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Selawik, Alaska

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	www.ilovealaska.com/
		The City is near the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, a key breeding and resting spot for migratory waterfowl.
		Economy: Inhabitants of Selawik subsist mainly on whitefish, sheefish, caribou, moose, ducks, ptarmigan and berries.
		The Selawik River is navigable from early June to mid-October.
	www.ilovealaska.com /alaska/cities.cfm?cityid=291 (449 words)

	Alaska Refuges - Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
		The 2.15 million acre Selawik National Wildlife Refuge is situated on the Arctic Circle to the east of Kotzebue Sound, and occupies a unique variety of landforms in northwest Alaska.
		Refuge lands extend eastward toward the headwaters of the Selawik River and the continental divide.
		The Selawik wilderness area is located within the Waring Mountains, and includes a set of rolling, vegetated, sand dunes that were formed by the last glacial recession.
	www.r7.fws.gov /nwr/selawik/wildland.htm (597 words)

	Maniilaq Association \| Selawik
		Selawik is located at the mouth of the Selawik River, about 70 miles southeast of Kotzebue.
		Selawik is an Iñupiat Eskimo community active in traditional subsistence fishing and hunting, depending on whitefish, sheefish, caribou, moose, ducks, ptarmigan and berries.
		Selawik also has the recently constructed Maniilaq Association village clinic, which replaced the old clinic and provided additional space and a cleaner environment.
	www.maniilaq.org /selawik.html (347 words)

	Selawik Wild and Scenic River, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The segment from a fork of the headwaters in T12N, R10E, Kateel River meridian, to the confluence of the Kugarak River within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge.
		Lying entirely within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, this river is known for its fishing and variety of wildlife.
		The Selawik Valley is an important waterfowl nesting area and seasonally supports much of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd which numbers over 500,000.
	www.nps.gov /rivers/wsr-selawik.html (96 words)

	Northwest Management Area - Sport Fish - ADF&G
		The river supports anadromous populations of Dolly Varden, chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon and resident populations of Dolly Varden, Arctic grayling and whitefish.
		Whitefish, Arctic grayling, burbot and northern pike are resident in the Noatak River.
		Northern Pike: Northern Pike occur in the lower Pilgrim, Kuzitrin and Koyuk river drainages of the Seward Peninsula and in the Noatak, Kobuk and Selawik river drainages of the Kotzebue area.
	www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us /region3/areas/nwes/nweshome.cfm (2564 words)

	Wildernet - Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
		The Selawik NWR is a showcase of estuaries, river deltas, and tundra hills.
		The southern refuge boundary is formed by the Selawik Hills and the Purcell Mountains.
		The Selawik River valley and the river deltas contain most of the refuge's 22,000 lakes and wetlands.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=AKNRWSSE&CU_ID=127 (354 words)

	GORP - Alaska Wild and Scenic Rivers
		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 (1067 words)

	Alaska Refuges - Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
		Brief description of project: The study is occurring on the Selawik River, Tagagawik River, and the Tagagawik River Flats on the Selawik NWR.
		The effect of browsing on plant architecture is determined by randomly tagging plants along transects in the winter and then evaluating the amount of browse occurring on the plant and the current annual growth at the end of the growing season The level of browse occurring in the refuge is determined along the river corridors.
		Objectives: The study objective is to estimate the number of spawning sheefish in the Selawik River with confidence intervals for the years 2004 and 2005.
	www.r7.fws.gov /nwr/selawik/bioprojects.htm (802 words)

	Huslia River -- Alaska waterways
		Lakes, ponds, and bogs were extremely numerous along the entire river and dot the land for miles away (perpendicular from the river).
		Only one moose was seen along the river, however the habitat is excellent and according to biologists and local residents of Huslia and Galena, moose are both plentiful and large.
		This ridge was different in that it was closer to the south side of the river and was the highest (675 ' a.s.1.) land in close proximity to the river.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /boating/arl/huslia.htm (1527 words)

	Selawik National Wildlife Refuge - Recreation and Education
		They're commonly caught through the offshore ice in the early spring, and can be tempted to flies or artificial lures along the Selawik River during the summer months.
		As is the case with many of Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges, Selawik has long been, and continues to be, used for subsistence hunting by local residents.
		Few people venture into remote Selawik specifically for photography, but the hunter or angler who leaves his or her camera behind will have ample opportunities to regret doing so.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/recEdMore.cfm?ID=75625 (338 words)

	Selawik River Trail
		The Selawik river can be accessed only by air taxi or local outfitter from Kotzebue, Galena or Ambler.
		Although the river is accessible and legally available to the public, one must be careful as not to trespass on private land
		The refuge is composed of estuaries, lakes, river deltas, and tundra slope.
	www.dnr.state.ak.us /parks/aktrails/ats/nw/selawik.htm (183 words)

	Preliminary Study of the Western Gwich'in Bands - By Adeline Raboff
		I would agree with Burch in regard to the physical surroundings, because the portage from the Upper Selawik River, where there were Koyukon speakers, to the Upper Kobuk are very close, but I would place them there in the second half of the nineteenth century.
		The epidemic was at its height on the Koyukuk River in 1839.
		Such as the Juunjik River that is at the headwaters of the East Fork of the Chandalar River.
	www.ankn.uaf.edu /prelim.html (8227 words)

	Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations
		North of the Copper and Chitina rivers is the Copper River District.
		This was an important mining center extending from the Tanana Flats on the north and south to the north slopes of the Alaska Range, on the east by the Delta River and on the west by the Nenana River.
		It is the drainage basin for the Kuskokwim River and its tributaries lying south of the Yukon River.
	store.goldfeverprospecting.com /algolo.html (4554 words)

	AlaskaJourney.com / Paul Otteson / Alaska: Adventures in Nature / Alaska Travel
		Location/Size: Bounded to the north by Kobuk Valley National Park and to the west by Hotham Inlet of the Chukchi Sea; straddles Selawik River and Arctic Circle.
		This nearly treeless refuge is surrounded by sloping tundra and encompasses a wide basin of estuaries, lakes, rivers, and deltas, including the sprawling Kobuk River delta.
		The settlements of Selawik and Noorvik are located on native corporation land within the refuge boundaries.
	www.alaskajourney.com /western/selawik.html (194 words)

	Chapter 2-Ecological Subregions of the United States
		Black spruce forests are abundant along the Kobuk River, whereas grasses grow on the dunes along the coast.
		Spring flooding along rivers and tidal inundation along the coasts are common.
		River otters are abundant; short-tailed and least weasels are common.
	www.fs.fed.us /land/pubs/ecoregions/ch2.html (850 words)

	Wilderness.net- Selawik Wilderness
		The 2,150,000-acre Selawik National Wildlife Refuge begins at the east end of Kotzebue Bay where the Bering Land Bridge once connected North America to Asia.
		Selawik's most prominent feature is an extensive system of tundra wetlands lying between the Waring Mountains and the Selawik Hills, nesting ground for hundreds of thousands of waterfowl, including birds from six continents.
		Rafters regularly float all 168 miles of the Wild and Scenic (but gentle) Selawik River, which runs from the Purcell Mountains in the far eastern portion of the refuge to broad, shallow Selawik Lake.
	www.wilderness.net /index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=539 (428 words)

	Sheefish: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		In Alaska, it is most abundant in the Kuskokwim and Yukon river drainages and in the Selawik and Kobuk drainages of Kotzebue Sound.
		The Minto Flats and Upper Yukon River populations are year-round residents in the eastern part of Interior Alaska.
		Sheefish can also be taken through the ice in Selawik Lake and Hotham Inlet during April and May using a lure attached to a short jigging stick with heavy line.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/fish/sheefish.php (854 words)

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		Piledriver Slough, a small tributary to the Tanana River, is stocked annually on an experimental basis and has become the favorite among trout fishermen as it provides the only rain- bow trout fishing in flowing waters in the area.
		Excellent opportunities to spear whitefish in the Tanana River drainage and in particular the upper Chatanika River are available in September and October.
		Trophy-size Dolly Varden are present in the Wulik and Kivalina Rivers and tributaries of the Noatak River, all near Kotzebue.
	www.deltachamber.org /fishing.html (1556 words)

	GORP - Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
		Selawik straddles the Arctic Circle in northwestern Alaska about 360 miles northwest of Fairbanks.
		Selawik is located where the Bering Land Bridge once existed.
		Selawik is a breeding and resting area for a multitude of migratory waterbirds returning from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nwr/ak_selaw.htm (265 words)

	Alaska Regional Profiles, Northwest Region - Regional Setting
		The region reaches as far south as St. Michael on the Yukon River, as far north as the western Brooks Range, Point Hope, and Cape Lisburne on the Chukchi Sea, as far east as Walker Lake, and as far west as the Arctic Ocean.
		As the Kobuk skirts the southern edge of the Baird Mountains, it passes sluggishly through a broad river floodplain and lake-dotted lowland that merges with the lowlands of the Selawik River and lake system.
		Principal rivers which drain the subregion are the Unalakleet (2,080 square miles), Koyuk (1,968 square miles), Kuzitrin (2,600 square miles), Niukluk (2,189 square miles), Shaktoolik, Ungalik, Amiapuk, and Serpentine.
	www.alaskool.org /resources/regional/nw_reg_pro/regionalsetting.html (1117 words)

	Northwest Arctic Borough: Economic Overview
		Because of its location at the intersection of three river drainages, Kotzebue is also the transfer point between ocean and inland shipping.
		Selawik is primarily an Eskimo community and sits at the mouth of the Selawik River.
		Located on the West Bank of the Buckland River, Buckland is an Eskimo village focused primarily on subsistence fishing and hunting.
	www.dced.state.ak.us /dca/AEIS/NWAB/General/NWAB_General_Narrative.htm (1709 words)

	Alaska Regional Profiles, Northwest Region - Freshwater
		A small population of red salmon that spawns in the Kelly River, a tributary of the Noatak River, is probably the most northerly population of this species.
		Beaver, muskrat, mink, and river otter use freshwater habitats of the region.
		River otters occur mainly in the eastern portion of the region and are not normally found at the tip of the Seward Peninsula or far west of the Noatak River.
	www.alaskool.org /resources/regional/nw_reg_pro/freshwater.html (998 words)

	Fishing for Sheefish in Alaska
		The largest Sheefish are found in the Kobuk River and Selawik drainages along the southern slopes of the western Brooks Range.
		The record was taken on a tributary of the Kobuk, the Pah River, and weighed in at 52 pounds.
		Although Sheefish in the Kobuk River and Selawik area are the largest, they grow the slowest.
	www.fishalaskamagazine.com /fish/sheefish.htm (954 words)

	Wildlife Viewing in Nome, Alaska
		Renowned for its wildlife, Arctic Refuge is inhabited by 45 species of land and marine mammals, ranging from the pygmy shrew to the bowhead whale.
		The river meanders on for about twenty miles before encountering a second set of rapids in the Lower Kobuk Canyon which persist for about one mile.
		The Noatak preserve was established in order to maintain the environmental integrity of the Noatak River and adjacent uplands, to protect wildlife habitats and populations and to protect archaeological resources for scientific research.
	www.eatstayplay.com /html/ak/l77p408.html (404 words)

	Selawik National Wildlife Refuge - Wildlife and Habitat
		In addition to the freshwater wetlands, ponds, marshes and streams that form the Selawik River flats; the refuge encompasses the coastal wetlands formed by the Selawik and Kobuk river deltas, and the surrounding uplands of the Selawik Hills and the Waring Mountains.
		Selawik refuge is within the range of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd.
		The Selawik and Kobuk River drainages support large populations of resident and anadromous fish.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/WildHabitat.cfm?ID=75625 (342 words)

	SPORT FISH NEWS RELEASE
		Prior regulation for the Yukon River drainage (from the mouth of the Tanana to and including the Hodzana River) which includes the Dall River and Little Dall River, permitted a daily bag and possession limit of 5 northern pike; only 1 of which could be over 30 inches.
		Sheefish bag limits on the Selawik River are now in agreement with those on the Kobuk River, giving extra protection to spawners.
		In the Unalakleet River drainage, any salmon removed from the water shall be retained and becomes part of the bag limit of the person originally hooking it.
	www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us /statewide/eonr/2001/nrr3/01-25-01.htm (2276 words)

	SFOS: Joseph Margraf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We are evaluating the use of habitat characteristics to assist in development of biological escapement goals for Pacific salmon in the Kuskokwim River drainage in Southwestern Alaska.
		We are evaluating the use of habitat characteristics to estimate carrying capacity for Chinook salmon as determined from remote sensing in the Unik River in Southeastern Alaska.
		We are evaluating the use of remote-sensed habitat characteristics to determine inconnu spawning habitat in the Selawik River in Northwestern Alaska.
	www.sfos.uaf.edu /people/profile.php?uid=3060 (473 words)

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		Sandstone, claystone, conglomerate, and lignite exposed on south bank of Yukon River near the border of the Melozitna and Tanana quadrangles and small outcrops on the north side of the Yukon River in the Tanana quadrangle; 4) Tanana quadrangle.
		Unit is regionally metamorposed to stretched-pebble conglomerate, semischist, and phyllite in northeastern part of the Shungak quadrangle and in adjoining parts of the Ambler River and Hughes quadrangles.
		On the Yukon River, the marine deposits consist of fine- to coarse-grained, crossbedded, lenticular sandstone grading down into fine-grained sandstone and interbedded dark-gray siltstone and shale.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/2005/1341/CSV/YKdescrip.csv (9185 words)

	Bering Sea.com: Communities: Selawik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Selawik is an Inupiat Eskimo community active in traditional subsistence fishing and hunting.
		A central treatment and washeteria facility pumps water from the Selawik River, providing up to 8,000 gallons a day.
		Inhabitants of Selawik subsist mainly on whitefish, sheefish, caribou, moose, ducks, ptarmigan and berries.
	www.beringsea.com /communities/index.php?community=327 (750 words)

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		Water is derived from the Inmachuk River, is treated and pumped to a 400,000-gallon insulated storage tank.
		Due to river erosion and flooding, the village was relocated in the 1920s to a new site 10 miles downstream, which was called "Kochuk," now Shungnak.
		The Noatak River is navigable by shallow-draft boats from early June to early October.
	www.nwabor.org /profiles/Default.htm (8065 words)

	Environmental Protection Agency - Adopt Your Watershed Update Request Form (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We work with community partners on economic development projects to help diversify the Copper River region's economies while maintaining quality of life and cultural heritage.
		High in the Alaska Range, the headwaters of the Copper River host spawning and rearing sockeye salmon that support this intact ecosystem.
		The glacier-scoured Copper Basin is fed by anadromous tributaries that support king, sockeye, and coho salmon, steelhead trout, and grayling.
	yosemite.epa.gov /water/adopt.nsf/9ff5ffe698661f1185256eda00631261!OpenForm&ParentUNID=8C8C9DE3A94C6B3A85256DFC0080E89E (264 words)

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