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Scenery, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge includes the southwestern two-thirds of Kodiak Island, Uganik Island, the Red Peaks area of Afognak Island and all of Ban Island in the archipelago. It encompasses 1,990,418 acres (8,054.94 km 2). [2] The refuge is administered from offices in Kodiak. The refuge ...
Nearly two-thirds of the island is located within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and has no road access. Refuge headquarters are located on the Chiniak Highway, right at the access road for the Buskin River State Recreation Site, which has camping, picnic areas, beaches, and fishing for salmon and trout in the Buskin River. [16]
Cape Ugat is the closest point on Kodiak Island to mainland Alaska. Little River runs through the peninsula, and is a major salmon spawning site. [1] The peninsula is part of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, and the refuge has a cabin on Little River that is available to guests. [2]
The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge protects 6,000 acres of wildlife habitat and was established in 1990, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It originated to protect and restore ...
Nov. 30—The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center, which has been undergoing renovations since March 2022, will reopen in time for the start of the Festival of the Cranes on Jan. 12 ...
The Ayakulik River is the longest river on Kodiak Island in the state of Alaska. It is 40 miles (64 km) long, and possesses the largest drainage of all rivers on Kodiak. [4] It begins near a small lake in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows south-southeast through wilderness, before finally turning southwest to empty into the Shelikof ...
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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.