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 | The third largest conservation area in the National Wildlife Refuge System, the 9 million acre Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is located in eastern interior Alaska. It includes the Yukon Flats, a vast wetland basin bisected by the Yukon River. The basin is underlain by permafrost and includes a complex network of lakes, streams, and rivers. The area is characterized by mixed forests dominated by spruce, birch, and aspen. The Yukon Flats has a continental subarctic climate, with great seasonal extremes in temperature and daylight. Summer temperatures can reach 100 degrees F, warmer than any other comparable latitude in North America. Winter temperatures can drop to -70 degrees F. The refuge supports the highest density of breeding ducks in Alaska, and includes one of the greatest waterfowl breeding areas in North America. In fact, most of Yukon Flats' birds are seasonal residents, fleeing south before the hard grip of winter closes over the land. Some 13 species, however (including boreal chickadees, great gray owls, spruce grouse, three-toed woodpeckers and ravens), remain on the refuge year around. The same landscape that so favors waterfowl is also beneficial to furbearers, many of which, including beaver, lynx, marten, mink, muskrat and river otter, thrive on the water-laced flood plain. Moose benefit from the new growth encouraged by fire and flood, and can be found throughout the refuge. These large ungulates are the region's most important game animal; to the point that, for many subsistence hunters living on or around the refuge, "moose" is virtually synonymous with "meat." Grizzly bears are found throughout the refuge in low concentrations, while the more common black bears tend to keep to the forested lowlands. Wolves can also be encountered anywhere on the refuge, but are rarely sighted. Dall sheep can be spotted on the alpine tundra of the White Mountains and Hodzana Highlands. <P> |
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| Refuges - Yukon Flats - ... on a variety of resources from the refuge. For information contact: Refuge Manager Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge 101 12th Avenue, Room 264 Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 Phone: (907)456-0440 FAX ... | | Yukon River Tours > Home - Yukon River Tours - Right off the Dalton Highway, we boat upstream, entering the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge ... enter the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a remarkable ecosystem ... | | Bird Checklists of the United States - Bird Checklists of the United States. Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Fairbanks, Alaska. Yukon Flats NWR Map. The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge consists of 9.3 million acres and... | | Bird Checklists of the United States - ... Center, AK (Printed 1993) Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge -- Bethel, AK Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge -- Fairbanks, AK (Printed 04/98) Return to Bird Checklists of the United States ... | | Birding Alaska - Alaska Web Directory - Alaska Birders Resource Directory - Refuges, Sanctuaries, Organizations, Research, Rehabilitation ... Refuge - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge - U.S. Fish & Wildlife ... | | GeoConnections - Data - Data Details - >>Home >>Data >>Data Details Name: Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge; USGS Originator: Abstract: Digital cartographic ... provided on the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The data set ... | | Species Status Reports - Porcupine Caribou Herd - ... wildlife or land use control under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Ivvavik National Park, Vuntut National Park, Herschel Island Territorial Park, Vuntut ... |
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| The refuge office is located in room 264 of the Federal Building at 101 12th Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. There is no visitor center, nor are there any public facilities, on the refuge itself. The refuge is located about 100 miles north of Fairbanks. Access is primarily by aircraft and boat. There are regularly scheduled commercial flights between Fairbanks and the seven villages in or near the refuge. Visitors may also drive the Steese Highway (a gravel road) from Fairbanks to the Yukon River, at Circle, and travel down the river via watercraft into the refuge. Charter service to remote lakes and gravel bars along rivers is also available from Fairbanks and Fort Yukon. Visitors may also drive up the Dalton Highway to the Yukon River Bridge and travel upriver about 5 miles to reach the refuge. <P> |
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