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    Wrangell - St Elias

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

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  • Delayed Opening of Kennecott Visitor Center

    Due to lingering snow conditions and frozen water supply lines, the park has postponed the opening of the Kennecott Visitor Center until June 1. Even though the visitor center is closed, Kennecott MInes NHL and local businesses are open. More »

Our Partners

Alaska Geographic

Alaska Geographic and the National Park Service are partners in providing the public with quality interpretive materials and programs. Alaska Geographic is dedicated to enhancing the public’s understanding and conservation of Alaska’s natural, cultural, and historical resources. Alaska Geographic operates the bookstores in the park visitor centers. Revenues from sales are donated to the park’s educational programs. They also assist in the production of The K'elt'aeni, our yearly visitor information guide.

Alaska Geographic
810 East Ninth Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-274-8440
www.alaskageographic.org

 
Wrangell Institue for Science and Environment


The Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment (WISE) provides science and environmental education to all age groups, resources for learning, and support for scientific research. Our vision is to share the natural world of the Copper River Basin and to provide scientific, environmental education, and research services to all age groups from children to seniors and to instill people with a sense of awe, connectedness, and sacred feeling for the place we live.

Wrangell Institute for Science & Environment
Copper Center, AK
907-822-3282
www.wise-edu.org

 
Wrangell Mountains Center


Based in McCarthy, Alaska, at the heart of the nation's largest National Park and just minutes from the toe of the Kennicott Glacier, the non-profit Wrangell Mountains Center offers residential and walk-in programs that foster appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of Alaska's wildlands and communities.

Catering to the needs of students, writers, artists, scientists, travelers and local citizens, we offer opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. Please join us to learn, to explore, to express, to revere...to be transformed through direct experience with this extraordinary place

The Wrangell Mountains Center
McCarthy #20, PO Box MXY
Glennallen AK 99588
(907) 554-4464
http://www.alaska.net/~wmc/index.html

 
Ahtna Heritage Logo

The primary focus is assisting Ahtna shareholders with their educational goals, the Ahtna Heritage Center also provide opportunities for our shareholders and others to learn about the Ahtna people through cultural programs and our Cultural Center - C'ek'aedi Hwnax, which means "Legacy House" in the Ahtna language.

Ahtna Heritage Foundation
PO Box 213 Mile 115 Richardson Highway
Glennallen, Alaska 99588
Office: (907)822-5778
http://ahtnaheritagefoundation.com/index.html

Did You Know?

Wood Frog

Central Alaska has only 2 amphibians, the wood frog and boreal toad, which survive the winter in frozen mud and hops out in the spring ready to breed.