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	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve information, pictures, videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve is a unique wilderness area that contains one of the largest calderas in Alaska along with several rivers of which Aniakchak River, a designated National Wild River is one that originates from inside the caldera.
		Aniakchaks' outer slopes are characterized as having sparse vegetation, barren ash flows, precipitous cliffs, and tilted rock strata.
		Aniakchak is a 2,000-foot-deep caldera formed by the collapse of a 7,000-foot mountain.
	www.adventure-crew.com /parks/aniakchak.asp (3202 words)

	Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve - Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
		Given its remote location and notoriously bad weather, Aniakchak is one of the least visited units of the National Park System.
		Ash from the May 1931 eruption of Aniakchak fell at a rate of a pound per hour at the Chiginik villages, 65 miles to the south.
		The blast was heard 200 miles away and the ash sprinkled the ground nearly 700 miles from the source.
	www.nps.gov /ania (278 words)

	American Whitewater - NWRI - Aniakchak Surprise Lake to Aniakchak Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Aniakchak National Mounment and Preserve providing an opportunity for a remote river expedition on the Alaska Peninusla.
		At the confluence of Hidden Creek the river enters the steep 83 feet per mile section where volcanic bedrock on either side and boulders in the channel constrict the flow.
		The pace of the river begins to slow considerably over the next five miles as you leave this section and continue the remainder of the journey on a low-gradient alluvial river that takes you to the ocean.
	www.americanwhitewater.org /content/River/detail/sub/id/id/2 (548 words)

	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve - Rivers and Streams - US-Parks.com
		The Aniakchak River begins within the volcanic caldera and flows to the ocean through a progression of geologic and vegetative reminders of the area’s recent and spectacular volcanic history.
		The Aniakchak River originates in Surprise Lake in the caldera and passes through a gash in the caldera wall.
		The Cinder River originates in a semicircle of mountains northeast of the caldera and is fed by High Creek and several small creeks that drain the northeast slopes of Aniakchak.
	www.us-parks.com /aniakchak/rivers_and_streams.html (525 words)

	Fact Sheets > Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve, King Salmon, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Aniakchak Caldera, is the result of a series of eruptions, the latest in 1931.
		Surprise Lake, located within the caldera, is the source of the Aniakchak River, which cascades through a 1,500-foot gash in the caldera wall.
		In creating Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Congress recognized the unique geological significance of the caldera and also acknowledged the outstanding wildlife and recreational values of the Aniakchak River by designating it a wild river within the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
	www.fact-sheets.com /travel/national-parks/aniakchak (646 words)

	Cultural Resources in Aniakchak National Monument
		Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve is located near the middle of the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska.
		Even though Aniakchak is in the Southwest Alaska and Pacific cultural zone, Aniakchak appears to be in a transitional positional between two cultural areas, the Aleutians and the Alaska Peninsula, both of which have long cultural sequences.
		An Alaska Packers Association bunkhouse at the mouth of the Aniakchak River is all that remains of the APA fishing venture begun there in 1917.
	www.nps.gov /akso/akarc/cr_ania.htm (2715 words)

	Alaska Travel: National Parks
		Most volcanic calderas are produced by collapse of the roof of a magma chamber due to removal of magma by voluminous eruptions or subterranean withdrawal of the magma, although some calderas may be formed by explosive removal of the upper part of a volcano.
		River bluffs, composed of sand and standing as high as 150 feet, hold permafrost ice wedges and the fossils of Ice Age mammals.
		The river is classified as a national wild and scenic river, and offers surperlative wilderness float-trip opportunities - from deep in the Brooks Range to the tidewater of the Chukchi Sea.
	www.princesslodges.com /destinations-national-parks.htm (2101 words)

	GORP - Alaska Wild and Scenic Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This Alaskan river is a moderately swift, shallow stream which flows through rolling hills and past the jagged limestone peaks within the White Mountains National Recreation Area.
		This river system is an extensive network of creeks and rivers in east-central Alaska where boaters have many choices for trips through winding canyons of birch, spruce and aspen, and muskeg marshes to alpine tundra on the flanks of Mount Fairplay.
		The river is known for its fishing and variety of wildlife.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/activity/paddling/wsr_ak.htm (1058 words)

	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, on the Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska.
		Located in the Aleutian Range, the monument (137,176 acres/55,556 hectares) and surrounding preserve (465,603 acres/188,569 hectares) feature the Aniakchak volcano (4,420 ft/1,347 m high), which last erupted in 1931.
		Aniakchak was proclaimed a U.S. national monument in 1978 and established as a national monument and preserve in 1980.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-aniakcha.html (340 words)

	Alaska Wilderness Journeys 2002 River, Fishing, Hiking Treks
		Mountain bike to the remote Yanert River, whitewater raft its seldom seen canyon, climb a volcanic mountain and challenge the bigwater rapids of the Nenana River.
		The Aniakchak originates in the caldera of a volcano and tumbles to the coast past spectacles of wildlife and geology.
		This river expedition plunges into the heart of the Alaska Range for two spectacular times of year — early summer with endless daylight and high water, and early autumn with blazing tundra colors, ripe blueberries and ptarmigan, and dark skies lit up with the Northern Lights.
	www.alaska.net /~journeys/1999trips.html (2490 words)

	Aniakchak River -- Alaska waterways
		The river lies on the Alaska Peninsula east of Port Heiden, Alaska.
		We then spent two days at the mouth of the river waiting for the weather to clear so we could be picked up.
		The lower 17 miles of river are slow, meandering through flat land.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /boating/arl/aniakchak.htm (494 words)

	ANILCA - TITLE 6
		The classification as wild river areas of certain segments of the Fortymile by this subsection shall not preclude such access across those river segments as the Secretary determines to be necessary to permit commercial development in an environmentally sound manner, of asbestos deposits in the North Fork drainage.
		The Wade Creek unit of the Fortymile component and the segment of the Delta River from opposite milepost 212 on the Richardson Highway to a point one-half mile north of Black Rapids are classified and shall be administered as recreational river areas pursuant to such Act.
		With respect to the river components designated in parts A and B of this title, the Secretary shall take such action under said §3(b) at the same time as, and in coordination with, the submission of the applicable conservation and management plans for the conservation system units in which such components are located.
	www.r7.fws.gov /asm/anilca/title06.html (1488 words)

	Mount Aniakchak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Aniakchak is a caldera (about 10 km in diameter) located in the Aleutian Range of Alaska, United States.
		Aniakchak is an extant volcano - at least ten lava flows have occurred since the formation of the caldera in 1645 B.C. ; the most recent was in 1931.
		Surprise Lake within the caldera is the source of the Aniakchak River, a National Wild River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Aniakchak (201 words)

	AlaskaJourney.com / Paul Otteson / Alaska: Adventures in Nature / Alaska Travel
		Aniakchak Caldera is one of the planet’s finest examples of a dry cal-dera.
		Surprise Lake on the eastern side of the caldera is the source of the Aniakchak River, a designated National Wild River that offers kayakers a spectacular trip to the sea on Class I–IV waters.
		The river cuts a 1,500-foot gash in the side of the caldera where it spills out to the southeast, heading for Aniakchak Bay and the Pacific.
	www.alaskajourney.com /kodiak/aniakchak.html (295 words)

	GORP - US National Monuments - Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska
		En route across the coastal-barrier mountains and Aniakchak River valley their footsteps sent up clouds of ash that made their hair like wire brushes.
		Wildlife - When Father Hubbard first climbed into Aniakchak Caldera in 1930, his first dramatic experience - after the scenery was with a female brown bear and her cub.
		River runners often see brown bears on the Aniakchak River, often a lot closer than common sense dictates.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/ak_aniak.htm (1527 words)

	Aniakchak National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Aniakchak is a volcano along the Pacific Ocean rim in Alaska.
		The last time the Aniakchak had an eruption was 1931.
		Within the calderathere is the source of the Aniakchak River which rushes through a 1,500gash in the 2,500 foot caldera wall.
	volweb.utk.edu /Schools/sumnercs/nberry/akania.htm (82 words)

	Float Fishing Trips - Alaska's Aniakchak National Park
		The ANIAKCHAK RIVER lays 400 miles southwest of Anchorage, far out on the Pacific side of the Alaska Peninsula in Aniakchak National Park and Preserve.
		The hillsides are open, trotting foxes, migrating caribou herds and bears are not hidden from sight.
		The Aniakchak has high densities of the largest Brown Bears in the state, and an incredible moose population.
	www.ouzel.com /aniakchak.htm (307 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search: Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
		Aniakchak is a six-mile-wide, 2,000-foot-deep caldera formed by the collapse of a 7,000-foot volcanic mountain.
		Sockeye salmon spawn in Surprise Lake and the Aniakchak River.
		A river ribbons through the landscape at the Aniakchak preserve.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/15022gd.html (318 words)

	Wild & Scenic Rivers - Far West
		The river is an important stream for fish and is shaded by the towering redwoods of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park as it passes by the northern boundary of the park on its way to the Pacific Ocean.
		The river corridor supports a large population of elk and is heavily used for hunting, fishing, backpacking, horse packing, and other recreational activities.
		The North Fork of the Owyhee River lies in the high plateau region of southeast Oregon and is essentially within a narrow, deep basalt-rimmed canyon.
	www.raft.org /wsr.html (3444 words)

	ANIAKCHAK RIVER - ANIAKCHAK NATIONAL MONUMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Turquoise colored Surprise Lake is the source of the Aniakchak River and lies in the depths of a caldera inside an active volcanic crater.
		Aniakchak caldera massif landscape is like a mysterious environment that time has forgotten.
		First, the river runs through volcanic rubble and lava rock bombs, ripping through a 1,200'- 2,000' high breach or rift in the caldera's walls, identified as The Gates.
	www.alaska-river-rafting.com /itm00001.htm (665 words)

	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve - Nature and Science - US-Parks.com
		Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve - Nature and Science - US-Parks.com
		Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve - Nature and Science
		Aniakchak is a 6-mile-wide, 2,000-foot-deep caldera formed by the collapse of a 7,000-foot mountain.
	www.us-parks.com /aniakchak/nature.html (571 words)

	we offer alaskan adventures including wilderness backpacking, wilderness river ...
		Rivers in the arctic stay frozen longer in the year.
		Rivers we offer are the Matanuska River, Copper River from Chitna to Cordova, Yukon River from Eagle to Circle, Charley River, Lake Creek, Alatna River, John River, North Fork of the Koyukuk River, Kongakut River, Hulahula River, Noatak River, Chilikadrotna River in Lake Clark NP, Wood Tikchick State Park Lakes System.
		The Wrangell St. Elias National Park is one of the highlights of this trip with a possibility for a glacier hike or flightseeing.
	www.alaskaultrasport.com /tours_trips.html (2370 words)

	Alaska Kayaking and River Rafting Float Trips
		Surprise Lake is located inside a volcano, it is a spectacular trip running along a boulder-lined river to a beautiful scenic saltwater bay.
		The Nenana is a glacial river with lots of whitewater to be found.
		The Noatak River is located above the Arctic Circle, this river offers many wildlife viewing opportunites while winding through canyons, and fields of tundra.
	www.alaskansportsman.com /fish-and-game/alaska-float-trips.shtml (756 words)

	Old Dirt - New Thoughts
		The students will be posting the results of their analyses on our new Aniakchak Wiki.
		This site, about 250 km from Aniakchak, is very near to the Brooks River Archaeological District where Don Dumond (University of Oregon) and the NPS have done a lot of field work.
		I suspect, though, that the Aniakchak miniature points are functional tools because we have so many (and virtually no larger points).
	bhoffman.edublogs.org (2047 words)

	Aniakchak River - Kodiak, AK
		The Aniakchak River runs through the volcanic rubble of the Aniakchak Mountain, tearing through a 1,200'- 2,000' high breach or rift in the caldera's walls, identified as The Gates.
		The river then dives down the next 15 miles, dropping as much as 60'- 75' per mile through volcanic boulder gardens.
		The final stretch of river mellows out and ends in white-capped Aniakchak Bay.
	www.eatstayplay.com /html/ak/a931p411c2001.html (210 words)

	Alaska Public Lands
		All three species of North American bears (fl, grizzly and polar) are found here as are muskox, Dall sheep, moose, wolverine, wolf, arctic fox, red fox, lynx, marten and snowshoe hare.
		Arctic Grayling and Dolly Varden are abundant in Refuge rivers.
		Beaver Creek NWR is a Class I, clear water river, that flows past jagged limestone peaks in the White Mountains and through the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge before joining the Yukon River.
	www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Alaska/public_lands/page1.html (740 words)

	AlaskaOne.com - Travel Planning Information for Alaska
		About 3,500 years ago, a dramatic explosion caused the loss of some 3,000 feet of the upper mountain.
		Eventually, the stream outflow created the great breach in the rim known as The Gates.
		Surprise Lake still remains, and from it The Gates now allow the Aniakchak River to begin its tumultuous 27-mile course southeastward to the Pacific Ocean.
	www.alaskaone.com /aniakchak (195 words)

	ANILCA - TITLE 2
		Subsistence uses by local residents shall be permitted in the monument where such uses are traditional in accordance with the provisions of Title VIII.
		Subsistence uses by local residents shall be permitted in the park in accordance with the provisions of Title VIII.
		Lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundary of the park and preserve which were within the boundary of any national forest are hereby excluded from such national forest and the boundary of such national forest is hereby revised accordingly.
	www.web-ak.com /anilca/title02.html (1617 words)

	Alaska boating
		Alaska's rivers, streams, and ocean waterways have long been important travel corridors, and remain so today in the 21st century.
		The Alaska Public Lands Information Center had this to say about them: "These river logs consist primarily of trip reports filed by the now-defunct Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, which surveyed Alaska's rivers for possible inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River system in the early 1970's.
		In some cases, the logs are supplemented by information from the Bureau of Land Management, the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, and the National Park Service.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /boating (289 words)

	REMOTE ALASKA WILDERNESS FLOAT TRIPS - WHITEWATER RAFTING, KAYAKING, FISHING, WILDLIFE VIEWING, AND HUNTING - FLY IN ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Animals come to the river banks to forage for fish, other aquatics, and surrounding plants.
		I hope you are all set to explore where few have been before and intend to tread ever so lightly by floating Alaska's wild rivers.
		Aniakchak Volcano Caldera to the Sea - Peerless Wilds!
	www.northernrim.com /itmidx1.htm (735 words)

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