Alaska's 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan Revision is Ready for Public Review!
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) created a draft of Alaska’s 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) (PDF 16,605 kB) with input from a diverse group of fish and wildlife specialists. Every ten years, ADF&G reviews and revises the SWAP to plan for the next ten years of wildlife conservation in Alaska. The 2025 SWAP identifies Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN), key habitats, priority issues/threats, and conservation actions for wildlife in Alaska.
Opportunity for Public Review
An important part of developing Alaska's 2025 SWAP is incorporating feedback gathered during public review. We would like to thank all who participated in the 30-day opportunity to comment on the draft above (either via our online form or email). We greatly appreciate the feedback! All comments were due by 5:00 p.m AKST, June 25, 2025. Any feedback received by this date will be reviewed and integrated into the draft 2025 SWAP to the extent possible, before the final version is submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the October 1, 2025 deadline.
Current State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP)
Alaska's distinctive geography and climate have given rise to a remarkable diversity of habitats that support a multitude of plant and animal species. However, due to the sheer size and remoteness of Alaska, the status of most nongame wildlife is largely unknown. Filling key information gaps for species that are known or suspected to be declining, but for which little information is available, helps support the TED Program's efforts to proactively conserve and manage wildlife species. Accomplishing this goal requires extensive collaboration and partnering with local, state and federal agencies to maintain diverse and healthy wildlife populations for the benefit of all Alaskans and visitors. Doing so provides direct ecological, economic, aesthetic, scientific, and recreational benefits.
The TED Program's actions are guided by the Alaska State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). The SWAP evaluates the status of wildlife populations and recommends actions to conserve wildlife and vital habitat before they become more rare and more costly to protect. Alaska's SWAP is part of an effort by all 50 states and 5 U.S. territories to develop conservation action plans and participate in the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) Program. The SWG Program's purpose is to support state actions that broadly benefit wildlife and habitats, but particularly "Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)" as identified by each individual state.
SWG funding in Alaska has supported monitoring and research on more than 120 species of greatest conservation need and their habitats
- 2005 Alaska Wildlife Action Plan (PDF 18,475 kB)
- 2015 Alaska Wildlife Action Plan (PDF 17,981 kB)
If you have any questions about the SWAP, please contact the Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity Program's Conservation and Management Coordinator, Julie Hagelin (julie.hagelin@alaska.gov).