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R a l r H i e k t e rlin g i a v H w y g k i h R i l w C h il ik adro t n a T . R a a y n y t B a y a a M u l c h B Ic y Y a k u t a t C o o k I n l e t Y A B Ic y Strait M a m n a L ake r e I v K U S K OK W i R k i I l l a g C hatham Strait N u s h a d n u o A l ag n a k S o ss R i v e r r C o u n d S k c i r d e r F t i a r B R I S T O L B A Y t S B e c h a r o f L a k e f o k i l e S h A n i a k c h a k R . D ix o n E n t r a n c e H e c a t e S t r a i t h c n e r Al a i ti me Nati onal Wi l dl i fe Refuge T n a i t u e A l Utqia˜ Alaska Public Lands ARCTIC OCEAN Inupiat Heritage Center vik Barrow BEAUFORT SEA Wainwright e N o r h a S CHUKCHI SEA Atqasuk Kaktovik Prudhoe Bay Herschel Island Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park Deadhorse Nuiqsut Point Lay Inuvik Great B Lake ear Ivvavik National Park National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Vuntuk National Park Point Hope Noatak National Preserve 11 Egvekinot Red Dog Mine Kivalina What are public lands? Cape Krusenstern Public lands are areas set aside by Alaskans and the American people National Monument for a variety of purposes. The public entrusts state and federal Arctic Village Anaktuvuk Pass Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Noatak James Dalton Highway Corridor Kobuk Valley National Park Wiseman K O TZ E B U E S O U N D Kotzebue Coldfoot Venetie 5 Ambler Kiana Beringia National Park Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge Fishing Branch Ni'iinlii'njik Park Uelen Kobuk Chalkyitsik Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Evansville Bettles Field Noorvik Shungnak Anadyr’ agencies to regulate and protect these lands. Some public lands are designated as parks, forests, or refuges; others as wild rivers, historical areas, or critical habitat. ANADYR’ GULF Why are public lands important? Public lands in Alaska are home to amazing animals and entire ecosystems. They protect unique cultural and historical treasures. Fort Yukon Birch Creek Shishmaref Selawik Alatna Beaver Diomede Allakaket Kanuti National Wildlife Lorino Lavrentiya Deering Bering Land Refuge White Mountains National Recreation Area Wales Circle Hughes Buckland Black Dome National Bridge Brevig Mission Preserve Stevens Village Steese National Conservation Area Teller Alaska Natives and rural residents practice subsistence and traditional Provideniya King Island lifestyles in these places. Many public lands provide recreational opportunities unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. What can I do on public lands? Y Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Huslia Koyukuk Mary's Igloo National Wildlife Refuge 6 Rampart 2 Steese National Conservation Area Tomb Terri t o P s t one rial k Eagle E liot Highway Minto Tanana Council ar Tofty Koyuk Macmillan Pass 2 Minto Flats State Game Refuge Chena River State Fairbanks Recreation Area White Mountain Manley Hot Springs Koyukuk Nulato Ruby Gambell Nome Solomon Chinik Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge T Dawson Galena ou can hike, fsh, camp, boat, bike, ski, watch wildlife, and experience other cultures. In certain areas, you can hunt, pan for gold, gather frewood, climb, and snowmobile. The possibilities are endless. Healy Lake Elim Innoko National Wildlife Refuge Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge 9 Savoonga Nenana anana Dawson Historical Complex 6 National Historic Site V alley Shaktoolik Chicken 2 2 Kaltag NORTON SOUND Saint Lawrence Island State 4 3 Delta Junction For est Dot Lake Poorman Tetlin Healy Unalakleet 4 Why should I care about public lands? Alaska's public lands provide a backdrop for expanding our vision of ourselves and the world. They are windows to the past and investments in the future. Delta Junction 2 Bison Range Area Cantwell Tanacross Tok Eagle Island Saint Michael Stebbins r Dishkakat Kantishna Innoko Denali National Wildlife National Park Refuge Paxson 4 t Ross River Delta River Northway and Preserve Denali 20,310 ft 6190m Kotlik Bill Moore's Slough Hamilton 4 Mentasta Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Emmonak Chuloonawick 8 Ophir 1 Slana Middle Fork Gulkana Nikolai Telida Village Alaska's Public Lands • Over 80% of Alaska's land is state and federal lands. Grayling Alakanuk Nunam Iqua Denali State Park Takotna Chistochina Cheesh-Na McGrath Lime Coal River Springs Territorial Park West Fork Gulkana Nabesna Anvik Thirty Mile Heritage River Shageluk 2 Petersville Iditarod Flat 6 Watson Lake Saint Mary’s 3 Gakona Gulkana Tazlina Copper Center Petersville Recreational Mining Area Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve Talkeetna Glennallen Asa'carsarmiut Pitka's Point Alaska Highw a Algaaciq Andreafski Scammon Bay Holy Cross Matanuska Valley Moose Range • Public land in Alaska comprises an area about twice the size of T exas. • Over half of the nation's national park acreage is found in Alaska. • Alaska boasts the largest state park (W ood-Tikchik) in the nation. • The nation's two largest national forests reside in Alaska. • Alaska is home to over 50% of the nation's wildlife refuge acreage. Rohn Kluane Wildlif Sanctuary e Rainy Pass Willow Mountain Critical Habitat Area Pilot Station Marshall Ohogamuit Kluti-Kaah 1 Hooper Bay Paimiut 1 d Iqurmiut Whitehorse Georgetown Red Devil H ig h w a y Skwentna Chevak Kennicott Chitina Crooked Creek Saint Matthew Island Chickaloon Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area Willow Wasilla 10 McCarthy 1 Stony River Kalskag Lower Kalskag Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Kanatak Knik Haines Junction Palmer Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge Sleetmute Kluane National Park and Wildlife Sanctuar Aniak Chuathbaluk 4 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Newtok y Goose Bay State Game Refuge Eklutna Susitna Flats State Game 3 Valdez Eagle River Refuge Chugach Anchorage State Park yonek Hope Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Tuluksak 2 Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge Kasigluk Nunapitchuk Atmautluak Akiachak Napaimute Orutsararmuit Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Tatitlek Akiak Trading Bay State Game Refuge Tununak 37 Chugach National Forest Cordova Eyak T Kwethluk Bethel Napaskiak Oscarville Nunakauyarmiut Nightmute Umkumiut Mekoryuk ukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Napakiak Kenai National Wildlife Refuge S Skagway Y Whittier W Pr l i i e i l am S nc Tuntutuliak Kenaitze Salamatoff Nunivak Island Kenai d Tongass National Forest Redoubt Bay Critical Habitat Area Kalgin Island Critical Habitat Area Atlin Provincial Park and Recreation Area Chefornak Kenai River Special Management Area oun Yakataga State Game Refuge Chilkat Chilkoot Sterling Cooper Landing Soldotna Kasilof Haines Eek Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area Alaska and the Contiguous United States Copper River Delta Critical Habitat Area 9 Kipnuk Kongiganak Spatsizi Plateau Provincial Park Wood-Tikchik State Park Yakutat Chenega Seward Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Port Alsworth Clam Gulch Critical Habitat Area Mendenhall Wetlands Kwigillingok Kwinhagak Edziza Provincial Park State Game Refuge Juneau Douglas Tlingit and Haida Ninilchik Anchor Point Nondalton Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area 1 Juneau Area Islands State Marine Park Gustavus Togiak National Pedro Bay New Koliganek Homer Airport Critical Habitat Area Kenai Fjords National Park Iliamna Newhalen Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area Anchor River & Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area Homer Wildlife Refuge Twin Hills Stan Price State Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area Nanwalek New Stuyahok Ekwok Levelock Wildlife Sanctuary Admiralty National Island Tongass Monument National Forest Kokhanok Hoonah Pelican Goodnews Bay Platinum Aleknagik Dillingham Igiugig Togiak BERING SEA McNeil River State Game Sanctuary & Refuge Tenakee Springs Curyung Ekuk Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park Manokotak Angoon Portage Creek Clark's Point Cape Newenham Naknek Shuyak Island State Game Refuge Walrus Islands South Naknek King Salmon State Park State Game Sanctuary Brooks Camp and Preserve GULF OF ALASKA Kake Katmai National Park Petersburg Sitka Saint Paul Island Wrangell Egegik Hyder 97 Sitka National Historical Park Afognak Island State Park Egegik Critical Habitat Area Saint Paul Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Misty Fjords National Monument Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area Cinder River Critical Habitat Area Ouzinkie Kodiak Attu Island Coffman Cove Port Lions Afognak Sun'aq Tangirnaq Pilot Point Ugashik Saint George Saint George Island Karluk Larsen Bay Kodiak Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Ketchikan Saxman Kasaan Klawock Craig Hollis National Wildlife Refuge MAP LEGEND Akhiok Kaguyak Metlakatla Old Harbor Port Heiden Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area Hydaburg National Park Service U.S. Bureau of Land Management U.S. Forest Service National Wild and Scenic Rivers National Park Service Site Prince Rupert Wolf Rock National Wildlife Refuge Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve Primary road Alaska State Recreation Area & Site Alaska Marine Highway Alaska State Marine Park Alaska railroad Alaska State Hi torical Park & Site T Forrester Island National Wildlife Refuge Chignik Lagoon Chignik Bay Chignik Lake Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area Port Moller Critical Habitat Area Nelson Lagoon U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska State Parks Bellingham, To Washington Ivanoff Bay Alaska Peninsula Perryville s Izembek State Game Refuge Queen Charlotte National Wildlife Refuge rans-Alaska Pipeline Alaska Department of Fish and Game Kiska Alaska Division of Forestry Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Route Alaska Department of Natural Resources Island (routes alternate annually) Recreational Mining Areas Qagan Tayagungin Unga Alaska Department of Fish and Game Federally Recognized Alaska Native Tribes (229) Cold Bay King Sand Point Pauloff Harbor Cove Agdaagux Belkofski False Pass Other towns and cities Alaska Public Lands Information Centers Amchitka Island Izembek National Wildlife Refuge 0 200 Kilometers 0 Aleutian WWII National Historic Area 200 Miles Akutan Dutch Harbor Unalaska Island Unalaska Qawalangin Alaska Albers Equal-Area Projection Standard Parallels 55 and 65 North, Central Meridian 154 West Cartography by National Park Service, July 2008, Adapted 2018 Adak Atka ska Mar Nikolski PACIFIC OCEAN 16