Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
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| Date opened | 1993 |
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| Location | Portage, Alaska |
| Land area | About 700 acres (280 ha) |
| Website | www |
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a non profit organization dedicated to conservation, education, and quality animal care. They're also dedicated to preserving Alaska's wildlife. The center is located on about 700 acres (280 ha) at the head of Turnagain Arm and the entrance to Portage Valley, Milepost 79 of the Seward Highway, about 11 mi southeast of Girdwood.
It is a refuge for orphaned or injured wildlife, as well as home or temporary home to captive born and translocated wildlife such as wood bison. The center has reintroduced elk back into Alaska, and is currently involved in a program for the reintroduction of the wood bison.
This wildlife conservation center is open daily March through December, and on weekends in January and February.
Founded by Mike Miller, The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center opened in 1993 as the for-profit Big Game Alaska."
In 1999, the center became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, "Big Game Alaska, Inc. dba the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC)," with Miller serving as the center's executive director. The name was officially changed to Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Inc. in 2007.
Animals at the center include wolves, Grizzly bears, black bears, Alaskan moose, red foxes, elk, muskoxen, sitka black tailed deer, caribou, Canadian lynxes, bald eagles, great horned owls, northern hawk-owls, wood bison, and porcupines. This wildlife conservation center is also home to coyotes.
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