Lake Clark National Park is in southern Alaska, across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. The park’s features include lakes, rivers, valleys, and mountains–including two active volcanoes. Lake Clark, in the park, provides an important breeding ground for red salmon. Wildlife in the park includes bald eagles, peregrine falcons, bears, caribou, Dall’s sheep, foxes, lynx, minks, otters, and wolves. The park attracts several thousand visitors a year, but much of it is unexplored. The area was established as a national monument in 1978 and became a national park and preserve in 1980. The preserve, which lies west of the park, allows sport hunting and fishing. For area, see National Park System (table: National parks) ; National Park System (table: National preserves) .
