A Fragile Beauty: An Administrative History of Kenai Fjords National Park
Catton T. 2010. A Fragile Beauty: An Administrative History of Kenai Fjords National Park. Seward, Alaska
A review of the administrative and management history of what is currently Kenai Fjords National Park. ANILCA designated a total of ten new national parks, preserves, and monuments,and one new historical park in Alaska. The designation of these new areas markedthe culmination of a long process of land allocation and land-use planning in Alaska thatbegan with the Alaska Statehood Act of 1958, continued with the Alaska Native ClaimSettlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), and practically ended with ANILCA. The public landconveyances that were made during this two-decade process were breathtaking in theirsweep: 103 million acres to the state of Alaska, 44 million acres to Alaska Nativecorporations, 43.6 million acres to the national park system, 53.8 million acres to nationalwildlife refuges, and 1.2 million acres included in wild and scenic rivers. ANILCA was intensely controversial, and as one of the ANILCA parks Kenai Fjords was established in a climate of controversy. This book summarizes the events leading up to this designation and the management of the park after designation.
- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Catton, Theodore
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Units
- HIST , KEFJ
- Keywords
- Administration, Administrative History, Cultural Resources, History, Management, Natural Resources