The Innoko National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in western Alaska in the United States. It consists of 3,850,481 acres (15,582 km2) of which 1,240,000 acres (5,018 km2) is designated a wilderness area. It is the fifth-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. The refuge is administered from offices in McGrath.
The wildlife refuge is in two parts. The northern part of the refuge, called Kaiyah Flats, is adjacent to the Yukon River southwest of Galena, Alaska. It contains 751,000 acres (3,040 km2). The southern part of the refuge contains approximately 3,099,000 acres (12,540 km2) of land surrounding the Innoko River. The land is swampy and is the nesting area for hundreds of thousands of birds and the home of black bears, moose, wolves and other furred mammals.
The refuge was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
The refuge has no road access from outside and contains no roads. Air access can be arranged through McGrath, Alaska.
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