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Logo bar of the Alaska Public Lands Information Center which are located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Tok and Ketchikan
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Agency Logos Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCED), Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT), Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADFG), US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), US Forest Service (USFS), US Geological Survey (USGS)

The Alaska Centers are interagency visitor centers authorized in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The centers serve the public on behalf of nine federal and state agencies that manage public lands in Alaska. Each land unit is managed according to the mission of the regulating agency and its enabling legislation. 
These are the nine agencies:

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en.html

National Park Service (NPS) 
http://www.nps.gov/index.htm

Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCED) 
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/

Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 
http://dnr.alaska.gov/

Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT) 
http://www.dot.state.ak.us/

Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADFG)
http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
http://alaska.fws.gov/

United States Forest Service (USFS) 
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/

United States Geological Survey (USGS)
http://alaska.usgs.gov/
 
willow ptarmigan in its winter plumage in the anchorage alaska public lands information center exhibitDid You Know?
The willow ptarmigan is Alaska's state bird. It is white like snow during the winter. In early summer, the ptarmigan has a chestnut brown plumage. It usually nests in sparsely timbered and treeless areas such as the Brooks Range.