TOGIAK NWR
Togiak NWR (visit the FWS web site for more information) sits in the area south of the Yukon Delta and north of Alaska's Aleutian peninsula. It represents a rich diversity of wildlife. The refuge is home to 48 mammal species, 31 of which are terrestrial and 17 marine. More than 150,000 caribou from two herds, the Nushagak Peninsula and the Mulchatna, make use of refuge lands, which they share with wolves, moose, brown and black bears, wolverines, red foxes, marmots, beavers, and porcupines, among other land mammals. Seals, sea lions, walrus and whales are found at various times of year along the refuge's 600 miles of coastline.
The FWS and GSS began a cooperative venture to map Togiak's wetlands starting the summer of 2005. This project is unique when compared to the other major wetland mapping project GSS and FWS are cooperatively engaged in. It represents coastal wetland plains that abruptly emerge into the Ahklun Mountains to the north. GSS's photo interpreters, biologists, and GIS analysts are working to create a high resolution wetland database to support the refuge's complex management efforts.
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Togiak's remote location and rugged terrain requires helicopter access to all field survey sites. For this project we utilized a smaller aircraft and a limited project team. This allowed us long range and flight times, which gave us better access to many of our field sites. |
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Unique tributary wetland structure into the estuarine environment. |
Typical wetlands in the coastal plains. |
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Wetland types and land cover change dramatically as the landscape changes from coastal plain to mountains. |
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