KACHEMAK HERITAGE LAND TRUST • LAND PROTECTION FOR ALASKA’S KENAI PENINSULA • 2007 Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Focused Conservation: Resource Mapping of Alaska’s Kenai PeninsulaDear Reader W

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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• Language: English
• Subjects: Kachemak; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.231.7665; http://www.kachemaklandtrust.org/docs/ResourceMapping.pdf

of Alaska, some believe that all of the important land in Alaska is already protected. While it’s true that a large part of Alaska is at least temporarily preserved through state, federal, and borough ownership, much of the land most significant for its wildlife habitat, its cultural value to communities, and its potential for recreational uses is privately owned. Throughout Alaska’s settlement history, people have historically chosen to build and live in the same places that we gravitate to today, whether it’s land fronting the coast, land along fish streams, property with a spectacular view, or other unique and special places with the highest concentrations of resources. Our work at Kachemak Heritage Land Trust is to help private landowners permanently preserve significant land on the Kenai Peninsula for the future. We join the other 1,700 land trusts nationwide in an effort to ensure that important natural areas remain intact for the future to preserve the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the places that are important to our communities.