The Chugach Alaska Corporation Region includes the four communities of Cordova, Seward, Valdez, and Whittier, and the five Native villages of Port Graham, Chenega Bay, Eyak, Nanwalek (English Bay) and Tatitlek. Approximately 550,000 acres of the lands are subsurface estate from the region's Native village surface entitlements. It includes more than 5,000 miles of coastline, at the heart of which lies Prince William Sound. The city of Valdez has the largest population with 4,469 residents and Chenega Bay has the smallest with 69 local residents.

The lands and waters are rich in timber, minerals and wildlife resources. Spectacular scenery and recreational activities are the focus of increasingly lucrative tourism opportunities for the Corporation. The sound's majestic fiords, bays and waterways are home to a diverse population of fish, marine mammals and birds. The land's diversity ranges from glacier and mountains to dense forests of hemlock and spruce that thrive here.

We are proud of our lands and our cultural resources department is actively working to identify and preserve the archeological resources of the Chugach people by conducting visits and careful documentation of sacred and historical sites. Utilization of the land for economic purposes is closely balanced with the subsistence and archeological uses of resources

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