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Logo bar of the Alaska Public Lands Information Center which are located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Tok and Ketchikan
The top of a mountain that's covered in green, red, and orange for the fall. The sky is blue behind it with a big, white cloud.
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State of Alaska - Department of Natural Resources
 
The Alaska DNR logo.
The Alaska DNR logo.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is a department of the government of Alaska that aims to "contribute to Alaska's economic health and quality of life by protecting and maintaining the state's resources, and encouraging wise development of these resources by making them available for public use."

DNR manages all state-owned land, water, and natural resources--excluding fish and game--on behalf of the people of Alaska. The department is split into eight divisions: Agriculture, Coastal & Ocean Management, Forestry, Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Mining, Land & Water, Oil & Gas, Parks & Outdoor Recreation, and Support Services.

Visit the DNR's official Website at http://dnr.alaska.gov/

Learn more about different departments in DNR at http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/about.htm



A glacial valley covered with green, and orange--the fall colors of Alaska
Mary McCormick
View from Dew Mound located about three miles from the Eagle River Nature Center. Part of the Chugach State Park

Public Use Information
Alaska State Parks offers public use cabins, yurts, and ice yurts in eighteen parks! For more information about these cabins, visit http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/cabins or http://www.alaskacenters.gov/cabins.

To learn more about our state forests visit http://forestry.alaska.gov/stateforests

To find hiking trails in Alaska State Parks head to http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aktrails/explore/index.htm

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/permits/index.htm for information on obtaining permits within Alaska State Parks.

 
 
Sea otter in the southwestern exhibit within the anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center. Did You Know?
Sea otters have very dense fur made of stout guard hairs and fine under hairs. There are about 600,000 to 1,000,000 hairs per square inch. Sea otter pelts were so prized that they were almost hunted into extinction in the late eighteenth century.