Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ( AMNWR ) is a 13,832 km ² large nature reserve, which includes about 2,500 islands, bays and reefs along the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends from Cape Lisburne in the northwest of the Lisburne Peninsula to the south of Iceland Forrester Alaska Panhandle and includes, among other things, the coast of the Alaska Peninsula, the Kodiak Archipelago, the Pribilof Islands and the Aleutian Islands.

History

The Alaska Maritime Refuge existed in its present form, as with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act eleven existing protected areas were grouped together with other regions to a large protected area since 1980. The origins go back to the beginning of the 20th century, when the National Wildlife Refuge System was created under Theodore Roosevelt.

Wildlife

Approximately 75 % of native seabirds live in Alaska AMNWR. Estimated 40 million seabirds, 80 % of the North American Seevogelbestands, nesting in this region. Also, sea lions, seals, walruses and sea otters are found in the waters of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

Included Reserves

  • Bering Sea Refuge (1909 )
  • Pribilof Islands Refuge (1909 )
  • St. Lazaria Refuge (1909 )
  • Tuxedni Refuge (1909 )
  • Bogoslof Refuge (1909 )
  • Forrester Iceland Refuge (1912 )
  • Hazy Islands Refuge (1912 )
  • Chamisso Refuge (1912 )
  • Aleutian Islands Refuge (1913 )
  • Semidi Iceland Refuge (1932 )
  • Simeonof Iceland Refuge (1958 )

(in brackets the respective founding year)

Classification

The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is divided into five units, geographic regions, divided:

Gulf of Alaska

  • Forrester Iceland Wilderness ( Forrester Iceland, Iceland Lowrie, Wolf Rock )
  • Hazy Islands Wilderness ( Hazy Islands )
  • Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge (St. Lazaria Iceland )
  • Middleton Iceland
  • Chiswell Islands
  • Tuxedni Wilderness ( Chisik Iceland, Iceland and Duck Egg Iceland )
  • Barren Islands (East Amatuli Iceland, West Amatuli Iceland, Iceland Ushagat and others)
  • Trinity Islands ( Sitkinak Iceland, Iceland Tugidak and others)

Alaska Peninsula

Aleutian Islands

  • Much of the Aleutian Islands of Unimak Iceland in the east to Attu in the west
  • Bogoslof Wilderness ( Bogoslof Iceland )

Bering Sea

  • Hagemeister Iceland
  • Pribilof Islands ( St. George Iceland, St. Paul Iceland, Iceland Otter, Walrus Iceland )
  • Bering Sea Wilderness ( St. Matthew Iceland, Iceland Hall, Pinnacle Iceland )
  • Besboro Iceland
  • Sledge Iceland
  • King Iceland

Chukchi Sea

  • Chamisso Wilderness ( Chamisso Iceland, Iceland Puffin )
  • Cape Thompson
  • Cape Lisburne
Southeast Alaska Unimak Island Attu Island Bogoslof Island Hagemeister Island St. George Island (Alaska) Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Otter Island (Alaska) Walrus Island (Pribilof Islands) Hall Island (Alaska) Besboro Island King Island (Alaska) Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
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