Protected Areas
The act provided for the creation or expansion of several Conservation System Units (CSUs) including:
- Denali National Park
- Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
- Gates Of The Arctic National Park and Preserve
- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Katmai National Park and Preserve
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument
- Admiralty Island National Monument
- Misty Fjords National Monument
- Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
- Noatak National Preserve
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
- Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- significant changes to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Read more about this topic: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
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