site maintenance, selective decommissioning to improve safety, and other improvements to enable better remote site functionality.

Local contractors, labor union organizations or private contractors who have questions, or who wish to voice opposition to this action may contact Steve Namitz, Cordova District Ranger, at [email protected] or 907-424-7661, no later than 14 days after publication of this notice.

Those who do not file their comments within that timeframe will be considered to have waived their objections to the participation of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs in this project.

โ—๏ธAVALANCHE BLOCKING ROAD TO CROW PASS TRAILHEADโ—๏ธ
05/21/2026

โ—๏ธAVALANCHE BLOCKING ROAD TO CROW PASS TRAILHEADโ—๏ธ

๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ!Cooper Land...
05/14/2026

๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ!

Cooper Landing:
12 May 2026 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cooper Landing Community Club
18511 Bean Creek Rd, Cooper Landing, AK 99572

19 May 2026 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cooper Landing Community Club
18511 Bean Creek Rd, Cooper Landing, AK 99572

Moose Pass:
20 May 2026 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Moose Pass Sportsmanโ€™s Club
33657 Depot Rd
Moose Pass, AK

Hope:
21 May 2026 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Hope Community Library
18487 A St.
Hope, AK 99605

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”.๐’. ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’

05/13/2026

Today, the U.S. Forest Service announced an additional 2026 recreation fee-free day on June 6 in celebration of , providing no cost use of all standard amenity recreation sites on national forests and grasslands.

"For National Trails Day in 2025, Forest Service trail managers, partners, and volunteers hosted 80 events, including 54 stewardship projects, engaging with more than 3,100 volunteers who maintained 173 miles of trail,โ€ said Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz. โ€œWe hope those who love Forest Service trails will join us at the trailhead on June 6, whether itโ€™s volunteering to build new trails, pick up trash near a trailhead, participating in a nature walk, or taking advantage of the fee-free day benefits.โ€

Find a local National Trails Day event and join the nationwide movement here: https://americanhiking.org/national-trails-day/find-an-event/

๐’๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ซ & ๐’๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌStarting tomorrow, possessing or operating a snowmachine (or ov...
05/12/2026

๐’๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ซ & ๐’๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

Starting tomorrow, possessing or operating a snowmachine (or over-snow vehicle) on the Glacier and Seward Ranger Districts is prohibited. The lack of snowpack on the ground necessitates this closure to protect the forest floor from damage. Please refer to the map below and visit our website for more information.

Chugach National Forest alerts:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r10/chugach/alerts

05/11/2026

Winterโ€™s grip might have felt endless this year, but the wildfire season is at our doorstep. This week (May 3-9) is Alaska Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week, a timely reminder to exploโ€ฆ

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