Moose hunting opportunities on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge are limited 
for non-local residents due to the closure of the Kanuti Controlled Use Area (see below), but portions of the refuge are open and accessible from the road. Shallow water and large boulders reduce use of some creeks and rivers, but people willing to float down rivers in non-motorized boats can be picked up by chartered plane or motorboats at certain locations. For a list of the mammal species known to occur on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, click here.
Kanuti Controlled Use Area:
Because of a variety of factors, including wildfires and moose hunting pressure, the state designated the Kanuti Controlled Use Area (CUA). This 
area was closed by the State Board of Game to the use of airplanes for moose hunting. In 1992, the Federal Subsistence Board closed all federal lands within the Kanuti CUA to moose hunting, except for federally qualified subsistence users. Current qualified users are rural residents of State Game Management Unit (GMU) 24 and the villages of Anaktuvuk Pass, Koyukuk, and Galena. Please contact the refuge office for refuge, state and federal regulations or visit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s web site.
Fishing:
Fishery resources of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge are varied and abundant. King, chum, and silver salmon return to refuge waters annually to
spawn. Clearwater-loving arctic grayling are often seen as they rise to the water’s surface to capture insects. Sheefish, whitefish, burbot, and northern pike thrive in the river and lake systems within the refuge.
The Federal government has listed two species known to occur on the refuge, chinook and coho salmon, as “species of special concern” because of declining populations. Please contact the refuge office for refuge, state and federal regulations or visit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s web site.
List of the fish found on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge.
