steve delehanty refuge manager alaska maritime national wildlife refuge 907-226-4627

Steve DelehantyRefuge ManagerAlaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge907-226-4627

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife

Refuge ---

The Most Amazing Place

You’ve Never Seen

Seabirds!

40 Million Nesting Seabirds!

What we do

• Manage lands

• Marine Science

• Public use and education

“Foxes Come, Birds go…”

Kiska Island

2011 Science Leadership Winner Jeff Williams

Akutan School Visit

We Need Friends!

25 Years! Open House October 13th

Voices of the Wilderness – Artist in Residency Program

Brenda Schwartz-Yeager works on a painting on Busy Island in Tracy Arm-

Ford's Terror wilderness area of Tongass National Forrest.

Julie Denesha waits for the perfect photo at Dawes Glacier in Tracy Arm-Ford's

Terror wilderness area of Tongass National Forrest.

What Else is Coming?

2012: Begin our Comprehensive Conservation Plan

2013: 100th anniversary of Aleutian Islands Reservation (refuge status)

2013: 70th anniversary of Battle of Attu – possible monument

Surviving the budget woes: how can we remain effective?

Eliminate cattle from Wosnesenski and Chirikof????