Kenai Alaska
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park Service)
Sweeping from rocky coastline to glacier-crowned peaks, Kenai Fjords National Park encompasses 607,805 acres of unspoiled wilderness on the southeast coast of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The park is capped by the Harding Icefield, a relic from past ice-ages and the largest icefield entirely within U.S. borders. ... [Read More]
Kenai River Flats Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Closest Town: Kenai ... Description: Each April, the tidal marshes of the Kenai River—still straw-colored from winter dormancy—waken to the energetic honking of snow geese . Huge flocks of the large white birds stop here to feed as they make their way to nesting grounds in Siberia. Caribou bear and rear their young in the wetlands next to the river. Eulachon (a small oily fish) draw harbor seals and beluga whales into the river's mouth, as do salmon in the summer and fall. Two bald eagle nests are located within several miles of the river's mouth. ... [Read More]
Kenai Field Office - Reports Text Version
Tobin, J.H. and D.E. Palmer. 1997. Fishery and limnological surveys of 25 lakes on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1993. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Data Series Report 97-3 , Kenai, Alaska. (pdf) ... Booth, J.A. and E.O. Otis. 1996. Fishery investigation of the Moose River, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1985 and 1986. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 38 , Kenai, Alaska. (pdf) ... [Read More]
Alaska Refuges - Kenai - Text Version
By definition, waterfowling is always more about the experience than the harvest. This can be particularly true at many fickle Kenai Peninsula waterfowl hunting areas. Yet year after year, I find the same waterfowl devotees on Opening Day at the Kenai River flats, at Skilak outlet in late November, or hopelessly stuck in a Mystery Creek Road mud hole, all in pursuit of ducks and geese. And it's common for them to have a wide-eyed youngster like me in tow. ... The Chickaloon estuary remains an important waterfowl staging and feeding area, although somewhat diminished by subsidence after the 1964 earthquake. The importance of the Chickaloon and other refuge areas was recognized in 1980, when the Kenai Moose Range was renamed as the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and its purposes were broadened to include conservation of fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity, including waterfowl. ... [Read More]
Alaska Refuges - Kenai - Text Version
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge was established to conserve moose, bears, mountain goats, Dall sheep, wolves, salmon, waterfowl and other species; to fulfill treaty obligations; to ensure necessary water quality and quantity; and to provide for scientific research, interpretation, environmental education, and land management training. ... Kenai Site Index ... E-Mail: kenai@fws.gov ... [Read More]
Alaska Refuges - Kenai - Text Version
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Kenai Peninsula Photo: Kenai National Moose Range sign. USFWS ... 1914 During low water on Kenai River, while the boulders were exposed, the licensed guides of the Kenai Peninsula decided to clear out a channel between the Kenai Lake and Skilak Lake. 1917 An Act placing a bounty of fifty cents on eagles was approved. ... 1980 Kenai National Moose Range renamed Kenai National Wildlife Refuge ... [Read More]
Alaska Refuges - Kenai - Text Version
(4) Strongly increasing temperatures at the Kenai and Homer meteorological stations. Kenai records a 2.9 o F/50y increase in mean annual temperature since the mid-1940's, and Homer records a 3.9 o F/50y increase in the same period. Summer degree-days (>60 o F) likewise increased 56 deg-day/50y in Kenai and 86 deg-day/50y in Homer. Much of this increase occurs in warmer Decembers (~9 o F/50y) and Januarys (~7 o F/50y), but summer temperatures are up 2.5 o F/50y in Kenai and 4.1 o F/50y in Homer. These are extremely strong gradients. (Data are from monthly NOAA Climatological Data Reports.) ... [Read More]
Alaska Refuges - Kenai - Text Version
For centuries, people have been drawn to the Kenai Peninsula because of the varied wildlife that exists here. Prior to European exploration in the mid-1700s, most of Cook Inlet, including the western Kenai Peninsula, was occupied by Athabascan Indians called Dena’ina. The Dena’ina migrated south from the Upper Susitna River region, gradually displacing an established Eskimo culture on the Kenai Peninsula. ... Kenai Site Index ... The Dena’ina were hunters and foragers. Most of their permanent villages were located on major rivers where wood was plentiful and fish could be harvested throughout the winter. During the summer, the Dena’ina used fishing and hunting camps located inland from the coast, at lakes, and in the mountains. One Dena’ina village was located near the outlet of the Kenai River on Skilak Lake. ... [Read More]
Alaska Road Traveler Information Service
Anchorage Kenai Peninsula Mat-Su Area Fairbanks Denali Park Northern Alaska North Central Alaska South Central Alaska East Central Alaska --> Valdez and Cordova ... [Read More]
Alaska Road Traveler Information Service
Anchorage Kenai Peninsula Mat-Su Area Fairbanks Denali Park Northern Alaska North Central Alaska South Central Alaska East Central Alaska --> Valdez and Cordova ... [Read More]
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