A bear splashes into a stream and emerges with a spawning salmon...tundra swans glide elegantly across a boggy pond...a porcupine curls up and shows his quills to a curious hiker...a sharp-shinned hawk dives on a redback vole...wolves howl into the winter night. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve teems with life.

A full complement of subarctic wildlife species inhabits the Lake Clark area. Thirty-seven species of terrestrial mammals are believed to be present in the region. Five different marine mammal species use haulout sites or feeding areas along the coast. The wood frog, the lone species of amphibian found in the region, inhabits the margins of lakes and ponds of the western foothills and the shores of Cook Inlet. Over 125 species of birds have been observed in the park and preserve. Fish include salmon, arctic char, arctic grayling, Dolly varden, northern pike, lake trout, and rainbow trout.

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