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The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of 4.9 million acres (20,000 km 2), of which 2.64 million acres (10,700 km 2) is wilderness.
Kasatochi Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Protected areas of Alaska map (NOAA) This is a list of marine protected areas of the U.S. state of Alaska. State protected marine areas are managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. [1]
Pages in category "Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The islands are part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The Siberian coast is roughly 500 miles (800 km) northwest. About 77 square miles (200 km 2 ) in total area, they are mostly rocky and are covered with tundra , with a population of 572 as of the 2010 census .
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s 1.5-million-acre (600,000-hectare) coastal plain, which lies along the Beaufort Sea on Alaska’s northeastern edge, is seen as sacred by the Indigenous ...
As the Shumagin Islands are historically breeding grounds for sea otters, a wildlife refuge was established on Simeonof Island in 1958 to protect their dwindling populations. In 1976 the island was designated as a wilderness area, and part of the Alaska Peninsula subunit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. References
Thousands of birds migrating this fall will stop at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge for the winter. Here’s how to enjoy the refuge. ... Alaska — were hit by the 9.2-magnitude Great ...
For years now, Republicans and the Trump administration have been trying to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling. According to a report from the New York Times, oil ...