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	Nome, Alaska Hunting Fish & Game Wildlife Preserves & Refuges Fish & Game Cape Krusenstern National Monument Cape Krusenstern National Monument is a treeless coastal plain dotted with sizable lagoons and backed by gently rolling limestone hills. The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Return to Top of Page Wildlife Preserves & Refuges Artic National Wildlife Refuge Renowned for its wildlife, Arctic Refuge is inhabited by 45 species of land and marine mammals, ranging from the pygmy shrew to the bowhead whale. Best known are the polar, grizzly, and black bear; wolf, wolverine, Dall sheep, moose, muskox, and the animal that has come to symbolize the area's wildness, the free-roaming caribou. Thirty-six species of fish occur in Arctic Refuge waters, and 180 species of birds have been observed on the refuge. Kobuk River Just below Walker Lake, a short set of White Water Class III-IV rapids will be encountered. They may be portaged or lined if necessary on the east bank. The river meanders on for about twenty miles before encountering a second set of rapids in the Lower Kobuk Canyon which persist for about one mile. Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge This region of wetlands is home to fish, waterfowl, beaver and moose, and wooded lowlands where bears, wolves, lynx and marten prowl. Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Located in Northwest Alaska, approximately 350 miles northwest of Fairbanks, this refuge is bisected by the Arctic Circle and lies mostly within the Northwest Arctic Borough, which is analogous to a lower 48 county but is the size of the state of Indiana. Return to Top of Page
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