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It lies on the northwest coastal side of central Aleutians East Borough. Almost all of the refuge (307,982 acres (124,636 ha) [4] out of 315,000 acres (1,270 km 2)) was designated as wilderness in 1980 under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Anilca). [1] The refuge is administered from offices in Cold Bay.
The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the western side of Point Barrow, and the Beaufort Sea on the eastern.
Founding the Alaska Conservation Society in 1960, Celia worked tirelessly to garner support for the protection of Alaskan wilderness ecosystems. [ 12 ] The region first became a federal protected area on December 6, 1960, via an order authored by Ted Stevens , Solicitor of the Interior, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] and signed by Fred Andrew Seaton , Secretary ...
Wilderness areas of the Tongass National Forest (18 P) Pages in category "Wilderness areas of Alaska" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
About 52% of the wilderness area is in Alaska, with 57,425,569 acres (89,727.452 sq mi; 232,393.03 km 2) of wilderness. They are located in 44 states (excepting Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, and Rhode Island) and Puerto Rico. The NPS has oversight of 43,890,500 acres (68,578.9 sq mi; 177,619 km 2) of wilderness at 61 locations.
Misty Fjords National Monument (or Misty Fiords National Monument) is a national monument and wilderness area administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest. Misty Fiords is about 40 miles (64 km) east of Ketchikan, Alaska , along the Inside Passage coast in extreme southeastern Alaska , comprising 2,294,343 ...
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The Denali Wilderness is a wilderness area within Denali National Park that protects the higher elevations of the central Alaska Range, including Denali. The wilderness comprises about one-third of the current national park and preserve—2,146,580 acres (3,354 sq mi; 8,687 km 2) that correspond with the former park boundaries before 1980. [27]