Tangle Lakes Archaeological District

Fish and Wildlife Habitat

The Tangle Lakes Archaeological District Special Use Area (TLAD SUA) is home to a wide variety of landscape ranging from mountains, glaciers, tundra, forests, lakes, and rivers. Each of these habit types help to influence the areas rich and diverse fish and wildlife populations. For more information on the different types of fish, birds, and animals found throughout the SUA visit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Wildlife Viewing Guide on the Denali Highway.

Fish that are common to the many lakes and streams in the area include Lake Trout, Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden, and Salmon. The TLAD SUA is a very popular hunting area for the Nelchina caribou herd as well as moose, ptarmigan, and grouse. You may also see grizzly bears, Dall sheep, fox, wolves, raptors, snowshoe hare, porcupine, wolverine, beaver, pikas, hoary marmot, singing voles, swans, loons, Arctic terns, and red-neck phalaropes.