Project Description
This project included acquiring and protecting an approximately 3,263-acre group of unimproved parcels that were owned by Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, surrounding the lower Killey River from its confluence with the Kenai River upstream to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) and the Congressionally designated Kenai Wilderness. In combination with lands to be exchanged between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated (CIRI) and lands previously acquired by The Nature Conservancy which were to be donated to the Service, this project created a contiguous block of lands and waters encompassing virtually all of the Killey River watershed in conservation status within the Refuge. The project ensured long-term protection of an important fish and wildlife corridor along the Kenai and Killey rivers from their confluence upstream to the Killey River’s headwaters. The fair market value of the parcels was to be determined by an appraisal prepared to EVOSTC, USPAP and UASFLA appraisal standards and reviewed and approved by an Office of Valuation Services (Department of Interior) review appraiser.
Restoration Land Ownership
Fish and Wildlife Service
DOI Project Representatives
Fish and Wildlife Service