The Bush (Alaska)

Template:Short description In Alaska, the Bush typically refers to any region of the state that is not connected to the North American road network<ref name="Dummies364">Template:Cite book</ref> and does not have ready access to the state's ferry system. A large proportion of Alaska Native populations live in the Bush, often depending on subsistence hunting and fishing.<ref name="Unofficial">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geographically, the Bush comprises the Alaska North Slope; Northwest Arctic; West, including the Baldwin and Seward Peninsulas; the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Southwest Alaska; Bristol Bay; Alaska Peninsula; and remote areas of the Alaska Panhandle and Interior.

Some of the hub communities in the bush, which typically can be reached by larger, commercial airplanes, include Bethel,<ref name="Unofficial" /> Dillingham,<ref name="Unofficial" /> King Salmon,<ref name="Unofficial" /> Nome,<ref name="Dummies364" /><ref name="Unofficial" /> Utqiagvik,<ref name="Dummies364" /><ref name="Unofficial" /> Kodiak Island,<ref name="Dummies364" /> Kotzebue,<ref name="Unofficial" /> and Unalaska-Dutch Harbor.<ref name="Unofficial" />

Most parts of Alaska that are off the road or ferry system can be reached by small bush airplanes.<ref name="Dummies364" /> Travel between smaller communities or to and from hub communities is typically accomplished by snowmobiles, boats, or ATVs.<ref name="Unofficial" />