HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the team at Wrangell-St. Elias! Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy season with family and friends!
Photo: NPS/Small tree decorated with Junior Ranger badges, and ornaments of the NPS and DOI logos.
For updates, park information, subsistence and safety, visit the park website News Releases page: ow.ly/EWte50SUVte
Photo: NPS/Townsend/Wrangell-St. Elias Visitor Center in Copper Center.
Did you know the boreal forest is the largest terrestrial biome in the world, circling the Earth's Northern Hemisphere like a jeweled crown. Learn more at: ow.ly/b9OW50Stmq3
Photo: NPS/Interpretive wayside showing forest trees, plants and animals.
Who were the first women rangers in the National Park Service? Esther Brazell at Wind Cave in 1916 and Clare Marie Hodges at Yosemite National Park in 1918. Learn more at: ow.ly/E3cZ50SugJI
Photo: NPS/Claire Hodges in uniform on horseback at Yosemite.
Butterfly’s beauty,
Forever moving pollen,
Bright like the hot sun.
What’s the best haiku you can give for this photo?
Photo: NPS/Alice Serovy/Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterfly collecting pollen from flowers.
Another recent YCC adventure included hiking down the Klutina River Trail to learn about river corridor ecosystems and water safety. Learn more about the YCC at: ow.ly/lg3K50SufZp
Photo: NPS/William Savok/YCC crew at the Klutina River interpretive wayside.
For information about what to see and where to go at Wrangell-St. Elias, download the park visitor guide for trip-planning! ow.ly/QLMX50SucGK
Photo collage by Ranger Cayla Canady with the park map and images in the park.
Wrangell-St. Elias is so vast, where will be your next visit in the park? On the photo collage of different places in the park, made by Ranger Cayla Canady, can you find the moose tracks?
Wrangell-St. Elias warns visitors of collapsing ground near Bonanza Mine in Kennecott Mines NHL. See news release for more details: ow.ly/7bOA50SBYk0
Photo: NPS/Map of Bonanza Mine showing old structures in yellow and crosshatch where ground collapse could occur.
Kennecott past or present? Do you have a black and white then and now photograph to share?
Photo courtesy of Mark Cosson, NPS Maintenance at Wrangell-St. Elias /Vintage car next to the Kennecott train depot.
HAPPY Summer Solstice! Enjoy the longest day of the year!
Photo: NPS/View of the sun over the Pacific Ocean from Yakutat, along the coastal part of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Did you know Kennecott Mines is a National Historic Landmark and it is one of the areas featured in the National Historic Landmarks of Alaska Coloring Book. Download your copy and get to coloring!
nps.gov/subjects/nhlalaska/c…
The fungus are among us! Rosy Goblet, Microstoma protractum, a tiny cup fungus, is now emerging from a long winter!
Photo: NPS/Townsend/Red goblet-shaped fungi growing in the grass.
Get outside, get some exercise and ride your bicycle in a national park! Visit the park website for where to go: nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/d…
Photo: NPS/View of a bike's handle bars and the Nabesna Road ahead.
When the wildflowers are live, Summer has arrived at Wrangell-St. Elias! Check out more wildflowers on the park website: nps.gov/wrst/learn/nature/wi…
Photo: NPS/Marjie Lodwick/Arctic Lupine in bloom along the Copper River in Slana, Alaska.
Get reeled into fishing with the Junior Ranger 'Let’s Go Fishing' booklet for anglers. Explore national parks, learn about fishing, aquatic habitats and fishing safety. Protect native fish and the habitats on which they depend. Visit: nps.gov/subjects/fishing/jun…
"Subsistence In Alaska, An Enduring Way of Life" -- visit the NPS story map website to see subsistence users living off the land and read their stories:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories…
Photo: NPS/Karen Evanoff, LACL/Family seining for salmon on Sixmile Lake near Lake Clark.
Interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math? Apply by 6/16 to the Scientists in Parks Program, paid internships to help you learn a variety of different skills and prepare you for a career in science! scientistsinparks.org/
Courtesy of Scientists in Parks Program.
Ready to go fishing in a national park? Check out opportunities in your area: nps.gov/subjects/fishing/fis… and within Wrangell-St. Elias: nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/f….
Photo: NPS/Person fishing with rod and reel at a small lake.





















