At A Glance

Land Protection for Alaska's Kenai Peninsula

Land and Easement Program

At-A-Glance

KHLT has helped to permanently protect the following significant properties with conservation easements:

Yule Kilcher's 613-acre homestead at 10 Mile East End Road, Homer preserving historic, scenic agricultural and habitat values.

Michael and Janet O'Meara's 120-acre homestead located partially within the Anchor River/Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area (off of the North Fork Road) preserving critical moose habitat.

Gerald and Janet Brookman's 20-acre property adjacent to O'Meara’s land also located within the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Critical Habitat Area.

Toby Tyler's 20-acre property located at 2 Mile East End Road, Homer which contains valuable wildlife habitat and serves as an important link in the corridor between the moose summer range and the Beluga wetlands wintering grounds.
Dale Bondurant's 6.98-acre property with nearly 2,000 feet of Kenai River frontage including an island at mile 39.5 on the river near Soldotna, valuable for its rearing habitat for juvenile salmon.

Calvin and Martha Jane Fair's 46 acres of riparian habitat adjacent to the Kenai River at mile 28 including a quarter mile of river frontage important as chinook and sockeye salmon habitat.

Edgar Bailey’s 32.5-acre, 40-acre, 80-acre,103-acre, and 80-acre properties at the edge of the Homer bluff containing a popular moose travel corridor between the summer range and lower wintering grounds.

The Mullen family’s 8+acres at the confluence of Soldotna Creek and the Kenai River, important as high quality chinook salmon rearing habitat.

77 acres of the original Reuben Call homestead below Diamond Ridge Road above Homer is preserved for its habitat, scenic and recreational values. Two public recreation trails provided by Shelley Gill will expand the Homestead Trail and the Nordic Ski Club trail system.

43 acres of wetlands and spruce bog habitat located on Cannery Road in Kenai. This property, which is owned by the Kenaitze Tribe, IRA, was a traditional Native gathering and subsistence site and is preserved for habitat and cultural values.

Beryl Myhill’s 11 acres of open space and valuable habitat within Homer City limits which is preserved for the benefit of the neighborhood and community.

26-acres on the Homer Spit, known as Louie's Lagoon, which was preserved by the City of Homer and protected as important coastal habitat for migratory birds.

Eileen Harrington's 33 acres in the Baycrest/Diamond Ridge area, preserved for scenic values, water quality, wildlife habitat and native vegetation.

Nine important properties on the Homer Spit and in nearby Beluga Slough are preserved forever, through acquisition by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees Council. This sites are especially important habitat for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl.

90 acres below Homer’s Baycrest scenic overlook are protected forever, through acquisition by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. This area, now known as Overlook Park, is maintained as part of the Kachemak Bay State Park system.

68 acres along Stariski Creek protecting valuable wetlands.

120 acres of valuable moose habitat on the Homer bench owned by Kachemak Moose Habitat Inc.

KHLT also acquires land for conservation. A tax-deductible donation of land for conservation can be made by gift or through a will and guarantees that the property will be protected for its conservation values forever. KHLT has received the following conservation properties by gift and "bargain sale":

4.5 acres of and in Neptune Bay adjacent to Kachemak Bay State Park.

11 acres at Calvin & Coyle Woodland Park, off of Mariner Drive where we have constructed a nature trail and wildlife viewing platform overlooking Homer's Beluga wetlands.

18 acres between Calvin & Coyle Woodland Park and Paul Banks Elementary School property in Homer through which we have constructed a connector trail to the school.

the Victor Holm property on the Kasilof River, on which stands what is reputedly the oldest cabin on the lower Kenai Peninsula, is preserved for its cultural values. The original cabin, built around 1890, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

2 acres in Thurston Canyon preserving important corridor habitat.

the 160 acre-Krishna Venta Conservation Area at the head of Kachemak Bay in very close proximity to the Fox River Critical Habitat Area, donated by Thomas Boblick.

the Terry-Comerford property, 200 acres of spruce forest and arctic bog on Cottonfield Avenue, north of Anchor Point.

the Morris property, 40 acres adjacent to the Terry-Comerford property.

the Billberg property, 20 acres adjacent to the Terry-Comerford property.

50 Anchor River acres with highway and river frontage, preserved for valuable king and silver salmon rearing and spawning habitat, as well as significant moose and small mammal habitat and human recreational uses.

3.47 acres in downtown Homer, acquired by KHLT through a capital campaign, preserved for community open space and public access.

8.4 acres of open space off of Skyline Drive in Homer, donated to KHLT by the Alaska International Education Foundation.

64 acres along the Anchor River, that was homesteaded by John and Margret Pate, includes 1 mile of river bank protected for wetlands and riparian habitat.

258 acres of valuable wetlands adjacent to Stariski Creek.

124 acres on the Kenai River with funding from The Conservation Fund.

The Talley property, 40 acres of important moose habitat with a home off the North Fork in Anchor Point near the Anchor River.

Preserving, for public benefit, land across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula with natural, recreational, or cultural values by working with willing landowners.

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Mailing Address:

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust

315 Klondike Avenue

Homer, Alaska 99603

(907) 235-5263 (LAND)