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Hiking and Packrafting the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge on Afognak Island, Alaska


Hiking and Packrafting the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge on Afognak Island, Alaska
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In the northwest corner of the Kodiak Archipelago is a 50,000-acre annex of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge on Afognak Island. It is characterized by old-growth, moss-enrobed Sitka spruce forest, steep mountains that stood as nunataks during the most recent glacial maximum, and a myriad of large and small mountain lakes. It is home to one of the largest Roosevelt elk herds on Afognak Island, the ‘Waterfall’ herd. There are only a small number of salmon streams in the area due to the steep gradients and waterfalls limiting spawning habitat. The coastline is convoluted and rugged, facing the Shelikof Strait across which “Ring of Fire” volcanoes dominate the Katmai skyline. This is one of the most remote and least visited parts of Alaska. And also, one of the most beautiful. ....

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Alutiiq Museum gets grant to study Sitkinak settlement


An Alutiiq Museum field team will launch a study of Alaska Native settlements on Sitkinak Island beginning today, thanks to a Alaska National Park Service grant, according to a museum news release.
The Tribal Heritage Grant, worth $49,301, was provided by Koniag Inc. and will support “a comprehensive archeological survey of Sitkinak’s state lands,” with a focus on the island’s coast to find and document ancestral villages.
Patrick Saltonstall, the museum’s curator of archaeology, will lead the field team.
Alutiiq Museum Executive Director April Laktonen Counceller thanked the state and Koniag for the grant and their partnership in the project. ....

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