Admiralty Island National Monument Welcome to Admiralty Island National Monument, USDA Forest Service, with 955,000 acres of wilderness in southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Admiralty's history is rich and long. However, the island is more than a monument to the past. It is life on Admiralty today and the relationships of living forms on the island that lend it worldwide significance to scientists and that merit the recognition and pride of the Nation. Here a northern temperate rainforest exists, uniquely self contained and in perfect natural balance.
Alagnak Wild River Alagnak Wild River is located in the beautiful Aleutian Range. The river provides unparalleled opportunities to experience the wilderness of the Alaska Peninsula.
Alaska Maritime NWR This refuge includes over 3,000 islands, islets, rocks, pinnacles, and headlands stretching from northwest Alaska into the Bering Sea and along 4,800 miles of Alaska's coastline and the Aleutian chain. Refuge habitats vary from lush rainforests in Southeast Alaska to 9,000 foot volcanoes and arctic coastal escarpments underlain by permafrost. Over 40 million seabirds (80 percent of all Alaska seabirds) of about 30 species are found on the refuge. Common marine mammals include northern fur seal, Steller sea lion, harbor seal, walrus, sea otter, and polar bear. The refuge contains many Aleut archeological sites as well as remnants of the only World War II battles fought on U.S. soil.
Alaska Peninsula NWR The Alaska Penisula Refuge spans 340 miles of the Alaska Peninsula in the southwestern part of the state and encompasses about 4.3 million acres. Landforms of the refuge include rugged mountain crests, rounded sub-summits, U-shaped valleyes with sheer walls, sea cliffs, and fjords, low tundra wetland, glacial lakes and moraines. The dominant feature is the rugged Aleutian Range which is part of the chain of volcanoes known as the "Ring of Fire" that rims the Pacific Ocean. Eight major volcanoes, including five that are active, are inside the Refuge. Brown bears, moose, caribou and wolves inhabit refuge lands and marine mammals are abundant in nearshore waters. The large coastal brown bears are attracted to the productive salmon streams during salmon spawning runs in the summer. Many thousands of ducks, geese, swans and other migratory birds are present in the summer. Refuge rivers, streams and lakes support large runs of all five species of Pacific salmon, contributing to the enormous commercial salmon fishery in Bristol Bay. Arctic char and grayling are also common. There are no roads in the refuge. Visitors reach refuge lands primarily by plane and boat.
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area The Aleutian World War II National Historic Area encompasses the historic footprint of the U.S. Army base Fort Schwatka. Located on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Island Chain of Alaska, the fort was one of four coastal defense posts built to protect Dutch Harbor (the back door to the United States) during World War II, the fort is also highest coastal battery ever constructed in the United States. In 1996 Congress designated this National Historic Area to interpret, educate, and inspire present and future generations about the history of the Aleut or Unangan people and the Aleutian Islands in the defense of the United States in World War II.
Anchorage Recreation Sites The Recreation Program manages recreational use to administer visitor services, resource protection, tourism, volunteers and partnerships. The Iditarod National Historic Trail, the Unalakleet National Wild River and the Campbell Tract in Anchorage are administered under the program.
