Izembek Wilderness

Izembek Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Joshua Green River Valley in Izembek Wilderness
Location	Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States
Nearest city	Cold Bay, Alaska
Coordinates	55°15′56″N 162°35′28″W / 55.26556°N 162.59111°W / 55.26556; -162.59111Coordinates: 55°15′56″N 162°35′28″W / 55.26556°N 162.59111°W / 55.26556; -162.59111
Area	307,982 acres (124,636 ha)
Established	1980
Governing body	US Fish and Wildlife Service

Izembek Wilderness is a 307,982-acre (124,636 ha) wilderness area in a coastal region of the U.S. state of Alaska panhandle, facing Bristol Bay. Located within the 315,000-acre (127,000 ha) Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, all of the land has been designated Wilderness, with the exception of that along a gravel road system and several private holdings. The area was designated wilderness in 1980 with the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.^[1]^[2]

Wildlife

Map of Izembek NWR and Wilderness

Izembek Wilderness hosts a quarter-million migratory birds every fall, including the entire world's population of black brants and thousands of Canada and emperor geese, Steller's eiders, and various species of duck and shorebird. Izembek Lagoon contains one of the largest eelgrass beds in the world, providing food and shelter for the birds. Tundra swans live on the refuge year-round and thousands of gray, minke, and orca whales migrate along the coast. Hundreds of thousands of salmon spawn in the wilderness. Other common wildlife in the wilderness include brown bear, seal, walrus, Steller's sea lion, sea otter, and caribou from the Southern Alaska Peninsula herd.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - USFWS
1 2 Izembek Wilderness - Wilderness.net

External links

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Izembek Wilderness - Wilderness.net
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - The Wilderness Society

Protected areas of Alaska

Federal

National Parks	Denali Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Katmai Kenai Fjords Kobuk Valley Lake Clark Wrangell–St. Elias

National Historical Parks	Klondike Gold Rush Sitka

National Monuments	Admiralty Island (USFS) Aniakchak Cape Krusenstern Misty Fiords (USFS) World War II Valor in the Pacific

National Preserves	Bering Land Bridge Noatak Yukon–Charley Rivers

National Wildlife Refuges	Alaska Maritime Alaska Peninsula Arctic Becharof Innoko Izembek Kanuti Kenai Kodiak Koyukuk Nowitna Selawik Tetlin Togiak Yukon Delta Yukon Flats

National Forests	Chugach Tongass

Forest Service units	Mendenhall Glacier

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Aleutian Islands Andreafsky Becharof Bering Sea Bogoslof Chamisso Chuck River Coronation Island Denali Endicott River Forrester Island Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Hazy Islands Innoko Izembek Karta River Katmai Kenai Kobuk Valley Kootznoowoo Koyukuk Kuiu Lake Clark Maurille Islands Misty Fjords Mollie Beattie Noatak Nunivak Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Russell Fjord Saint Lazaria Selawik Semidi Simeonof South Baranof South Etolin South Prince of Wales Stikine-LeConte Tebenkof Bay Togiak Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Tuxedni Unimak Warren Island West Chichagof-Yakobi Wrangell–Saint Elias

National Conservation Area	Steese

State

State Parks	Afognak Island Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Baranof Castle Hill Birch Lake Chena River Area Chena River Site Chugach Deep Creek Denali Kachemak Bay Totem Bight Wood-Tikchik

State Forests	Haines Southeast Tanana Valley

Alaska Department of Natural Resources

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Izembek Wilderness

Wildlife

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