Alaska Llamas & Outdoors Blog

The  Alaska Department of Fish and Game's (ADFG) June 11, 2018 letter states that ADFG "has no intentions to promote or support limiting the use of South American camelids on public land in the state of Alaska." The ADFG letter is in response to a May 3, 2018 letter by the Greater Appalachian Llama and Alpaca Association (on behalf of the North American llama industry) seeking clarification of ADFG's role regarding the recently published "Risk Assessment on the Use of South American Camelids for Back Country Trekking in British Columbia" (RA). This is very good news in light of concerns of disease (most recently M.ovi) potentially being transmitted from domestic animals to wild animal populations. See ADFG Press Release for the latest - Alaska Caribou Death - ADF&G Press Release  Visit  packllamas.org for the most comprehensive information concerning llamas on public lands and a commentary by the North American llama industry. This website was dev...

The  Alaska Department of Fish and Game's (ADFG) June 11, 2018 letter states that ADFG "has no intentions to promote or support limiting the use of South American camelids on public land in the state of Alaska." The ADFG letter is in response to a May 3, 2018 letter by the Greater Appalachian Llama and Alpaca Association (on behalf of the North American llama industry) seeking clarification of ADFG's role regarding the recently published "Risk Assessment on the Use of South American Camelids for Back Country Trekking in British Columbia" (RA). This is very good news in light of concerns of disease (most recently M.ovi) potentially being transmitted from domestic animals to wild animal populations. See ADFG Press Release for the latest - Alaska Caribou Death - ADF&G Press Release  Visit  packllamas.org for the most comprehensive information concerning llamas on public lands and a commentary by the North American llama industry. This website was dev...

Banana Bread - A healthy snack for the trail that provides lots of good energy for the hike. Ingredients: 1 C brown sugar ½ C butter, softened 2 eggs 1 ½ C mashed ripe bananas (2 or 3 medium bananas) ½ C buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla 2 C unbleached flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 C Grape Nuts cereal ¼ - ½ cup Jam (Cherry, Strawberry or Rubbard) 3/4 cup of dried cranberries (Optional) ½ cup of chopped walnuts (Optional) Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom only of two loaf pans (8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches). Mix butter and sugar in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients (except cereal) just until moistened. Stir in cereal. Pour/spoon into pans. Bake about 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes, loosen sides of loaves from pans, remove from pans. Cool completely, wrap in foil and freeze. Makes two loaves that taste ...

Llamas near Echo Bend heading home. Answer: Llamas Do Heavy Lifting for Chugach State Park Trail Crews About mid-August this summer, three of our llamas packed in about 150 lbs. of gear to assist Chugach State Park with trail maintenance on the Iditard Trail (AKA Crow Pass Trail). We started from the Eagle River Visitor Center and dropped the gear/equipment about Mile 5.5 around the Icicle Creek area. Equipment hauled by llamas included chain saws, fuel, hand tools, camping gear and food (above) . The gear/equipment was stored and locked in a strong (Knaak) box so that trail crews could access it when needed. Specifically a lower trail just beyond the Perch (Mile 4) is eroding into the river. A new trail has been re-routed above the Perch and will be improved by the trail crew. Crews will also be making trail improvements beyond Icicle Creek. And this answers (partially) another FAQ - What are llamas good for? Answer: They can carry lots of stuff. I like to think of them...