Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge spans a large, discontinuous protected landscape along the southern Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska. Established in its present form in 1980 after a 1978 monument designation, it preserves exceptionally rich wildlife and varied coastal and volcanic terrain, including Mount Veniaminof and the Castle Cape Fjords. Its habitats support brown bears, caribou, moose, marine mammals, seabirds, waterfowl, and all five species of Pacific salmon, with especially notable seasonal concentrations of grizzlies near Black Lake and Chignik Lake. The refuge has also become an important site for long-term biological research, especially on waterfowl, landbirds, migration, and ecosystem health.

Perryville, Alaska · United States