Easter Extravaganza 2024

Easter Extravaganza 2024

Join AWCC and the Easter Bunny on Easter Sunday, March 31st for an Easter Egg-xtravaganza! Event highlights include an Easter egg hunt, photo ops with the Easter Bunny, hay-rides, Easter porcupine puppet show, animal enrichment keeper chats, and watch as staff feed...
Hoot Hoot Hooray – It’s National Bird Day

Hoot Hoot Hooray – It’s National Bird Day

It’s National Bird Day, everyone, and what better way to celebrate than highlighting our two resident raptors: Snappy and Adonis!   Snappy’s Story Snappy is our Great-Horned Owl. He arrived at the AWCC in 1999 from Anchorage, after suffering a gunshot wound,...
Summer Hummingbird Days 2024

Summer Hummingbird Days 2024

Join us at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center for Rufous Hummingbird banding demonstrations and presentations with biologists from US. Fish & Wildlife and AWCC’s naturalists. Summer Hummingbird Days Program Schedule Coming Soon! Highlights include:...
December Edition of the Animal Ambassador

December Edition of the Animal Ambassador

We hope you enjoy the latest issue of the Animal Ambassador featuring beluga updates, inclusive adventures at the sanctuary, fall and early winter wildlife photography, donor highlights, and MORE! Pro Tip: The Animal Ambassador is best viewed on a desktop computer....
The Grinch Has Come to the AWCC

The Grinch Has Come to the AWCC

Eek! The Grinch has been spotted lurking around the sanctuary in a bid to steal Christmas! Come on down to the AWCC on Saturday December 16th or 23rd to see if you can find the Grinch – prizes will be awarded to those who are able to find him! Good luck, Grinch...

Discover the WILD of Alaska and come meet the locals! Walk on the Wild Side Tours are available year-round and include an animal encounter. Summer Moose Encounters & Bear Encounters are available for online booking. Book early to ensure your spot!