Lake Clark pre­serves the ances­tral home­lands of the Dena’i­na peo­ple, an intact ecosys­tem at the head­wa­ters of the largest sock­eye salmon fish­ery in the world, and a rich cul­tur­al wilder­ness. … Stun­ning Wilder­ness. Lake Clark Nation­al Park and Pre­serve is a land of stun­ning beau­ty. Vol­ca­noes steam, salmon run, bears for­age, and crag­gy moun­tains reflect in shim­mer­ing turquoise lakes. Here, too, local peo­ple and cul­ture still depend on the land and water.