Alaska Stories

The EPA Blocks Pebble Mine: Bristol Bay and Its Bears Are Saved!

The 13-year battle for Bristol Bay reached a triumphant culmination on January 30, 2023. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invoked its Clean Water Act...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Roads: The Winter and Wildlife Kind

Travel is back. And it’s back in a big way. Following the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, flying is rebounding. But road trips remain one of the most popular forms...

Michelle Peters

Bunk With a Brown Bear: Nat Hab’s New Alaska Bear Camp

Soar by bush plane over Cook Inlet, active volcanoes and massive glaciers en route to a pristine beach in the Alaskan wilderness. Today, you’re headed to...

Megan Brief

Traveler Story: Photographing Katmai’s Grizzlies & Winning The Washington Post’s Photo Contest

“With many pandemic-era travel restrictions in the rearview mirror, we are out in the world again. The winning entries in our 23rd annual photo contest were...

WWF

Sights and Sounds of Alaska

By Kelley Ashford, Sr. Video Specialist, Development, WWF-US & Mónica Echeverría-Cota, Deputy Director, Media and Strategic Communications, WWF-US We...

Joel Centano

A Wildlife Photographer on Social Media, Saving the Planet and Getting the Perfect Grizzly Shot

Delve into Dana Cama’s bio, and it seems her life path was destined to lead to her role as social media manager for Natural Habitat Adventures. After...

Cathy Brown

9 Epic Mountain Destinations to Explore

At Nat Hab, it’s safe to say we’re enamored with mountains, which is why we’re thrilled to celebrate International Mountain Day each December! Mountains host...

Cathy Brown

5 Memorable Ways to Explore Alaska by Air, Land and Sea

Anyone trying to convey the grandeur of an Alaska wilderness adventure knows how difficult it is to articulate the majesty of the place. With 17 of the 20...

Ruksana Hussain

5 Prehistoric Animals You Can Meet on Your Next Adventure

When you hear the term ‘prehistoric animals,’ you likely think of creatures that are long gone. Dinosaurs. Woolly mammoths. Saber-toothed tigers. But plenty...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Sharing Salmon: Bears and People

Fat Bear Week recently announced the 2022 champion: 747 (aka "Bear Force One"). If you’re not familiar with this contest, it’s a competition where you can...

Michelle Peters

See Alaska’s Big Five: Brown Bear, Moose, Gray Wolf, Caribou & Dall Sheep

There’s a new “Big Five” in town. Well, in Alaska, that is. Go beyond the famous quintuplet of creatures found on an African safari and head north, instead,...

WWF

Go Big or Go Home: My First Brown Bear Encounter

In Alaska, there is an incredibly remote and breathtakingly beautiful place where the brown bears gather in mass, the salmon fill the pristine rivers and...

Laura Kiniry

The Homestead History of Nat Hab’s Alaska Bear Camp

Nat Hab’s new Bear Camp, located in one of Alaska’s most coveted bear viewing areas, is a remote fly-in camp that began as a homestead property.

Jennie Lay

Petitioning for Pebble

Now is the critical moment to sign on and support Bristol Bay conservation…again The final battle is intensifying in an epic three-decade struggle between an...

Cathy Brown

Conservation Win: Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 Canceled

Nature and wildlife lovers can all breathe a little easier now. The Biden administration has announced it is canceling a proposed oil and gas lease sale in...

Wendy Redal

17 Seasons and Counting: Meet the Manager of Nat Hab’s Alaska Bear Camp

Caprice Stoner has managed Bear Camp, a remote fly-in wilderness camp in Alaska's Lake Clark National Park, for 16 years, and she will be returning in May for...

Madison Mitchell

Protecting Alaska: Ecosystem, Economy, and Bear Tourism

Alaska is home to the world's largest wild sockeye salmon run, all three species of American wild bears, and some of North America’s largest peaks. The...

WWF

Species Spotlight: Orca

One of the most powerful marine predators, the orca, grows up to 32 feet in length—about the size of a school bus—and can weigh up to 6 tons. Though the...

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