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Chickaloon Flats: A Hidden Gem on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Chickaloon Flats: A Hidden Gem on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Within sight of almost half of all Alaskans lies a little known tidal estuary.  Perched along Turnagain Arm on the northwestern Kenai Peninsula, the 27,000-acre Chickaloon Flats is the only part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge that touches marine waters.  It represents 7% of the total estuarine area in Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound, the two water bodies that form the peninsula. As such, it’s a small but important part of the Pacific Flyway for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl. 

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AWA's Vice President John Morton Published in Ecosystems and People!

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AWA's Vice President John Morton Published in Ecosystems and People!

The article highlights research on controversial resource management interventions, such as the use of herbicide on invasive aquatic plants, and how resource managers require information on public value trade-offs and perceived risk, beyond that which public meetings can provide.