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ALASKA IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
The following list may not include all potential, nominated, pending, identified, or
recognized IBAs within the state as some IBA information may be unavailable for
public viewing.
| # |
Name |
Status |
Priority |
Counties |
|
1.
|
Agattu Island |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
2.
|
Aiktak Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
3.
|
Akutan Harbor |
Identified |
|
Aleutians East
|
|
4.
|
Alaska Range Foothills |
Identified |
State |
Denali
|
|
5.
|
Amak Island |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
6.
|
Amakdedulia Cove |
Identified |
Continental |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
7.
|
Amchitka Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
8.
|
Amlia Island |
Identified |
Continental |
Aleutians West
|
|
9.
|
Ananiulak Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
10.
|
Anchor River |
Identified |
State |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
11.
|
Anchorage Coastal |
Identified |
Continental |
Anchorage
|
|
12.
|
Andreafsky Wilderness |
Recognized |
Global |
Yukon-Koyukuk
|
|
13.
|
Attu Island |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
14.
|
Avatanak Strait Islands |
Identified |
|
Aleutians East
|
|
15.
|
Baby Islands-Akutan Pass |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
16.
|
Barren Islands |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
17.
|
Bechevin Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
18.
|
Bering Sea Shelf Edge, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
|
|
19.
|
Bering Strait, marine |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
20.
|
Berners Bay |
Identified |
State |
Juneau
|
|
21.
|
Blacksand Spit |
Identified |
Global |
Yakutat
|
|
22.
|
Bluff Colonies |
Identified |
|
Nome
|
|
23.
|
Bogoslof Island (& Fire Island) |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
24.
|
Buldir Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
25.
|
Campbell Creek |
Identified |
|
Anchorage
|
|
26.
|
Cape Espenberg |
Identified |
|
Northwest Arctic
|
|
27.
|
Cape Lisburne |
Identified |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
28.
|
Cape Lisburne-Thompson, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
29.
|
Cape Newenham |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
30.
|
Cape Peirce |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
31.
|
Cape Senyavin |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
32.
|
Cape Thompson |
Recognized |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
33.
|
Carter Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
34.
|
Central Seward Peninsula |
Recognized |
Global |
Nome, Northwest Arctic
|
|
35.
|
Central Yukon-Kuskokwim |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel, Wade Hampton
|
|
36.
|
Chagulak Island |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
37.
|
Chagvan Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
38.
|
Chignik Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Lake and Peninsula
|
|
39.
|
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve |
Identified |
State |
Haines
|
|
40.
|
Chiniak Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Kodiak Island
|
|
41.
|
Chugach Islands |
Identified |
State |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
42.
|
Cinder River-Hook Lagoon |
Recognized |
Global |
Lake and Peninsula
|
|
43.
|
Clam Gulch |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
44.
|
Colville River Delta |
Identified |
Continental |
North Slope
|
|
45.
|
Contact Point |
Identified |
State |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
46.
|
Cook Inlet, marine |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island
|
|
47.
|
Cooper Island |
Identified |
State |
North Slope
|
|
48.
|
Copper River Delta |
Identified |
Global |
Valdez-Cordova
|
|
49.
|
Creamer's Field |
Identified |
State |
Fairbanks North Star
|
|
50.
|
East Norton Sound, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Nome, Wade Hampton
|
|
51.
|
Eastern Beaufort Sea Lagoons & Barrier Islands |
Identified |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
52.
|
Egegik Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Lake and Peninsula
|
|
53.
|
Elson Lagoon |
Identified |
|
Northwest Arctic
|
|
54.
|
Emerald Island area |
Identified |
|
Aleutians East
|
|
55.
|
Forrester Island |
Identified |
State |
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
|
|
56.
|
Fox River Flats |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
57.
|
Gareloi Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
58.
|
Golovin Lagoon |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
59.
|
Goodnews Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
60.
|
Goose Bay |
Identified |
Continental |
Matanuska-Susitna
|
|
61.
|
Harriman Fjord |
Identified |
Global |
Valdez-Cordova
|
|
62.
|
Homer Spit |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
63.
|
Icy Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Yakutat
|
|
64.
|
Iditarod River Lowlands |
Identified |
Global |
Yukon-Koyukuk
|
|
65.
|
Ivanof Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Lake and Peninsula
|
|
66.
|
Izembek-Moffet-Kinzarof Lagoons |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
67.
|
Jim Creek Basin |
Identified |
State |
Matanuska-Susitna
|
|
68.
|
Kachemak Bay, South Shore |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
69.
|
Kagamil Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
70.
|
Kagamil Pass, marine |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
71.
|
Kahiltna Flats-Petersville Road |
Identified |
Global |
Denali, Matanuska-Susitna
|
|
72.
|
Kaligagan Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
73.
|
Kanaga Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
74.
|
Kasatochi Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
75.
|
Kasegaluk Lagoon |
Recognized |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
76.
|
Kenai River Flats |
Identified |
Continental |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
77.
|
King Island |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
78.
|
Kiska Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
79.
|
Koniuji Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
80.
|
Krusenstern Lagoon |
Identified |
State |
Northwest Arctic
|
|
81.
|
Kuluk Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
82.
|
Kuskokwim Bay, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
83.
|
Kuskokwim River Delta |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
84.
|
Kvichak Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Bristol Bay, Lake and Peninsula
|
|
85.
|
Ledyard Bay, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
86.
|
Little Diomede Island & Fairway Rock |
Recognized |
Global |
Nome
|
|
87.
|
Lopp Lagoon |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
88.
|
Lower Colville River |
Identified |
Continental |
North Slope
|
|
89.
|
Mendenhall Wetlands |
Identified |
Global |
Juneau
|
|
90.
|
Mouth of Yukon River, marine |
Identified |
|
Bethel
|
|
91.
|
Nanvak Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
92.
|
Nelson Lagoon-Mud Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
93.
|
Noatak River Delta |
Identified |
State |
Northwest Arctic
|
|
94.
|
North Bristol Bay, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel, Dillingham
|
|
95.
|
Northeast Arctic Coastal Plain |
Identified |
Continental |
North Slope
|
|
96.
|
Northern Montague Island |
Identified |
Global |
Valdez-Cordova
|
|
97.
|
Northwest Afognak Island |
Identified |
Continental |
Kodiak Island
|
|
98.
|
Norton Bay |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
99.
|
Nugnugalurtuk River Mouth |
Identified |
State |
Northwest Arctic
|
|
100.
|
Nunivak Island |
Identified |
State |
Bethel
|
|
101.
|
Nushagak Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Dillingham
|
|
102.
|
Nushagak Bay, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Bristol Bay
|
|
103.
|
Ogangen Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
104.
|
Outer Shumagin Islands |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
105.
|
Palmer Hay Flats |
Identified |
State |
Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna
|
|
106.
|
Peard Bay |
Recognized |
Continental |
Northwest Arctic
|
|
107.
|
Port Heiden |
Recognized |
Global |
Bristol Bay
|
|
108.
|
Port Moller-Herendeen Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
109.
|
Port Snettisham |
Identified |
Global |
Juneau
|
|
110.
|
Puffin Island |
Identified |
State |
Northwest Arctic
|
|
111.
|
Quinhagak-Cape Newenham, marine |
Identified |
State |
Bethel
|
|
112.
|
Redoubt Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
113.
|
Safety Sound |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
114.
|
Seal Islands |
Recognized |
Global |
Bristol Bay
|
|
115.
|
Segula-Davidof Islands |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
116.
|
Semichi Islands |
Identified |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
117.
|
Semisopochnoi Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
118.
|
Sheep Mountain |
Identified |
|
Matanuska-Susitna
|
|
119.
|
Shishmaref Inlet |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
120.
|
Sitkin Sound, marine |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
121.
|
Slime Bank Inner Front, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
122.
|
South of St. Lawrence Island, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Nome, Wade Hampton
|
|
123.
|
Southeast Chukchi, marine |
Identified |
|
|
|
124.
|
St. George Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
125.
|
St. Lawrence Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Nome
|
|
126.
|
St. Lazaria Island |
Identified |
State |
Sitka
|
|
127.
|
St. Matthew Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Bethel
|
|
128.
|
St. Paul Island |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians West
|
|
129.
|
Stebbins-St. Michael |
Identified |
State |
Nome
|
|
130.
|
Stikine River Delta |
Identified |
Global |
Wrangell-Petersburg
|
|
131.
|
Susitna Flats |
Identified |
Global |
Matanuska-Susitna
|
|
132.
|
Swanson Lakes |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
133.
|
Teshekpuk Lake-E. Dease Inlet |
Identified |
Global |
North Slope
|
|
134.
|
Trading Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
135.
|
Tuxedni Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Kenai Peninsula
|
|
136.
|
Uganik Bay & Viekoda Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Kodiak Island
|
|
137.
|
Ugashik Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Bristol Bay
|
|
138.
|
Unimak Pass, marine |
Recognized |
Global |
Aleutians East
|
|
139.
|
Upper Naknek River |
Identified |
Global |
Bristol Bay, Lake and Peninsula
|
|
140.
|
Upper Tanana River Valley |
Identified |
Global |
Southeast Fairbanks
|
|
141.
|
Urilia Bay |
Identified |
|
Aleutians East
|
|
142.
|
Vsevidof Island |
Identified |
|
Aleutians West
|
|
143.
|
Walrus Islands |
Recognized |
Global |
Dillingham
|
|
144.
|
Wide Bay |
Identified |
Global |
Kodiak Island
|
|
145.
|
Yukon River Delta |
Identified |
State |
Bethel, Wade Hampton
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