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Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
The
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
is a United States
National Wildlife Refuge
covering about in southwestern
Alaska
. It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
. It is a
coastal plain
extending to the
Bering Sea
, covering the
delta
created by the
Yukon
and
Kuskokwim
rivers
. The delta includes extensive
wetlands
near
sea level
that are often inundated by Bering Sea
tides
. The refuge is administered from offices in
Bethel
.
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