Seward Highway
Kenai Wilderness Area, AK

This 1,345,000 acre area is located within Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska. The habitat ranges from the perpetual winter of the Harding Ice Field to the lowland boreal forest and lake country of the central Kenai Peninsula. The area supports a wide variety of wildlife including moose, Dall sheep, mountain goat, caribou, eagles, wolves, brown bear, black bear, trumpeter swans, lynx, beaver, other small mammals, and 146 species of resident and migratory birds. In addition, four species of Pacific salmon, as well as many resident fish, spawn and thrive within the area. Located only a 2 hour's drive south of Alaska's population center, Kenai NWR is the most heavily visited refuge in Alaska.