Look on steep, grassy slopes and cliffs near the top of established seabird colonies. Hot spots include Kenai Fjords National Park and Prince William Sound. Near-shore waters along the southern coast of Alaska. Spruce forests, freshwater marshes, willow thickets, Interior river valleys. Shallow coastal waters from Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands.
Mothers often anchor their young in kelp while foraging.
Check rocks in the tidal zone during low tide for hauled-out otters. Hot spots include Prince William Sound and the Kenai Fjords. Arctic tundra and alpine tundra near of above the timberline, taiga forests in winter. Hot spots are the northern section of the Dalton Highway, Denali National Park, the Denali Highway, the Richardson Highway between Sourdough and Paxson Lake. Sealions dwell in shallow coastal regions.