Alaskan Mammoth Institute

The Alaskan Mammoth Institute is a private, non-profit safari park and conservation center that combines conservation science and education programs. Located in Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, on the approximant border of the Kenai Peninsula and the Kenai Mountains to the south and the Chugach Mountains, the Institute is home to rare and endangered species from around the globe living in natural, open-range habitats.

The property encompasses 25,784 acres of pastures and wildlife habitats, as well as undeveloped wild land, and the Wildlife Conservation Center. thee is also a college campus, high school and wildlife hospital on the grounds

The Institute is the largest wildlife conservation center in North America and is open between the months of May and October.

One of the facility’s goals is to restore the Mammoth Steppe Ecosystem in Alaska.

Animals and Exhibits

Most of the Institute's Campus is made up of the various animal habitats, especially the Mammoth Steppe Conservation Area, encompassing over 20,000 acres. It is home to the Institute's Mammoth herd as well as many other hoofed animals that would have occupied Pleistocene Beringia.

The Institute also houses about a dozen other species, most of whom were rescued and unable to be returned to the wild.

**Species List**
Common Name	Binomial Name	Population
American Bison	Bison bison	23
Grant's Caribou	Rangifer tarandus granti	36
Moose	Alces alces	6
Musk Ox	Ovibos moschatus	21
Saiga	Saiga tatarica	19
Steppe Bison	Bison priscus	15
Woolly Mammoth	Mammuthus primigenius	44
Canada Lynx	Lynx canadensis	2
Coyote	Canis latrans	3
Gray Wolf	Canis lupus	7
Hoary Marmot	Marmota caligata	1
Common Raven	Corvus corax	2
North American Porcupine	Erethizon dorsatum	1
Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	2
Snowshoe Hare	Lepus americanus	1
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	3
Great Horned Owl	Bubo virginianus	1