Category: Walk for the Wild

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Walk for the Wild 2024 – 10/12 Bethel event cancelled

Unfortunately, the Bethel Walk for the Wild event in support of the Yukon Delta Refuge has been cancelled due to weather. 

If you’re still interested in supporting Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges on our team page on the Walk for the Wild website. AlaskaTeam16! has set a goal of raising $2,000. Anyone can donate so encourage your friends and family to donate too, whether or not they join the walk. Any amount is gratefully accepted and will be put to work on refuge projects.  And because you are contributing through Walk for the Wild 2024, the Public Lands Alliance will match your contribution, in part, increasing the impact of your gift. 

Through your donation to Friends, you are investing in conservation and the future of refuges. Wildlife and humans need these critical places to thrive. Your gift ensures we can leave this vital legacy to the next generation.

Walk for the Wild is part of America’s Wildlife Refuge initiative and is coordinated by the Public Lands Alliance. This year there are 36 Friends teams participating from 23 states, supporting over 60 national wildlife refuges. The event demonstrates our commitment to deepening human connections with nature and to protecting the thriving ecosystems we all depend on.

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge 5K walk/Run Walk for the Wild 2023.



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Walk for the Wild 2023, Across Alaska!

Let’s take a moment to celebrate the incredible Refuge Staff and Friends Volunteers that have taken action to help Wildlife Thrive in Alaska! AlaskaTeam16! held 4 LIVE events, drawing 130 participants, which were held in.

  • Bethel
  • Homer
  • Kenai
  • Kodiak
  • All assisted by Friends Members/Volunteers


    Runners for Yukon Delta Refuge in Bethel!


    Alaska Maritime Refuge sign-in and snacks table on the Homer Spit Trail


  • Finishers at the Yukon Delta Refuge 5K.


    Kodiak Refuge Staff & Friends volunteer Leslie Slater


Walk for the Wild walkers on the Marsh Lake Trail, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

We also offered Virtual option for folks to Walk for the Wild wherever they were, along with a link to podcasts on our Refuges to be listened to while walking and folks from throughout the country did just that

We had a dream goal of $16,000… one day! We raised $1704 with help from the PLA Amplifier Fund. Our Team was 15th in the country! Those funds will be deposited into the Friends unrestricted funds for allocation to refuges in response to requests.

Walk for the Wild is a signature event of the NWRS Rebranding Campaign, a multi-year rebranding and activation campaign to invite new generations of Americans to fall in love  with America’s national wildlife refuges and increase private support for the National  Wildlife Refuge System and expand the demographics of Friends members and volunteers. PLAN on participating in 2024!