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Featured Map: Debunking the "2,000-Acre" Footprint Series
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Chugach National Forest At 5.6 million acres, the Chugach National Forest is the nation's second-largest national forest. Its mountains and immense rivers of ice cradle Prince William Sound in south-central Alaska, spreading from the Kenai Peninsula in the west to tiny Cordova and the nearby Copper River Delta - the largest contiguous wetland area on the U.S. West Coast - in the east. One-third of this majestic and rugged land is rock and moving ice. In the wooded mountains and crystal waters of the Kenai Peninsula, wildlife is abundant and includes moose, Dall sheep, mountain goats, a small but thriving caribou herd, two packs of wolves, and brown and black bears. In the watery realm of Prince William Sound, with its calving glaciers and splintered array of islands, you may see orcas, seals, and immense colonies of seabirds. And there are few wildlife spectacles like the annual gathering of millions of shorebirds on the tidal flats of the Copper River Delta. Chugach Related Maps Alaska Rainforest Conservation Act - Chugach National Forest Chugach National Forest - Locations and Pictures Chugach National Forest - Rock and Ice Chugach National Forest - Private and EVOS Lands Prince William Sound Biological Hot Spots Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - Affected Areas The Conservation GIS Center aids in promoting the protection of Chugach National Forest through mapping and spatial analysis for the Alaska Rainforest Protection Act. Note: Feel free to print and distribute maps as long as Conservation GIS Center is credited with production of maps. Contact the Center for hardcopies.
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