Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
The Refuge is a1.92-million-acre (7,770km)wildlife habitat preserve. As a wildlife refuge, visitor services are minimal and the vast majority of the refuge is roadless. It is managed by theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.A guide to the refuge is available online as a PDFhere. This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered fromits headquartersinSoldotna. In 2019 a large wildfire burned tens of thousands of acres of forest within the Refuge. Landscapes inside the refuge range from coastal rainforest, lowland taiga forests, muskeg and other wetland environments, mountainous alpine areas, and ice fields. There are a great many lakes of various
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: