Dillingham Community Resource Guide - Bristol Bay Native ...

United States Government
Fish and Wildlife Service
TOGIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ............................................................. 842-1063
Services provided by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge include:
Environmental education presentations. Ivory tagging for all beach ivory found and Alaska
Native hunted walrus tusks. Information and regulations for the Nushagak Peninsula Caribou
subsistence hunt. Bird identification (by sight and sound). Coordination for 4 Public Bird
Counts (World Bird Count in October, Christmas Bird Count in December, Great Backyard Bird
Count in February, North American Migration Count in May). Information on fish with tags and
radio transmitters and collared moose and caribou. (Federal Duck Stamps are sold at the Post
Office)
Department of Agriculture
RURAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE....................................................................... …. 842-3921
Provides funding for business development, community facilities, and a variety of home loan and
grant programs. Applications and information are available at the Dillingham office below the
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge offices.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION .......................................................1-800-772-1213
271-4015
Provides Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for people who are retired,
disabled, on Medicare or are low income, and for minor children whose parent(s) are deceased.
Also provides assistance in filing claims and Medicare outreach services to bush areas of Alaska.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Henrik Ibsen
DILLINGHAM’S Community Resource Guide
Created by BBNA Staff 2003 / Updated by BBAHC Nitaput Staff 2009
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