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Experience the Chugach

Come see the wildness and wilderness of the Nation's northernmost Forest!

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Welcome to Chugach National Forest

The Chugach is a Forest of unsurpassed beauty with some of the most essential wildlife habitats in the world - from the largest contiguous wetlands in the nation to the 2.1 million acres of wilderness study area. 

Choose your adventure and visit the temperate rainforests, wetlands, mountains, coastline and ice fields! The Chugach National Forest is the perfect place to connect with nature and witness for yourself the results of committed stewardship.

 

Aerial view of the blue ice and dark debris bands criss-crossing the surface of Childs Glacier where it calves into the river.
A brown bear peaks above some wildflowers in a meadow.
A flock of snow geese take flight from the Alaganik Slough with distant view of snowy mountain range.
A fly fisherman wades into the Russian River under a canopy of trees with sunlight glinting off the water's surface.
Orange Fungus fill the view with other foliage.
Sandpipers lift off at Hartney Bay in Cordova, Alaska
A tiny person stands with arms raised in front of a huge iceberg on a frozen lake near Sheridan Glacier
A snowboarder surveys the view from a snowy summit.
Otters swim in the ocean near Cordova, AK.
A pair of moose enjoy a view near a small spruce tree.

Recent Press Releases

Russian River Campground closed March 24 – June 3 for construction

Release Date: March 21st, 2025

Revised Forest Service policy supports long-standing traditional use of Alaska’s ANILCA cabins

Release Date: January 8th, 2025

Spruce beetle treatments taking place on the Seward Ranger District

Release Date: December 13th, 2024
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