The Alaska Coastal Program:
Our Coastal Program provides
direct conservation assistance: we
invest funding, staff time, technical
expertise, and other resources into
coastal conservation efforts throughout
Southcentral Alaska, the Alaska
Peninsula, the Alaska Gulf Coast, and
Southeast Alaska.
The program enables partners
(including federal, state and local
agencies, tribal corporations,
non-profit organizations and
private landowners) to carry out
projects that benefit migratory birds,
anadromous fish, marine mammals, and
endangered species by conserving their
coastal habitats.
For example, by supporting proactive
community-supported habitat
assessment and protection projects
with staff time and dollars, the Alaska
Coastal Program helps safeguard
important coastal habitats for the
benefit of fish, wildlife, and the public.
Our staff’s expertise leading small
groups toward consensus while
providing organizational and technical
support helps build local capacity,
leverage non-Service funding, and bring
a strategic focus to project selection and
implementation.
