Around Alaska
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local squirrel information
Squirrel control in Alaska
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Squirrels in Alaska: what to know
What to note
Where you see squirrels, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Squirrels in Alaska: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which squirrels actually live in Alaska, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Most of forested Alaska, north to the crest of the Brooks Range and through Southeast
Red squirrel range
Red squirrels, not gray squirrels, are the tree squirrel that gets into Alaska cabins and attics.
Alaska Department of Fish and GameMating in February and March; three to seven young born 36 to 40 days later
Red squirrel breeding
A single spring litter means the exclusion window opens by midsummer.
Alaska Department of Fish and GameCone caches up to 15 to 18 feet across and 3 feet deep
Red squirrel midden size
The same hoarding instinct fills insulation and crawlspaces with cone debris.
Alaska Department of Fish and GameSquirrel species recorded in Alaska
- Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) — Unprotected in New York (may be taken any time); protected in Washington.
- Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) — Protected in Washington (emergency take only).
When squirrels are busiest in Alaska
Red squirrels are active all winter and move into heated structures in cold snaps; flying squirrel young are in nests May through early July.
No eastern gray or fox squirrels; Alaska's attic squirrels are red and northern flying squirrels.
Rules that apply in Alaska
For context, nationally
- Two, with 1-8 pups each — Gray squirrel litters per year. Penn State Extension
- Mid-December or early January, and again in June — Gray squirrel breeding periods. Penn State Extension
Sources: Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Penn State Extension; Small Game Hunting; Living with wildlife: Tree squirrels. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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