Download or read book The History of Land Use on Alaska s Kenai River and Its Implications for Sustaining Salmon written by Susan F. Loshbaugh and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kenai River Watershed (KRW), in south-central Alaska, is famous for its salmon. Urbanization along the lower river damages habitat and stresses these valuable fish. Are the river's salmon runs sustainable if recent land-use trends continue? I used interdisciplinary approaches from environmental history and landscape science plus technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) to describe the watershed's land-use history from 1947 to 2010 and to link land use and watershed management to the sustainability of salmon runs. Although the area appears wild compared to many salmon-producing watersheds in other states, it has a long history of intense use and habitat degradation. Over the past 60 years the central Kenai Peninsula showed patterns of intensive riverfront recreational use, coupled with rural exurban sprawl in the uplands. Historic damage to salmon habitat included trampled riverbanks, bank hardening, dredged canals, diverted creeks, toxic spills, poorly built roads with impassable culverts, and the Cooper Lake Dam. More recent threats include cumulative effects, fishing pressure, climate change, invasive species, off-road vehicles, and potential septic leaks. Comparing the Kenai River case with land-use histories in 60 other salmon-producing watersheds suggested that the salmon runs are at risk due to delayed, cumulative effects of development and potential climate change. However, since the late 1980s people have taken unprecedented and progressive steps to protect healthy watershed habitat and reverse past damage. The high level of community commitment and reserves of undamaged habitat provide hope that Alaskans may learn from the grim fate of wild salmon around the world, and take better care of their salmon habitat. I concluded that the sustainability of the salmon runs hangs in the balance and offer a list of recommendations to maintain or enhance the resilience of the system.

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Download or read book Balancing the Three R s regulation Research and Restoration on the Kenai River Alaska written by Joseph M. Dorava and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Proposal for Protection of Eleven Alaskan Rivers written by United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustaining Alaska s Fisheries written by Bob King and published by State of Alaska Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial retrospective containing stories of visionary pioneers, scientists, and the leaders who have been a part of developing Alaska's sustainable commercial fisheries management principles.

Download or read book Towards Sustainable Management in the Kenai River Watershed written by Mark Robert Stephen Johannes and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a research proposal on the role of marine-derived nutrients in sustaining the productivity of the Kenai River watershed which would involve testing stable isotopes, fatty acids, nutrients, contaminants, and foodwebs across different ecosystem components. The purpose is to support management agencies and interested persons in their decision making towards sustainable ecosystem management.

Download or read book Mineral Rights for Alaska Homesteaders written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers S. 1670, to quitclaim mineral and petroleum rights on onetime Federal lands in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula to persons who homesteaded the land. Appendix begins on p. 11.

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