Everything about The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge totally explained
The
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a
United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about 19 million
acres (77,000 km²) in southwestern
Alaska. It is a
coastal plain extending to the
Bering Sea, covering the
delta created by the
Yukon and
Kuskokwim rivers. The delta includes extensive
wetlands near
sea level that are often inundated by Bering Sea
tides.
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt first set aside southwestern Alaska refuge lands in 1909. Additional lands were added through the years until
December 2,
1980 when President
Jimmy Carter signed the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) into law, which created the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Reserve by consolidating existing refuges and adding additional lands. The large islands
Nelson and
Nunivak are also located within the refuge.
It is home to about 35 villages and 25,000 people, many of
Yup'ik Eskimo origin and dependent on a
subsistence lifestyle.
Wildlife
The refuge's coastal region bordering the Bering Sea is a rich, productive wildlife
habitat supporting one of the largest concentrations of water fowl in the world. More than one million
ducks and half a million
geese use the area for
breeding purposes each year. There are also very large seasonal concentrations of
northern pintails,
loons,
grebes,
swans and
cranes. Often, some of the 150,000 plus Mulchatna
caribou herd migrate onto the eastern
tundra areas during the fall and winter.
Walruses,
seals, and
porpoises can be found in the waters as well as
beluga, gray, and minke
whales..
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