Project Information

Title: Kenai River Restoration and Recreation Enhancement 96180

Project Year and Number: 1996: 96180

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2000: 00180-CLO, 1999: 99180, 1998: 98180, 1997: 97180

Principal Investigator (PI): Art Weiner (Alaska Department of Natural Resources)

Managing Agency: ADNR

Assisting Personnel: Mark Kuwada, Lance Trasky

Research Location: Kenai River

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Dolly Varden, Pink Salmon, Recreation & Tourism, Sockeye Salmon

Abstract: Adverse impacts to the banks of the Kenai River total approximately 19 miles of the river's 166 mile shoreline. Included in this total are 5.4 river miles of degraded shoreline on public land. Riparian habitats have been impacted by trampling, vegetation loss and structural development. This riparian zone provides important habitat for pink salmon, sockeye salmon and Dolly Varden, species injured by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The project's objectives are to restore injured fish habitat, protect fish and wildlife habitat, enhance and direct recreation and preserve the values and biophysical functions that the riparian habitat contributes to the watershed.


Proposal: View (2,154 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY96: View (1,336 KB)
Final Report: See Project 99180

Publications from this Project: None Available