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Caribou is the primary source of meat, with other subsistence foods including trout, grayling, moose, sheep, brown bear, ptarmigan and water fowl. Anaktuvuk Pass Airport , a 4,800 feet (1,463 m) gravel airstrip, is owned and operated by the North Slope Borough, and provides Anaktuvuk Pass with year-round access.
The park was designated in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to preserve the 100 ft (30 m) high Great Kobuk Sand Dunes [3] and the surrounding area which includes caribou migration routes. Park visitors must bring all their own gear for backcountry camping, hiking, backpacking, boating, and dog sledding.
"True North: Alaska North Slope Caribou" January 6, 2013 ( 2013-01-06 ) Steve and special guest, the author Tim Ferriss , travel to the remotest corner of Alaska to catch the annual migration of the famed Western Arctic caribou herd.
The three of them allegedly guided clients through illegal hunts for mountain lions, leading to the killings of at least 11 of the animals in Idaho, and one more Wyoming.
This refuge system created the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 which conserves the wildlife of Alaska. In 1929, a 28-year-old forester named Bob Marshall visited the upper Koyukuk River and the central Brooks Range on his summer vacation "in what seemed on the map to be the most unknown section of Alaska." [4]
I've been on four Alaskan cruises, and I'd happily take more just for the beautiful sights.. I love starting the cruise in Vancouver, British Columbia, and traveling north through the Inside ...
Changes in caribou migration can be problematic for Alaska Natives, who depend on caribou for food. [16] Caribou in Alaska are abundant; currently there are an estimated 950,000 in the state. [16] The populations of caribou are controlled by predators and hunters (who shoot about 22,000 caribou a year). [16]
This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered from offices in Soldotna. The Kenai Wilderness protects 1,354,247 acres of the refuge as wilderness area. [2]