Nearest city Fort Yukon, Alaska Address Central, AK 99730, USA Phone +1 907-456-0440 | Website Yukon Flats NWR Area 34,943 km² Established December 2, 1980 | |
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Location Interior Alaska, United States Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service Profiles | ||
Yukon flats national wildlife refuge
The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wetland area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It encompasses most of the Yukon Flats, a vast wetland area centered on the confluence of the Yukon River, Porcupine River, and Chandalar River. The area is a major waterfowl breeding ground, and after a proposal to flood the Yukon Flats via a dam on the Yukon River was turned down, the Yukon Flats were deemed worthy of protection. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act established the refuge in 1980. It is the third-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States, although it is less than one-half the size of either of the two largest, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is administered from offices in Fairbanks.
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Yukon flats national wildlife refuge
Fauna
This refuge is home to the Arctic fox, Alaskan moose, bald eagle, black bear, wolf packs, Dall sheep, four species of falcon, river otter, golden eagle, red fox, coyote packs, six species of owl, lynx, beaver, caribou herds, mink, wolverine, and brown bear.