Steese National Conservation Area
![Hiker stands above a bluff in the Steese National Conservation Area.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509085854im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ak/fdo.Par.79702.Image.-1.-1.1.gif)
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Puzzle Gulch, South Unit Steese NCA |
The Steese National Conservation Area (NCA) encompasses 1.2 million acres of public land about 100 miles northeast of Fairbanks. Created by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, the Steese NCA's special values include Birch Creek National Wild River, crucial caribou calving grounds and home range, and Dall sheep habitat. While various land uses are allowed in the Steese NCA, the area is managed so that its scenic, scientific, cultural and other resources are protected.
The Steese NCA is split into the North and South Units, located on either side of the Steese Highway. The popular Pinnell Mountain National Recreation Trail skirts the edge of the North Unit.
For more information
Bureau of Land Management
Fairbanks District Office
1150 University Avenue
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3844
(907) 474-2200 or
1-800-437-7021