System. The Kenai NWR encompasses approximately 1.98 million acres of diverse landscapes and habitats: from the Harding Icefield and the Kenai Mountains west to the glacial 6000’ moraines, pothole lakes, forests and wetlands of the Kenai Lowlands, and south from the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet to Kachemak Bay. About two-thirds of the Refuge (1.3 million acres) is designated as wilderness in three distinct units: the Dave Spencer Wilderness (187,279 acres), the Mystery Creek Wilderness (46,086 acres), and the Andrew Simons Wilderness (1,087,434 acres). Figure 1 - Kenai NWR Location Lands adjacent to the Kenai NWR are managed or owned by the Chugach National Forest, Kenai Fjords National Park, the State of Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Native corporations, and private individuals. Most of the eastern boundary of the Refuge borders Forest
System. The Kenai NWR encompasses approximately 1.98 million acres of diverse landscapes and habitats: from the Harding Icefield and the 6000’ Kenai Mountains west to the glacial moraines, pothole lakes, forests and wetlands of the Kenai Lowlands, and south from the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet to Kachemak Bay. About two-thirds of the Refuge (1.3 million acres) is designated as wilderness in three distinct units: the Dave Spencer Wilderness (187,279 acres), the Mystery Creek Wilderness (46,086 acres), and the Andrew Simons Wilderness (1,087,434 acres). Figure 1 - Kenai NWR Location Lands adjacent to the Kenai NWR are managed or owned by the Chugach National Forest, Kenai Fjords National Park, the State of Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Native corporations, and private individuals. Most of the eastern boundary of the Refuge borders Forest