What geographic area does NMWT encompass?
The region of interest to NMWT is vast, stretching over 250 miles from the headwaters of the Mulchatna River at the base of the Alaska Range in the east, Bristol Bay in the south, to the edge of the Bering Sea in the west. Within this 7 million-acre region are the major watersheds of the Nushagak, Wood, Snake, Togiak, Goodnews and Kanektok Rivers. Included also are the 1.6 million-acre Wood-Tikchik State Park (the nation’s largest state park), and the 4.8 million-acre Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Interspersed throughout this area are approximately 1.4 million acres of land owned by Alaska Native corporations or individuals.
