
Hover over the map to learn more about the wild places we protect!
Click on the map to learn more about the wild places we protect!
Chugach National Forest
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BACKYARD WILDERNESS: Just over the mountains from Anchorage, Western Prince William Sound is a popular spot for recreation, subsistence and traditional practices but still awaiting permanent protection. |
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GLACIERS GALORE: Twenty tidewater glaciers are located in Prince William Sound. |
Tongass National Forest
WEALTH FROM THE WILD: Fishing, tourism and recreation jobs among the fastest growing job sectors in southeast Alaska. |
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VERY BEARY: The Kootznoowoo Wilderness (within the Tongass) contains the highest concentration of brown bears in the world. |
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FISHY BUSINESS: The Tongass is home to all five species of Pacific salmon. |
Arctic Ocean
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CLIMATE: The Arctic Ocean plays an important role in regulating the world’s climate, but it’s warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world.
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National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska
BIRD MOLT: One-fifth of the world’s Pacific black brant molt in the Teshepuk Lake Special Area. |
SPECIES: Countless species rely on the Reserve. Some highlights include beluga whale, migratory birds, polar bear, walrus and seals. |
BABY BELUGAS: The sheltered Kasegluk lagoon is important habitat for calving and molting beluga whales. |
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Visit our interactive map to learn more about the five special areas set aside for protection within the Reserve. |
Arctic Ocean
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CLIMATE: The Arctic Ocean plays an important role in regulating the world’s climate, but it’s warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world. |
Arctic Refuge
SIZE: ~19 million acres – about the size of South Carolina. |
SPECIES: Includes eight marine mammal species in its coastal waters, 37 land animals including caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, musk oxen, Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines |
THREATS: Oil drilling on its Coastal Plain. |
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MIGRATION HABITAT: Migratory birds from 50 states. |