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Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta

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Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: comprehensive conservation plan, environmental impact statement, wilderness review, and wild river plan : draft
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Satellite image of the last portion of the Yukon Delta (itself a portion of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta)
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1993).
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Bethel is the location of the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center.
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The delta has approximately 25,000 residents. 85% of these are
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Lyman K. Thorsteinson; Paul R. Becker; David A. Hale (1989).
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In rural Alaska villages, families struggle to survive
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Index

Kuskokwim Delta


river delta
Yukon
Kuskokwim
Bering Sea
Alaska
Mississippi River Delta
Louisiana
tundra
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska Natives
Yupik
Athabaskan people
Bethel
subsistence
hunting
fishing
gathering
poverty threshold
bush plane
snowmachines
MODIS image of the delta.
MODIS
Satellite image of the last portion of the Yukon Delta (itself a portion of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta)


The Yukon Delta: a synthesis of information
Wetlands in danger

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