Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Coordinates: 60 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 150 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  W.
Location:	Alaska , United States
Next city:	Kenai
Surface:	7740 km²
Founding:	2nd December 1980

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is a 7740 km² nature reserve on the Kenai Peninsula of the US state Alaska . The Wildlife Refuge borders the Chugach National Forest to the east and Kenai Fjords National Park and the Harding Icefield to the southeast . The Sterling Highway crosses the reserve in an east-west direction at the level of Soldotna .

The sanctuary, which is home to brown bears , Dall sheep , elk and reindeer , was established in 1941 as the Kenai Moose Range . In 1980 it was given its current name and status under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act . The 5480 km² wilderness area Kenai Wilderness, also designated in 1980, is located within the refuge.

The refuge is managed by the World Conservation Union in category IV ( biotope and species protection area ).

Web links

Commons : Kenai National Wildlife Refuge  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• US Fish & Wildlife Service: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (official site; English)
• Kenai Wilderness on wilderness.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (English)