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The Delta National Wildlife Refuge is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Venice, Louisiana along the Mississippi River.The area formed when a breach in the natural levee of the Mississippi River occurred in 1862 approximately 100 miles (160 km) below New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about 19.16 million acres (77,500 km 2) in southwestern Alaska. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Endangered and threatened species – The Mississippi River Delta is home to a number of species that are listed as endangered or threatened according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Continuous land loss and wetland erosion poses a serious risk to the habitats and the survival of these species, including the:
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska AK December 2, 1980: 19,226,606.25 acres (77,807.3150 km 2) [16] Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska AK December 2, 1980: 8,636,951.06 acres (34,952.5009 km 2) [16] Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: Rose Atoll: AS 1973 39,066 acres (158.09 km 2) [18] Bill Williams River National Wildlife ...
The delta, which consists mainly of tundra, is protected as part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The delta has approximately 25,000 residents. 85% of these are Alaska Natives: Yupik and Athabaskan people. The main population center and service hub is the city of Bethel, with an estimated population of around 6,219 (as of 2011). [5]
Name State(s) Acreage Area: km² Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska: 19,286,482.30 78,049.62 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska 19,162,416.50
The Detroit International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton is expanding with the acquisition of 114 acres of land, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday. The land will be maintained to ...
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge: Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish: 71,000 State of Louisiana [26] St. Tammany Wildlife Refuge St. Tammany Parish: 1,310 Owned by LDWF; cooperatively managed by LDWF and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [27] State Wildlife Refuge Vermilion 13,000 LDWF [28] Waddill Wildlife Refuge and Outdoor Education Center East ...