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Refuge Notebook: When does 'close' become 'too close'?

...of scoping meetings, heard from you, our public, on a number of significant issues. Crowding in the Swanson River/Swan Lake Canoe Trails (wilderness area) and on the Kenai River were important to you and within our Comprehensive Conservation...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-05-09/refuge-notebook-when-does-close-
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Nature's gifts and our public lands

...through discovery of one of nature's marvels at a refuge summer camp, a young person's first successful hunt in the Swan Lake Canoe System made even more special by the presence of family and friends, a hiker's exhilaration and sense of accomplishment...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-12-27/natures-gifts-and-our-public-lan
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Refuge's Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) works toward future

...riparian habitat protection and fence installation at the Russian River Ferry; portage trail maintenance and paddling in the Swan Lake Canoe System; trail construction and maintenance, preventing erosion and minimizing human impacts; Leave No Trace ethics...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-07-13/refuges-youth-conservation-corps
Outdoors
Refuge Notebook: Wilderness through a refuge intern's eyes

...It should. The BWCAW and the local Swanson River and Swan Lake Canoe Trail Systems are two of a kind, the only nationally-recognized...keep the solitude for the BWCAW. The Swanson River/Swan Lake Wilderness is managed differently than other Wilderness...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-11-08/refuge-notebook-wilderness-throu
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Second chance

...president of Alaska Hydro.The 70-megawatt Cascade Creek Project, he said, will produce power with water that flows from Swan Lake down Cascade Creek into Thomas Bay, and give a boost to Southeast development.What's causing controversy about the...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2011-07-12/second-chance
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Refuge open for snowmachiners

...the opening. The Headquarters area on Ski Hill Road, the Skilak Loop Special management Area, the Swanson River and Swan Lake Canoe Systems, Wolf Lake pipeline corridor and all areas above timberline except in the Caribou Hills, are closed to...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2011-12-28/refuge-open-for-snowmachiners
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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge's 70th anniversary

...great interest in new outdoor recreational opportunities on the Kenai. The now nationally-designated Swanson River and Swan Lake Canoe Trail System, one of two such national canoe trails in the U.S., became a cornerstone of wilderness-type...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2011-09-30/kenai-national-wildlife-refuges-
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New drawing system for black bear baiting permits

...special use permit, bear baiting on the Refuge is only allowed in the area west of the Swanson River Road, and north of Swan Lake Road to Paddle Lake. Refuge maps with areas open to black bear baiting and boundaries will be available at the Refuge...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-03-16/new-drawing-system-for-black-bea
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