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Selawik National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Alaska, in the homeland of the indigenous Iñupiat. Straddling the Arctic Circle, the refuge is where the boreal forests of interior Alaska give way to the open tundra. The rivers, wetlands and surrounding hills (including the Selawik Wilderness Area in the Waring Mountains) nurture abundant fish populations, tens of thousands of nesting birds, seasonal habitat for one of the world’s largest caribou herds, and an ongoing way of life for local people, who continue to hunt, fish, and gather from these lands that have sustained their ancest…
Activities: BOATING, FISHING, HUNTING, ICE FISHING, WOOD CUTTING, SNOWMOBILING, BIRDING, CROSS COUNTRY SKIING