I recently attended a gathering that reminded me just how amazing Alaska’s system of state parks is. Neil Johannsen, who served as the longest tenured superintendent of Alaska State Parks, returned to ...

Cruise tourism surges in Valdez, Ketchikan’s Schoenbar Trail closes for maintenance, Juneau welcomes a new arts director, and ...

Alaska State Parks will host Neil Johannsen in Anchorage on Sept. 10 to share stories about his tenure as the division's longest serving director — 12 years and seven months, from 1971 through 1995.

Erin Kirkland welcomes visitors to the Families to Parks event at Independence Mine State Historical Park in Hatcher Pass on July 26, 2025. Ready to get outside as a family and explore everything ...

Staffing cuts at the National Park Service in Alaska will mean less oversight of wolves, whales, weather and fast-melting glaciers this summer. The cuts raise questions about the experiences that 3.3 ...

Check out our week-long 3 Alaska National Parks Trip report including Denali National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Glacier Bay National Park. Where we stayed, how we got to the park, and so ...

The only way to reach Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge is by boat. On calm June mornings, the half-hour trip from Seward crosses Resurrection Bay, past rocky outcrops where sea otters drift in kelp and ...

Myakka River has the first publicly accessible treetop trail in the nation.

Jul. 3—Fires burning near Fairbanks and Healy in Interior Alaska grew this week, prompting new evacuations and Parks Highway closures and delays. State transportation officials advised against travel ...