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Land Protection for Alaska's Kenai Peninsula |
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Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
The Kenai Peninsula’s diverse natural landscape represents Alaska in miniature. The ecosystems on the Peninsula include world-renowned salmon streams, vast wetlands and salt marshes, coastal rainforests, alpine tundra, and productive estuaries, bays and coves. The Peninsula’s plentiful resources have allowed communities on the Kenai Peninsula to enjoy some of the more sustainable economies in Alaska.
In recent years, the Peninsula has shown signs of stress from population growth and land use development. The Kenai Peninsula has a high percentage of privately owned lands compared to most of Alaska. Some of the most significant habitat on the Peninsula, such as wetlands, riparian corridors and river mouths, are held in private ownership. Preservation of private property is essential to protecting the integrity of wildlife habitat and open space on the Kenai Peninsula.
KHLT is poised at an especially significant time to help determine the future and sustainability of this special place, and ensure that the Kenai Peninsula remains a place with diverse habitats, abundant fish and wildlife, and sustainable economies. |
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Preserving, for public benefit, land across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula with natural, recreational, or cultural values by working with willing landowners.
Questions or problems regarding this web site
should be directed to marie@kachemaklandtrust.org . |
