Youkon Kuskokwim Delta

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The paper offers many facts about the area of the Youkon Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) of Southwestern Alaska and its population's way of life and main source of food. The paper looks at the travel and tourism opportunities and posits that despite the poverty level in the area, the YKD will enable one to appreciate the enormous bounties of nature.

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"There are still "pristine" places in the country that have not been totally ravished by modern civilization. These places afford one a "back to nature" commune and the livelihood of the locals is centered on agricultural, fishing and hunting and even guiding tourists and travellers. The Youkon Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) is one of these places that offer a respite from the concrete jungle and has several fishing camps in the area that allow most types of fishing activities as well as hunting. The delta is located in Southwestern Alaska and is several hundred miles from Anchorage. It includes 8,000,000 ha of low tundra communities, 310,000 hectares of unvegetated intertidal mud and sand flats, and 4,100 km of shoreline broken by 22 large river mouths and 13 bays."

Sample of Sources Used:

• McCaffery, Brian J. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. 2008. 04 July 2008. <http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/sites/Yukon.htm>.
• McKay, Georgi, Sam Anaruk, Michelle George, Jonathan Nicori and David Beaver. "Cost Analysis of Moving Four Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Villages in Response to Rising Sea Levels." Alaska Tsunami Papers. 19 May 2005. 04 July 2008. <http://seagrant.uaf.edu/nosb/papers/2005/bethel-people.html>.

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