Arctic Ocean B e a u Utqiagvik f o r t Wrangel 4 (Point Barrow) S e a Island 62 49 52 3 61 1 2 Pacific Walrus Haulout 21. Dezhnev Bay 42. Tyulen’e Ozero Bay 58 The Importance of Protection 57 60 1. Cape Blossom 22. Anastasia Bay 43. Srednyaya Bay 56 59 23. Bogoslava Island 44. Somneniye Chukchi Sea 2. Somnitelnaya Spit 55 24. Cape Tiomney 45. Olutorskaya Spit The Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary (WISGS) was established 51 3. Davidova Spit 54 25. Cape Sery-Anana 46. Lekalo Spit in 1960 to protect Pacific walrus haulout sites on seven small craggy 4. Gavai 39 53 5. Kolyuchyn Island 26. Verkhoturova Island 47. Cape Vankarem 47 27. Cape Golenishcheva 48. Cape Onmyn islands in northern Bristol Bay: Round Island, Summit Island, Crooked 48 6. Belyaka Spit 7. Strait of Neskenpil’gyn Lagoon 28. Cape Semionova 49. Ayon Island Island, High Island, Black Rock, and The Twins. Chukotka, Russia 5 7 30 50 29. Little Diomede Island 50. Cape Serdtse-Kamen’ t S o u 8. Unlisted 6 i e n u d a e b 30. Kotzebue Sound 51. Ryrkaipii r z t 9. Cape Inkigur 9 t 10 o The sanctuary includes the surrounding waters that support a diverse S K 31. King Island 52. Cape Shelagsky 10. Cape Dezhnev 16 12 11 group of marine mammals, seabirds, and other marine wildlife. 15 32. Gambell 53. Cape Lisburne g 29 11. Big Diomede Island 17 n Alaska, USA i 31 A b a r 33. Savoonga 54. Corwin Bluff d y e 12. Kriguigun 18 r B G 13 34. Punuk Islands 55. Point Lay Barrier Islands u d 13. Arakamchechen Island • Haulout Protection: The WISGS is one of 32 State of Alaska wildlife l f u n N o n S o 35. Cape Newenham 56. Point Lay Barrier Islands N sanctuaries, refuges, and critical habitat areas managed by the 14 32 33 r t o 14. Nuneangan St. Lawrence 36. Cape Pierce 57. Icy Cape 20 15. Rudder Spit Alaska Department of Fish and Game to protect wildlife habitats. Island 34 37. Round Island 58. Icy Cape East 19 16. New Haulout (1989) 45 44 21 17. Meechkin Spit 38. Cape Seniavin 59. Wainwright SW • Natural and Historical Designations: Portions of the sanctuary are 41 22 26 24 40 18. Russkara-Koshka Spit 39. Dvukh Pilotov (Two Pilots) Spit 60. Naokok designated as a National Natural Landmark and a National Historic 46 23 61. Asiniak Point 27 43 19. Cape Navarin 40. Vasily Island 25 Landmark for their unique resources. 28 42 20. Burunneyeh Island 41. Burunnye Island 62. Peard Bay • Breeding: Walruses breed in the Bering Sea during late winter and y move north with the ice each spring. a Bering Sea B You Are Here The following agencies, together with the Bristol Bay Native Association 35 y m a • Haulouts and Feeding: A portion of the male population stays i 36 37 and the Qayassiq Walrus Commission, work cooperatively to manage B w o k l behind using southern haulouts, including Round Island. Since s k o K u t resources within the WISGS. i s sanctuary establishment, Pacific walruses have returned to using at B r least four other haulout sites in Bristol Bay. 38 • Subsistence: The importance of Qayassiq’s cultural and S A E L C subsistence heritage to the local Yupik continues to this day. The A S R K U A O S D E Qayassiq Walrus Commission plays an active role in managing fall E R P A L R A T R M E T U subsistence hunts. N T O F N A These panels were created by the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Interpretation and Education Unit..