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Alaska Public Lands Inupiat Heritage Center BEAUFORTSEA Wainwright A R C T I C O C E A N Utqia˜vik Barrow Alaska Public Lands Inupiat Heritage Center BEAUFORTSEA Wainwright Atqasuk Kaktovik Prudhoe Bay Herschel Island Qikiqtaruk M Deadhorse Territorial Park A CHUKCHI SEA Nuiqsut CK EN ZIE Point Lay B RUSSIA AY Ivvavik National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska National Inuvik Great Bear Park NORTHWEST Lake CHUKOTKA Arctic Ivishak National Wildlife R TERRITORIES i ve C r Refuge olv Vuntuk ille AUTONOMOUS River National Park REGION Point Hope W i Noatak National Preserve 11 n UNITES STATES Red Dog Mine d N Egvekinot oa R Arctic Village tak Anaktuvuk Pass iv R e r iver r e Kivalina Gates of the Arctic iv CANADA N R Jo T o k i e r j National Park h n t n n h a e R y e and Preserve iv g F Noatak o A e u h S l r k r What are public lands? k a RUSSIA tn James Dalton a R r r . Highway Corridor R K Cape Krusenstern e iv v o e i e l r y irc R u C Public lands are areas set aside by Alaskans and the American people National Monument c k r rcti n u e A v o k i Kobuk Valley R m Wiseman R UNITES STATES l i a v for a variety of purposes. The public entrusts state and federal S K National Park e r r e Anadyr’ OT in ZE Coldfoot Venetie up B rc Arc U o 5 agencies to regulate and protect these lands. Some public lands are tic C E Kiana Ambler P ircle S Kotzebue O iver U Black R Beringia Uelen Kobuk Yukon Flats Fishing Branch designated as parks, forests, or refuges; others as wild rivers, historical T N r Evansville Chalkyitsik I D Noorvik ve National Park Selawik Shungnak Ri A uk Bettles National Wildlife Refuge Ni'iinlii'njik ob R National Wildlife Refuge K Field Fort Yukon Park areas, or critical habitat. T Shishmaref y S Selawik Birch Creek a w Alatna Y h ig u H k r D Beaver e Allakaket a o t Diomede Selaw s ik River r lt n Lorino Lavrentiya e o p v n i Kanuti R m R e ANADYR’GULF Deering H iv k ig e D Why are public lands important? u National Wildlife h r Bering k w G u a White Mountains Wales y y Refuge k N Land o National e I e Circle Public lands in Alaska are home to amazing animals and entire Buckland K Recreation Area r R Hughes C E Bridge Stevens B Black Dome Village er National eav Steese National ecosystems. They protect unique cultural and historical treasures. Brevig Mission B Conservation Area Preserve y Yukon-Charley Rivers Huslia wa CANADA Teller h Alaska Natives and rural residents practice subsistence and traditional ig National Preserve H ek er Provideniya Koyukuk 6 h Cre iv King Island Rampart Birc R 2 y Mary's Igloo le lifestyles in these places. Many public lands provide recreational National Wildlife Steese National r y ese a wa Ste Conservation Area h Tombstone Refuge igh C Eagle t H llio Minto Territorial opportunities unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. Tanana E Council Park Koyuk Tofty 2 Minto Flats Macmillan Pass White r Chena River State Mountain ve State Recreation Area on Ri Game Fairbanks Koyukuk uk Manley Y Hot Refuge Nome Creamer's Field Gambell Chinik Springs n Highway What can I do on public lands? Solomon Nulato Galena Healy Migratory Waterfowl Refuge so Dawson Ruby Nowitna F r w Elim Lake or ve a Innoko tymile Ri D Savoonga National Wildlife 9 r Nenana Tanana You can hike, fsh, camp, boat, bike, ski, watch wildlife, and experience e National Wildlife v Refuge i R Dawson Historical Complex Shaktoolik alley V Chicken YUKON 6 Kaltag Refuge a 2 2 n National Historic Site other cultures. In certain areas, you can hunt, pan for gold, gather r h e s v i K i t l R r State o e n n t v a NORTON SOUND e i Delta Junction 4 d e R i Saint Lawrence l K 3 k k a e frewood, climb, and snowmobile. The possibilities are endless. a y n l t na i a H TERRITORY Island U w i o w g Poorman N P est h Forh a g w Healy r i Unalakleet k a 4 Dot Lake H s y r H o i Delta Junction 2 l g R y h i c Bison Range Tanacross a w h T Y a a u Eagle r Area Tetlin k Why should I care about public lands? Saint Michael y o Stebbins d n R s iver Island o A n Tok la sk Dishkakat Kantishna H a Robert Campbell i H 4 Hig Alaska's public lands provide a backdrop for expanding our vision Cantwell g ig hw Innoko Denali h hw Ross River ay D Delta River w enal ay i Hi a gh y Northway National Wildlife National Park wa of ourselves and the world. They are windows to the past and Kotlik y Bill Moore's Slough Refuge and Preserve Mentasta 4 Tetlin Emmonak Hamilton Paxson Ophir 8 National Wildlife Chuloonawick Middle Fork 1 investments in the future. Nikolai Refuge Denali Gulkana Slana Grayling Telida Village C Alakanuk r 20,310 ft a e Id n iv i 6190m o Takotna t Denali l R a Chistochina Cheesh-Na R Nunam Iqua y k McGrath r State r o f o Coal River Springs k o f s F Lime d Park o a f t . d Territorial Park t West Fork u R Nabesna a s Anvik Thirty Mile e a Gulkana C r r E Shageluk T k e d r o p Heritage River a T 2 n p il o A Petersville C Alaska's Public Lands Iditarod Gakona Saint 6 Watson r r 3 Mary’s Flat Petersville Recreational Gulkana Lake e Alaska Highway Asa'carsarmiut v Mining Area Talkeetna Glennallen Wrangell-St.Elias Scammon Bay Algaaciq i Holy Cross Tazlina • Over 80% of Alaska's land is state and federal lands. R Pitka's Point Andreafski Matanuska Valley National Park Rohn y Copper Center Willow Mountain Moose Range wa Kluane Wildlife Rainy Pass Critical Habitat Area igh and Preserve ay Pilot Station n H Kluti-Kaah hw Hooper Bay uko nn 1 Hig • Public land in Alaska comprises an area about twice the size of Texas. r le Sanctuary Y 1 G ay e a Paimiut Marshall Edger w k v ton gh Whitehorse s i H i a Ohogamuit Iqurmiut Georgetown w laska H l Skwentna R y A A Chevak Kennicott Crooked Creek a • Over half of the nation's national park acreage is found in Alaska. n Willow Caribou Creek M K t cC d i 10 a a l Chickaloon r o o s Recreational Mining Area Chitina thy R McCarthy n Red Devil u Saint Matthew Island skokwim R Stony River d 1 Ku ive S i Kalskag r Kanatak Haines Junction k Wasilla Palmer e Alaska Maritime Sleetmute Knik • Alaska boasts the largest state park (Wood-Tikchik) in the nation. Lower Kalskag H 4 i Aniak Chuathbaluk Palmer Hay Flats Kluane National Park g Goose Bay h National Wildlife Refuge State Game Refuge w Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge State Game Eklutna and Wildlife Sanctuary a Refuge Susitna Flats 3 y • The nation's two largest national forests reside in Alaska. Newtok State Game Eagle River Valdez Refuge Chugach H a Klondike Tuluksak State Park in 2 e Gold Rush Anchorage Coastal Anchorage s • Alaska is home to over 50% of the nation's wildlife refuge acreage. Bair Nunapitchuk H National BRITISH d I Kasigluk Wildlife Refuge ig Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site nle h Historical Park t Akiachak Akiak Trading Bay Tatitlek w Tununak Atmautluak Lake Clark a 37 State Game y Napaimute Kwethluk Tyonek Mekoryuk Nunakauyarmiut Refuge Chugach National Forest Orutsararmuit Bethel National Park y C Hope w Haines State Forest o a H Napakiak Napaskiak Resource Management Area s Nightmute Kenai and Preserve Cordova Skagway t d Eyak Tatshenshini-Alsek a Oscarville r Whittier COLUMBIA Umkumiut National Wildlife l Yukon Delta a Prince . Refuge w R Provincial Park a e H National Tuntutuliak r il S Wil li am i e k Kenaitze Kenai g Chefornak iv a Redoubt Bay S terling H Chilkat Bald Atlin Provincial Park h R lik Salamatoff wy Kenai River w Wildlife Refuge Chil . T S oun d Tongass Eagle Preserve a a ikad Critical Habitat Special Management Yakataga Chilkat and Recreation Area y n rotna R Nunivak t Area Soldotna Cooper State Game ay y Haines Eek a Sterling Area B a National Chilkat River Chilkoot lch Kasilof Landing Refuge cy B Island Mu Kalgin Island 9 Copper River Delta I tat Critical Habitat Area Kipnuk Critical Habitat Area aku Kongiganak Critical Habitat Y Forest Alaska and the Contiguous United States t Area e Chenega Yakutat Glacier Bay Wood-Tikchik l Spatsizi Plateau n Seward Port Alsworth I Kwigillingok State Park Clam Gulch National Park Mendenhall Provincial Park k Critical Habitat Area Wetlands Kwinhagak o Ninilchik and Preserve State Game Refuge Nondalton o Fox River Flats Edziza C 1 Anchor Critical Habitat Area Juneau Area Islands Juneau Y Pedro Bay Point State Marine Park Douglas Provincial A Togiak New Koliganek B Iliamna Anchor River & Fritz Creek Homer Airport Critical Habitat Area Gustavus Tlingit and Haida Park National Newhalen Critical Habitat Area Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area Homer Kenai Fjords Icy St Wildlife r ake rait ve L IM i na Stan Price State R m Kachemak Bay National Park Refuge k New Stuyahok ia Kokhanok Wildlife Sanctuary W a Ill Critical Habitat Area C K Goodnews Bay g Hoonah h a a h Ekwok Nanwalek O Aleknagik s t Admiralty K Igiugig d h S Togiak Twin Hills u n a Island N u Pelican m U Platinum o National Tongass McNeil River State Game Dillingham Levelock k S S K a s gn Sanctuary & Refuge s Tenakee t Monument Curyung la r o r National A ve r a Ri Kachemak Bay State Park C Springs i Manokotak Ekuk t and State Wilderness Park Angoon Forest Portage Creek Clark's Point nd Naknek ou Cape Newenham Shuyak Island S k State Game Refuge South Naknek State Park ic Katmai National Park r Kake Petersburg Walrus Islands King Salmon ed B E R I N G S E A State Game Sanctuary Fr Brooks Camp and Preserve Sitka Wrangell Egegik Saint Paul Island Hyder 97 Egegik Critical Habitat Area Afognak Island GULF OF ALASKA Sitka National Historical Park t State Park Saint Paul i ra Y B t A ec S Misty Fjords B ha Ouzinkie Alaska Maritime rof Lake f National National Wildlife Refuge L Kodiak TO o Port Lions Coffman Cove Monument Attu IS ik R l Afognak Island B Pilot Point Becharof e Sun'aq Saint George Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area h Karluk National S Larsen Bay Tangirnaq Kasaan Ketchikan Ugashik Saxman Saint George Island Cinder River Critical Habitat Area Wildlife Kodiak Klawock Refuge Hollis National Craig Wildlife Metlakatla Old Harbor Port Heiden Refuge Hydaburg An ia MAP LEGEND 16 Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area kc ha k R Akhiok .
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