Lifeblood of a Wildlife Refuge -- Finger Mountain, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK USA
N 66° 21.529 W 150° 27.796
5W E 613488 N 7362207
Second of three flora and fauna signs at the Finger Mountain landmark along the Dalton Highway.
Waymark Code: WM1736M
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2022
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This sign is one of three placed by the US Bureau of Land Management at finger Mountain, a popular and unique landform along this part of the Dalton Highway, not far from the Arctic Circle.
The sign reads as follows:
"LIFEBLOOD OF A WILDLIFE REFUGE
Rivers like the Kanuti are the lifeblood of Interior Alaska, supplying areas with clean water and rich nutrients. Where the rivers meander through flat basins, this “blood supply” creates an explosion of life in summer. The Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, which the Kanuti River feeds a few miles west of here, is such a place.
Wetlands – The Heart of the Refuge
From high on Caribou Mountain you can see the refuge’s Kanuti Flats, a rich mosaic of wet spruce forests, meadows, bogs, lakes and ponds. These wetland habitats feed and shelter thousands of waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, mammals, fish and other wildlife.
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The Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge comprises a wetland basin between the Brooks Range and the Ray Mountains, fed by both the Kanuti and Koyukuk Rivers."
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