...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 interesting and influential chapter...

...number of moose killed by vehicles. Even as far back as 1953 when highway traffic was much lower and slower, the first manager of the Kenai National Moose Range (predecessor to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge) argued that moose road-kills...

...boasted two movie theaters, too. The theaters have been gone for years. The bowling alley never made a profit for its first manager, the city, or its second, ONC, which owns the building. ONC wanted to turn the building into offices, but its...