Welcome to the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge page! For official information about the Refuge, go to http://yukonflats.fws.gov/. For more about the Fish and Wildlife service, go to www.fws.gov.
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1980 with the passage of
ANILCA to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural
diversity including nesting waterfowl, other migratory birds, dall sheep, bears,
moose, wolves. wolverines, other furbearers, caribou, and salmon; to fulfill
international treaty obligations; to provide for continued subsistence uses; and to
ensure necessary water quality and quantity.
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is the 3rd largest of the 560 Refuges nation wide. Its boundary spans 11.2 million acres, 8.6 million acres are Refuge land and the remaining 2.6 million are native village corporation or Doyon Limited lands.
The refuge is located roughly 100 miles to the north of Fairbanks, AK.
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 101 12th Ave Rm 264
- City:
- Fairbanks
- State:
- AK
- Zip:
- 99701
- Phone:
- (907) 456-0408
- Website:
- www.yukonflats.fws.gov
- Category:
- Government Organization