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The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about 19.16 million acres (77,500 km 2) in southwestern Alaska. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The delta, which consists mainly of tundra, is protected as part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The delta has approximately 25,000 residents. 85% of these are Alaska Natives: Yupik and Athabaskan people. The main population center and service hub is the city of Bethel, with an estimated population of around 6,219 (as of 2011). [5]
Name State(s) Acreage Area: km² Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska: 19,286,482.30 78,049.62 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska 19,162,416.50
Eugene R. "Buzzy" Peltola Jr. (February 7, 1966 – September 12, 2023) was an American public servant and naturalist who served as Alaska director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and manager of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. He was the husband of Congresswoman Mary Peltola. Peltola died as the result of a plane crash in September 2023.
It is the third-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States, although it is less than one-half the size of either of the two largest, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. [1] The refuge is administered from offices in Fairbanks.
The lower river below Aniak is located within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The river receives the Big River from the south approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Medfra. It receives the Swift , Stony , and Holitna rivers from the south at the southern end of the Kuskokwim Mountains before emerging on the coastal plain.
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Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska ... Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska December 2, 1980: 8,636,951.06 acres (34,952.5009 km 2) [16] American Samoa