Monitoring Briefs Please select one Black Oystercatcher, 2011 Coastal Shoreline Change, 2011 Kelp and Eelgrass, 2011 Marine Intertidal Invertebrates, 2011 Marine Birds, 2011 Sea Otter, 2011 Bald Eagle, 2011 Brown Bear, 2011 Moose, 2011 Glacial Extent, 2011 Weather and Climate, 2011 How to Access Weather Data, 2011 Air Quality, 2011

Inventory Reports Please select one Kenai Fjords Water Quality Report, 2005 Kenai Fjords Bird Species List (Detailed), 2006 Kenai Fjords Bird Species List (Short), 2006 Kenai Fjords Land Bird Inventory, 2006 Kenai Fjords Mammals Inventory, 2004

Monitoring Reports Please select one 2010 Bald Eagle Monitoring Report, Kenai Fjords 2009 Bald Eagle Monitoring Report, Kenai Fjords Bear Population Genetics Report, Kenai Fjords, 2007

Kenai Fjords National Park Home Page

For more information contact: Michael Shephard, Program Manager, Southwest Alaska Network

At the edge of the Kenai Peninsula lies a land where the ice age lingers. Nearly 40 glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords' crowning feature. Wildlife thrives in icy waters and lush forests around this vast expanse of ice. Native Alutiiq relied on these resources to nurture a life entwined with the sea. Today, shrinking glaciers bear witness to the effects of our changing climate.

The mandate that guides monitoring efforts in Kenai Fjords National Park states, “to maintain unimpaired the scenic and environmental integrity of the Harding Icefield, its outflowing glaciers, and coastal fjords and islands in their natural state; and to protect seals, sea lions, other marine mammals, and marine and other birds and to maintain their hauling and breeding areas in their natural state, free of human activity which is disruptive to their natural processes.”

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