Applications must be postmarked by March 1 of each year. Successful applicants will spend 4 days camping at McNeil River. Admiralty Island is a lush rainforest wilderness in the heart of Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest . The 60,000-acre Stan Price Bear Sanctuary is prime habitat for brown bears as they feed on the salmon running up Pack Creek. Visitors will experience the luxuriant rainforests while marveling at the countless bald eagles and brown bears in the region.
Pack Creek runs through an open intertidal meadow before spilling into the ocean.
An elevated sandy spit at the edge of the meadow is the official bear viewing area. There is also a beautiful one-mile trail through the rainforest to an elevated viewing platform above the creek. The Sanctuary allows a limited number of visitors to Pack Creek during the salmon runs from early July though August. The only access is via boat or floatplane. Juneau is the closest city.