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    Sitka

    National Historical Park Alaska

Laws & Policies

February 22, 2010 New Firearms Law for Alaska's National Park. A new law took effect today which allows people who can legally possess firearms under federal, state and local laws to possess those firearms in National Park units.

Read the Sitka NHP Compendium
The compendium comprises a listing of NPS regulations where the Superintendent has exercised discretionary authority to make designations or impose public use restrictions or conditions in the park.

Did You Know?

Totem hall at Sitka National Historical Park

Alaska’s Governor John Brady asked leaders from several southeast Alaska villages to donate totem poles for public exhibitions outside of Alaska, and eventually, for display at Sitka’s popular public park. More than a dozen Tlingit and Haida poles were placed along the park’s trail in 1906. More...