Mapping Science

Boundaries

The passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act on December 2, 1980, nearly tripled the size of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska. The Act created nine new National Wildlife Refuges and expanded seven others in Alaska. The boundaries of the refuges are shown on the Alaska Boundary Series of 1:250,000 scale maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1980. Legal descriptions of the boundaries are published in the Federal Register, Volume 48, Number 38, February 24, 1983, pages 7890-8029.

The Branch has digitized all Alaska refuge boundaries using the Federal Register legal descriptions and the official 1:63,360 scale boundary maps. These boundaries are in Arc/Info export format and can be downloaded here.

Last updated: August 26, 2008

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