Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, in the United States, on traditional Inupiaq and Gwich'in lands, administered from Fairbanks. Established in 1960, it covers 19,286,722 acres across the Alaska North Slope, spanning coastal areas, forest, taiga and tundra, and is the largest national wildlife refuge in the country. It hosts all three North American bear species, polar bears, grizzly bears and black bears, along with moose, caribou, wolves and numerous migratory bird species. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and classified under IUCN protected area category IV.