Landowner Assistance

The Department of Sport Fish works with landowners through the Kenai, Matanuska-Sustina and Fairbanks Cost Share Programs to rehabilitate degraded riparian habitat along rivers, streams and lakes. The Department partner's with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, local municipalities, nonprofit entities and other organizations to complete rehabilitation projects.

Shoreline Restoration Cost Share Projects

• Fairbanks Cost Share Project
• Kenai Cost Share Project
• Matanuska-Susitna Basin Cost Share Project

Federal Programs

• Alaska Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Alaska Coastal Program (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• National Fish Passage Program (Alaska Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Alaska Habitat Restoration Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Adopt your Watershed (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Office of Water (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service

Wildlife Enhancement on Private Land

• Information for larger landholders to access matching funds
• Environmental Quality Incentives Programs and Wildlife Habitat Improvement Programs

Wildlife Habitat in Your Backyard

• Landscaping for wildlife
• A guide to building and placing birdhouses for Alaska