Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
Aleutian Range in the Alaska Peninsula NWR
Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 159 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  W.
Location:	Alaska , United States
Next city:	False pass
Surface:	14,472 km²
Founding:	2nd December 1980

The Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,472 km² protected area of ​​the National Wildlife Refuge System on the Alaska Peninsula in the US state of Alaska . It consists of three parts along the Aleutian Range on the Pacific coast and is part of a chain of nature reserves on the peninsula that includes Katmai National Park , Becharof National Wildlife Refuge , Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, and Izembek National Wildlife Refuge includes. The landscape offers rugged mountain ranges and volcanoes, tundras and coastal regions. The protected area is managed by the World Conservation Union in category IV ( biotope and species protection area ).

Wildlife

Wetland with mountains in the background

Abundant salmon stocks are the food source for a large population of brown bears in the refuge, while black bears do not occur. The reindeer herd Northern Alaska Peninsula with about 7000 animals, wolves and wolverines live in the sanctuary. Moose were first observed at the beginning of the 20th century and have only been present in significant numbers since the 1950s.

Sea otters , seals and sea ​​lions can be found on the coast of the refuge . Whales cross the waters off the Alaska Peninsula on their migrations. The wetlands and coastal regions of the reserve are habitat and nesting grounds for a wide variety of water birds.

history

On December 2, 1980, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act designated 14,421 km² on the Alaska Peninsula under the name Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge . In 1983 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service merged the administration of the Ugashik and Chignik units of the refuges with those of the Becharof Refuges and the Seal Cape unit of the Alaska Maritime NWR . The Pavlof unit in the south-west is also looked after by the administration of the Izembek NWR.

Web links

Commons : Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• US Fish & Wildlife Service: Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (official site; English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (English)