| Alaskans take pride in their state's
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| | mountain goats, black bears and moose,
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| natural resources. Three of them-- gold,
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| | all commonly found in southeastern
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| fish and fur-- are well known. These
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| | Alaska. Go up further north and grizzly
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| three resources have been worth many
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| | bears start to appear. As you go into
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| times the sum that the United States paid
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| | the interior lands, caribou begin to
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| Russia for this piece of land. However,
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| | replace deer in numbers. It is not
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| for the future, Alaska is beginning to
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| | uncommon to see caribou travel in herds
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| look to other resources, especially oil
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| | of thousands. Polar bears are found in
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| and petroleum.Alaska is rich in
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| | the far north and spend most of their
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| vegetation resources. There are two
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| | time out on the ice packs hunting food.
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| kinds of forests in the state: the
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| | Exotic animals that have been introduced
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| interior forest and the coastal forest.
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| | to Alaska include the reindeer found in
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| The interior forests are found around the
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| | the Arctic areas, elk on some islands,
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| river valleys of the interior area and as
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| | musk oxen and bison. To conserve animal
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| far north as the central and eastern
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| | life on the peninsula, these animals are
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| parts of the Brooks Range. Most of the
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| | protected in wildlife ranges under the
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| timber harvested is mainly willow and
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| | federal government. Wolves and foxes are
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| aspen but much of the forest growth is
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| | also found in many parts of the state.
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| stunted because of the short growing
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| | Animals hunted for fur include the mink
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| season and permafrost. The coastal
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| | and beaver. A number of bird species
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| forests on the other hand, begin in the
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| | also make Alaska their summer home or
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| Panhandle and spread throughout the coast
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| | remain all year. Some of these include
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| of the Gulf of Alaska well into Kodiak
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| | ducks, geese and grouse. The common game
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| Island. These forests are usually dense
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| | fishes are Grayling and rainbow trout.
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| and made up of hemlock, cedar and spruce
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| | Commercial fish harvests depend mainly on
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| trees. Tundra vegetation is also common
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| | cod, halibut and salmon. In fact, the
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| to much of Alaska. Most of it is made up
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| | king salmon is the state fish. Shellfish
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| of lichens, grasses, various mosses,
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| | is also plentiful and a large industry is
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| cranberry vines and crowberries. When
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| | built on harvesting shrimp, crabs and
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| these plants die, they decay at a very
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| | clams.Deposits of gold and silver are
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| slow rate mainly because of the dampness
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| | known to exist in almost every region of
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| and low temperature of the area. Year
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| | Alaska. So much has been said about the
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| after year, old plants pile up and new
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| | gold that people are sometimes surprised
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| plants struggle to grow through them.
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| | to learn that Alaska has also other
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| The tundra vegetation in other parts of
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| | mineral riches, like natural gas and
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| Alaska may also include dwarf species of
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| | petroleum. Geologists are still
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| trees and a number of bushes. The only
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| | surveying the area for other petroleum
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| extensive lands for grazing are found on
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| | sites. The Panhandle is known to contain
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| the Aleutian Islands. If you're looking
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| | important minerals such as nickel, zinc
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| for true arctic tundra with absolutely no
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| | and lead. Mineral deposits of the Gulf
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| trees or shrubs, then you can check out
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| | of Alaska include mercury, platinum and
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| the Arctic slope and Seward
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| | copper. Alaska, with its many bodies of
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| Peninsula.There is also a wide variety of
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| | water, also generates power through the
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| animal life in an area the size of
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| | production of hydroelectricity.
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| Alaska. The usual animals would be deer,
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