...when I retire at the end of December, I've an unusual appreciation of issues and events surrounding the Refuge since Dave Spencer's arrival in 1947 as the first manager of what was then the Kenai National Moose Range. Reflecting back, a singularly...

...the attack on Pearl Harbor only nine days earlier and on events in Europe. In 1948, World War II veteran and pilot Dave Spencer arrived on the Kenai to assume his duties as the Moose Range's first Refuge Manager. Within two years, he developed...

...last 26 years and to explore and enjoy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness. All three units -- Mystery Hills, Dave Spencer, and Andy Simons have their unique character, but of the three I have certainly spent the most time in the Mystery...