Conservation
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center's (AWCC) mission indicates the organization's commitment to wildlife: To preserve Alaska's wildlife through conservation, and public education, providing quality animal care and spacious enclosures for injured and orphaned animals on a year-round basis.
Bear Education and Research Sanctuary
WCC originally opened knowing that interest in wildlife viewing was
growing. Over 3 million people have visited the wildlife center since its inception. With an annual visitation of over a quarter of a million people, AWCC has the opportunity to reach a large and diverse audience. AWCC would like
to take advantage of this incredible opportunity and construct the Bear
Education And Research Sanctuary
(BEARS) that would provide visitors with a quality, one of a kind, educational Alaskan bear viewing experience.
Bison Reintroduction Project
After more than 100 years of extinction in Alaska, wood bison have found their way back to the state of Alaska. The AWCC herd arrived in November 2003 from the Yukon Territory in Canada and is part of a wood bison recovery program designed to reintroduce the species to Alaska. AWCC is home to the only wood bison herd in the United States. Wood bison hold the distinction as the largest land animal in North America. The first wood bison calves born in the state of Alaska in over 100 years were born at AWCC in 2005.