Togiak Wilderness
Overview
Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
Dillingham Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,922. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...
and Bethel
Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Bethel Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of 2000, the population is 16,006. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...
Census Areas in the southwestern part of the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
state of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. At 2274066 acres (920,282.7 ha), it occupies the northern half of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Dominated by the Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of Bristol Bay to the south, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge confronts the traveler with a kaleidoscope of landscapes. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient...
. It protects pristine rivers, lakes, and steep-sloped mountains, including the rugged Ahklun Mountains
Ahklun Mountains
The Ahklun Mountains are located in the northeast section of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska. They extend southwest from the Kanektok and Narogurum Rivers to Hagemeister Strait and Kuskokwim Bay and support the only existing glaciers in western Alaska...
and Wood River Range, which are located partly within the wilderness. Parts of the Kanektok
Kanektok River
The Kanektok River is a river in Alaska. It is located in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows westward from Pegati Lake and into the Bering Sea at the city of Quinhagak.-See also:*List of Alaska rivers*Togiak Wilderness...
, Goodnews, and Togiak
Togiak River
Togiak River is a 48-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Togiak Lake and flows southwest to Togiak Bay, two miles east of Togiak and 45 miles east of Goodnews Bay....
drainages are also located within the boundaries of the Togiak Wilderness.
- Togiak Wilderness - Wilderness.net
- Togiak National Wildlife Refuge - U.S.
Quotations
I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 or 20 years from now she will come to me and say, 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?'.
Luncheon speech given at technology conference, "New Media Technology: True Innovations or Electric Fork?" on February 13, 1996.