Arctic National Wildlife Refuge sustains people, wildlife, and fish in the northeastern corner of Alaska, a vast landscape of rich cultural traditions and thriving ecological diversity. It is located on the traditional homelands of the Iñupiat and Gwichʼin peoples. Approximately the size of South Carolina, the refuge has no roads or facilities. The lands and waters are a critical home to ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR, pronounced as “ ANN-warr ”) or Arctic Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States, on traditional Iñupiaq and Gwich'in lands. The refuge is 19,286,722 acres (78,050.59 km 2) of the Alaska North Slope region, with a northern coastline and vast inland forest, taiga, and tundra regions. [1] ANWR is the largest …

The Arctic National Wildlife Range reaches across more than 19 million acres (the size of South Carolina) in the northeast corner of Alaska. A truly wild landscape, the refuge contains no public facilities, but does contain three Wild and Scenic rivers and the largest designated Wilderness (about eight million acres) in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in the Northeast corner of Alaska, is a 19 million acre wilderness refuge stretching from the Beaufort Sea nearly to the Yukon River. Its vastness, diversity and its wildlife, coupled with dramatic scenery make it Alaska’s most celebrated wilderness. Designated as wilderness in 1960, ANWR encompasses arctic tundra, boreal …

Vast, beautiful, and remote, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is often called America's last great wilderness. Find information on things to do, backpacking, rafting, and caribou and polar bear viewing.

2025年1月21日 · (ii) rescind the cancellation of any leases within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, other than such lease cancellations as the Secretary of the Interior determines are consistent with the ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the United States’ largest Wildlife Refuge, is situated in the northeast corner of Alaska. Most visitors to the Arctic Refuge begin their trips in Fairbanks.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Viewing Description Nature remains essentially undisturbed in this vast, unbroken refuge, the largest national wildlife refuge in the nation. The estimated 90,000 to 100,000 member Porcupine caribou herd calves on the coastal plan from May to mid-June.

2025年1月8日 · Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, vast natural area occupying the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was established in 1960 as Arctic National Wildlife Range with an area of approximately 13,900 square miles (36,000 square km) and was expanded and renamed Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 1980.

Called "America's Serengeti" for its tremendous biodiversity, the coastal plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Alaska’s North Slope is one of the most intact and untouched ecosystems in America. The refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, 42 species of fish, and 45 mammal species ...