Sitka National Historic Park of Sitka, Alaska, is reminding visitors that it isvillegal to feed wildlife inside the park.
The reminder specifically mentions the park’s waterfowl, though feeding any wildlife inside Sitka National Historic Park is not allowed. Human food is not healthy for wild animals, and feeding it to them could cause them to stop getting the nutrients they need to survive. Additionally they can become habituated, relying on humans for food and stopping hunting, foraging, or scavenging as they normally would.
“It is also illegal to feed wildlife in the park in under the Code of Federal Regulations 36 § 2.2 (a)(2). The violation carries a $300 violation notice/fine.”
Sitka National Historic Park preserves the sight of a battle between invading Russian traders and indigenous Kiks.ádi Tlingit. Totem poles from the Tlingit and Haida areas fill the park’s coastal trails, while a restored Russian Bishop’s House demonstrates Russia’s colonial presence in North America.
