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The U.S. state of Alaska has three state forests, which are managed by the Division of Forestry of the Department of Natural Resources. [1] Alaska state forests
Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve in southwest Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears.The park and preserve encompass 4,093,077 acres (6,395.43 sq mi; 16,564.09 km 2), which is between the sizes of Connecticut and New Jersey.
This ecoregion is a mountainous area of ridges up to 1200m between peaks up to 2500m, located on the southern, Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula from Cook Inlet west through the Kodiak Archipelago to Unimak Island at the beginning of the Aleutian Islands chain, while the area around Cook Inlet at the head of the peninsula is the neighboring Cook Inlet taiga ecoregion.
The wildlife of Alaska is both diverse and abundant. The Alaskan Peninsula provides an important habitat for fish, mammals, reptiles, and birds. At the top of the food chain are the bears. Alaska contains about 70% of the total North American brown bear population and the majority of the grizzly bears, as well as black bears and Kodiak bears.
Alaska is larger than all but 18 sovereign nations (it is slightly larger than Iran but slightly smaller than Libya). Alaska is home to 3.5 million lakes of 20 acres (8.1 ha) or larger. [3] Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover 188,320 square miles (487,700 km 2) (mostly in northern, western and southwest flatlands).
The warming observed at high latitudes over the past 50 years exceeds the global average by as much as a factor of 5 (2–3 °C in Alaska versus the 0.53° global mean). The effects of increased temperature on boreal forest growth have varied, often depending on tree species, site type, and region, as well as whether or not the warming is ...
The Capitol Christmas Tree, an 80-foot Sitka spruce, arrives in Washington, from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. The tree will be decorated and illuminated at a ...
Plumage is brown in summer, changing to white in winter. The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska. State fish: King salmon, adopted 1962. State flower: Wild/native forget-me-not, adopted by the Territorial Legislature in 1917. [5] It is a perennial that is found throughout Alaska, from Hyder to the Arctic Coast, and west to the Aleutians.