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Roadless areas help define the character of America 

“There he is.”  Stepping over deadfall and keeping a distance, we followed and periodically bugled to a herd of elk. I was leaning with my rifle against a tree when the rag-horn bull separated from the herd in response to Scott’s bugle.   After I shot the elk, Scott looked over and said, “Thank goodness for Idaho’s roadless areas!”   …

A fishing cornucopia, thanks to a healthy forest 

There’s a place that has 13,000 miles of salmon and steelhead producing streams that flow through 16.7 million acres of pristine forest.   That place, of course, is in Alaska.   The rivers and streams would take an angler a lifetime to explore and fish, and the forest surrounding these waterways is critical to their health.   The Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest…

A lot on the line for America’s most prolific Salmon Forest

For many Americans, Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage and Tongass National Forest is a dream destination.  Nearly 3 million visitors come every year to see the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest and its towering old-growth trees, dramatic mountains rising from the sea and tidewater glaciers.  Right now, there’s an incredible opportunity to help maintain the prolific fish and wildlife habitat in the forest for years…

Alaska

For generations, Alaska has been known as “the last frontier.” For anglers, it might be better known as the Salmon Frontier. Alaska is, simply put, the best of what’s left. It’s home to the largest salmon runs left in America and, in some cases, the world. Here, anglers share the rivers and streams with mighty…

Alaska Kingfishers

Since 1993, Alaska Kingfishers has operated a remote Alaska Salmon Fishing camp on the banks of the Nushagak River in the heart of Bristol Bay, Alaska. The Nushagak River is home to the largest run of King Salmon in the world and it also gets a huge return of Alaska chum salmon and Alaska sockeye…

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Goldfish in Alaska?

“Let’s go catch some goldfish.” This is not the phrase an Alaskan angler, or likely any angler, anticipates hearing. However, this summer it was brought to Anchorage residents’ attention that goldfish have been gleefully parading around an urban pond in colorful schools for some time.   With plans to eradicate the invasive species, and orders to catch and kill…

Expeditions Alaska

About us Whether it’s a remote guided Alaska backpacking trip or a world class photo tour, Expeditions Alaska helps folks like yourself connect with the natural world. We maintain impeccable safety protocols and training standards along with proficient trip planning and well designed itineraries to ensure your trip experience is the one you’re looking for.…

Alaska Rainbow Adventures

Alaska Rainbow Adventures has offered multi-day deluxe wilderness camp trips on some of Alaska’s most epic float-fishing rivers for over three decades.

An Alaska Flyfisher’s Odyssey

TU life member pens stories of Alaska with a big gift back to conservation Dan Hoffman knows fishing and knows Alaska. Put the two together, and Hoffman has a lifetime of stories that take him from Katmai National Park in Bristol Bay, to the Kenai Peninsula, and north in to the Interior. He’s compiled some…

Catching salmon & restoring habitat in the Tongass

Aaron Prussian was chasing salmon 50 miles offshore in a remote part of Southeast Alaska, getting battered by intense weather in his F/V Off Piste, a 24-foot Seasport converted for commercial fishing.