• Spruce trees converge on the Kobuk Sand Dunes

    Kobuk Valley

    National Park Alaska

Fire Management

Kobuk Valley Fire Management Plan

Alaska NPS Fire Management

Alaska Interagency Coordination Center

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Did You Know?

Two rustic cabins surrounded by trees. The large one sits on the ground and the small one sits on stilts to protect stored food from animals

In 1940, archeologist J. Louis Giddings traveled down the Kobuk River on a homemade raft, with three young Native men as guides. They found many ancient house depressions, including one at Onion Portage in Kobuk Valley National Park. The site is now believed to be about 10,000 years old.