Steese National Conservation Area

Steese National Conservation Area is a protected public landscape in Alaska, about 100 miles northeast of Fairbanks, spanning roughly 1.2 million acres. Created in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the National Landscape Conservation System, it allows multiple land uses while protecting scenic, scientific, cultural, and other resources. Its notable features include Birch Creek National Wild River, important caribou calving grounds and home range, and habitat for Dall sheep. Divided into North and South units along the Steese Highway, it remains a large, lightly developed interior Alaska landscape balancing public use with habitat and river protection.

Central, Alaska · United States