The laws establishing Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in 1980 recognized the diverse historic uses of the area and provided for their continuation and preservation. Consequently, Wrangell has a complex arrangement of land ownerships and continuing uses such as subsistence hunting, trapping, sport hunting, mining, aircraft access, and timber harvesting, intermingled with the thrum of wild rivers and the eternal drama of wolves and their prey.

Links to Other Resources
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Overview Map of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Shaded Landform Map of Wrangell-St. Elias.
Dramatically illustrates the extent of the glaciers and icefields.

NPS Park Map, Adobe Acrobat Format.
Very detailed. Slow to load.

1:100,000 Topo Map of the Center of the Park.
You can scroll in any direction to see the topography of the entire park & preserve (or all of Alaska for that matter!).

Clickable Map of Alaskan National Parks.
From the Alaska System Support Office of the National Park Service.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre Datasheet.
Excellent resource on the geology, vegetation, wildlife species, and management of Wrangell-St. Elias. Slow to load.


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