Navigating the Kantishna River outside Denali boundaries. Photo by Will Forsberg Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy recently made the news by sending a letter to the Biden administration asserting the stat…
Denali Citizens Council board members had a chance to teleconference with Denali’s Acting Superintendent Denice Swanke to discuss current plans for the summer season and other topics on Friday, May 8.…
The National Park Service has been gathering input on a range of proposals for the area around Kantishna and Wonder Lake in the heart of Denali. Inexplicably, the agency's outreach documents have avoi…
Proposal 141 (by the National Park Service) was just recently approved for hearing at the Board's statewide regulations meeting in Fairbanks from March 18-28th. Proposal 141 asks the Board to shorten …
DCC submitted comments today supporting the existing vision for trails in the Denali National Park backcountry and suggesting that formal (built) trails be analyzed under a Formal Trails Plan. We sug…
Our comments asked for clarifications and modifications regarding a plan to expand the existing gravel pit at 5 Mile along the Park Road and eventually close Mile 7 pit. The presence of wolves in a d…
Eielson Visitor Center- NPS Photo In September 2014, the National Park Service (NPS) sought input on how to deal with social trails and proposed the idea of establishing new trails around the Eie…
A federal regulation that would ban certain predator-hunting practices in the National Preserves just completed a 90 day comment period. We recently heard that more than 45,000 comments and 28,000 pet…
NPS-Alaska Sets Hearings for Sport Hunting Proposals The National Park Service will hold 17 public hearings this fall on proposed regulations and environmental assessment related to sport hunting in A…
Map from NPS Scoping Document One of the growing pains associated with increased visitation at Denali is the creation of social trails. As the result of NPS-sanctioned guided hikes, recommendations in…
Fall view from Primrose 2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the communities around Denali are celebrating this landmark legislation. The Wilderness Act protects the 2 million acr…
Amidst getting the Wildlife Management Forum together, DCC was able to submit comments to Denali National Park and Preserve regarding their scoping for a future Environmental Assessment to create a sc…
