I grew up out past Chugiak (Mustangs!) so here's a few notes:
Find a bug repellent that works for you (bug repellent is to Alaskans what Sun Screen is to pasty white Texans)
Have a personal sidearm, train on it, and use it responsibly
Pepper spray is effective on bears, wolves and mama moose (the last one I can speak from experience on)
Get an ATV or side by side, have it on a trailer
Get a canoe and swap it out on said trailer when not using the ATV
If you don't fish/aren't an angler, learn how and do everything you can to avoid the tourist destinations (e.g. the Kenai - stay the fuck away)
Make a friend with a private pilot - you can pay tourist prices for flying into the interior or have a friend who only wants you to go dutch
Winter blues is BS, I used to hear about people getting depressed - Winter is for social gatherings (Parties, going to UAA hockey/basketball games, celebrating holidays together, FUR RONDY!!!!), summer is for going out and exploring the wilds individual/family
Do NOT drink and drive - the State Troopers are allowed to lock you up for 48hrs on suspicion of being under the influence... this is not a joke
Yes, try the fireweed honey when its offered to you, it's awesomeness
When skiing at Arctic Valley, you MUST do the 5 mile trail - there's nothing like it anywhere in the lower 48
Don't piss your pants over earthquakes, unless the roof on the building you're in collapses it absolutely is NOT a 'big one'
Engine heaters are not an option in winter
Nether are studs/snow chains - they cost extra to have and to have put on in the fall and taken off in the spring but thems the breaks kid
Whore's happen - it's a male dominated demographic and the working ladies have lives to live, don't stick your nose up at them
Once you find a bug repellent that works for your, buy more of it