Fireweed, bistort, rose, mountain-avens, burnet, and shrubby cinquefoil are just some of the many plants found in the area. Many people travel to Tangle Lakes to pick blueberries. Other berries found near the Delta River include crowberry, alpine bearberry, cranberry and red currant. Animals Wildlife provides opportunities for sport hunting, trapping, photography and viewing. Hunters seek moose, caribou, bear, Dal1 sheep, ptarmigan, waterfowl and snowshoe hare.
Trappers concentrate on taking beaver, fox, wolf, marten, lynx, wolverine, otter, muskrat and mink.
Waterfowl are hunted on the Tangle Lakes in autumn and ptarmigan are hunted among the low hills and valleys of the area in autumn and late winter. Nesting bald eagles can be observed along the river from Tangle Lakes to the lower Delta River during the summers. Wildlife viewing is best in the early morning. The river running season generally begins in early to mid-June, depending on ice breakup and precipitation. Average annual precipitation, measured at Paxson, is 11 inches of rain and 120 inches of snow.