Official State Crap: Alaska

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  • Official state song: "Alaska's Flag"
  • Official state motto: North to the Future
  • BW State Seal 205x205 Official state seal that supposedly can't be used without permission: this one
  • Official state bird: the Alaska Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus alascensis Swarth)
  • Official state tree: the Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensensis)
  • Official state marine mammal: bowhead whale
  • Official state land mammal: moose (Alces alces)
  • Official state fish: king salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, or something like that)
  • Official state sport: dog mushing
  • Official state medal for heroism: there is one, apparently
  • Official state gem: jade
  • Official state mineral: gold
  • Official state fossil: the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
  • Official state insect: the four spot skimmer dragonfly (Quatrospotticus skimmiflyrenei)
  • Official state dog: the Alaskan malamute
  • Avalanche Awareness Month: November
  • Older Alaskans' Day: second Wednesday in September ("The day may be celebrated by public ceremonies and by quiet appreciation."
  • Ted Stevens Day: fourth Saturday of July
  • Marmot Day: February 2
  • Motorcycle and Motor Scooter Awareness Month: May

See Alaska Stat. §§ 44.09, 44.12.