Beaver Creek http://northern.org Enter Collection Description Here daily 1 2009-04-15T19:44:16Z Beaver Creek Wild River Map http://northern.org/media-library/document-archive/arctic/yukon-flats-reports/beaver-creek-wild-river-map No publisher pam 2011-11-30T00:37:21Z File Yukon Flats Refuge Land Exchange Final EIS Record of Decision http://northern.org/media-library/document-archive/arctic/yukon-flats-reports/yukon-flats-refuge-land-exchange-final-eis-record-of-decision No publisher pam 2011-11-30T00:23:39Z File America's Most Endangered Rivers 2009 http://northern.org/media-library/document-archive/arctic/yukon-flats-reports/americas-most-endangered-rivers-2009 No publisher pam 2011-11-30T00:25:42Z File Beaver Creek Wild River: On Most Endangered Rivers list in 2009 http://northern.org/media-library/document-archive/arctic/yukon-flats-reports/beaver-creek-wild-river-on-most-endangered-rivers-list-in-2009 No publisher pam 2011-11-30T00:35:40Z File Beaver Creek National Wild River http://northern.org/wild-places/beaver-creek Wild and Scenic Beaver Creek No publisher laenne 2010-04-15T00:31:40Z Location Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge http://northern.org/programs/arctic/yukon-flats-national-wildlife-refuge/yukon-flats-national-wildlife-refuge No publisher laenne 2011-11-30T01:31:44Z Collection Protecting the Refuge http://northern.org/programs/arctic/yukon-flats-national-wildlife-refuge/protecting-the-refuge Evading Congressional intent to protect an intact ecosystem, the land trade would remove habitats from the refuge to allow incompatible oil and gas drilling on the land. Roads, pipelines, and pollution also threaten Beaver Creek and the White Mountains. No publisher laenne 2011-11-30T01:37:25Z Report The Land http://northern.org/programs/arctic/yukon-flats-national-wildlife-refuge/the-land Yukon Flats, third largest in the National Wildlife Refuge System, straddles the Arctic Circle and 300 miles of the Yukon River. Diverse wetlands with 40,000 lakes and ponds are fed by clean rivers flowing from White Mountains and Brooks Range foothills. No publisher laenne 2010-03-25T04:08:41Z Report Quick Facts & Links http://northern.org/programs/arctic/yukon-flats-national-wildlife-refuge/quick-facts-links The proposed land swap would have severed the refuge in half and harmed wildlife habitats. Oil spills risk the mighty Yukon River and salmon runs vital for fisheries supporting Gwich’in communities and dozens of other Alaska Native and Canadian communities. The Obama Administration reversed course in 2010 and halted the land swap. No publisher laenne 2011-11-30T01:43:47Z Report Victory in 6-Year Fight! Applause to Fish & Wildlife Service for Halting Yukon Flats Refuge Land Trade http://northern.org/news/applause-to-fish-wildlife-service-for-no-land-exchange-prefered-in-final-eis Alaska Native and conservation groups applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for listening to public and tribal concerns by preferring the “No Land Exchange” alternative in its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge Proposed Land Exchange. No publisher pam 2011-11-30T01:59:22Z News Item