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Bear Glacier Lake in Kenai Fjords National Park
 * __Kenai Fjord National Park __**
 * ‍ ****//__Park Profile __//**
 * ‍ ****//Kenai Fjord National Park is located on the Kenai Peninsula near Seward, Alaska. This is located in the southern part of Alaska, on the border of the Gulf of Alaska. //**


 * //The park covers an area of about 1,760 square miles. //**
 * //The weather at Kenai Fjord is very unpredictable and changes very rapidly, but in general it is a cooler, very rainy climate. During the winter the temperatures can range from -20 to the mid-30s, often more than 200 inches of snow falls. During the summer the temperature ranges from the mid-40s to low 70s. Rain is very common, but the snow usually stays in higher climates until June or July. //**


 * //The park receives about 250,000 visitors every year, a low number on the bigger scale, but very high number for Alaska. //**


 * //The most popular tourist site at Kenai Fjord is, by far, Exit Glacier. This is the only part of the park is accessible by car, Once there, there are hike trails, guided hikes, and visitors are able to get up close to an active glacier. //**

“ It is a place where you can witness up close how glaciers re-shape a landscape and learn how plant life reclaims the barren rocky land exposed by a glacier’s retreat.” -nps.gov


 * //__ The History of Kenai Fjords __//**


 * // On the 1st of December 1978, President Jimmy Carter invoked the Antiquities Act to help protect some of the untouched land of Alaska. One of the 17 national monuments was Kenai Fjord, located on the Kenai Peninsula. Carter saved 570,000 acres, in hopes it would one day be a national park. //**
 * // On the 2nd of December 1980, President Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act into law, declaring Kenai Fjords the seventh national park of Alaska. //**
 * // After Kenai Fjords became a national park, President Carter did not gain any fans from the nearby town of Seward. Their economy relied on fish harvesting and processing, the timber industry, and a commercial port. With all the land around them becoming protected, it would surely hurt their economy. //**
 * // The governor and National Park Service reassured them that they would gain money from tourism, but “it fell on deaf ears.” All around Alaska angry protests, threats of violence, and the destruction of Park Service property. //**

[|A Complete History of Kenai Fjords] //__ Geology __// “The mountains intercept moisture-laden clouds, which replenish the icefield with 35-65 feet of snow annually. Time and the weight of overlying snow transform the snow into ice. The pull of gravity and the weight of the snowy overburden make the ice flow out in all directions. It is squeezed into glaciers that creep downward like giant bulldozers, carving and gouging the landscape. Along the coast eight glaciers reach the sea, and these tidewater glaciers calve icebergs into the fjords. The thunderous boom of calving ice can sometimes be heard 20 miles away.” Nps.gov //__ Wildlife __//
 * // “Within five years, tourists’ visits had become a crucial part of Seward's economy. The local Chamber of Commerce began putting the town's proximity to Kenai Fjords at the top of its marketing material, and the City Council officially rescinded its two previous resolutions opposing the park's creation. A few years later, they asked that the national park at their doorstep be expanded.” //**
 * //__ Environmental Issues __//**
 * // The land inside Kenai Fjords national park is and ice field wilderness, filled with glacier carved valleys filled with ocean waters, waterfalls in the canyons, glaciers that sweep down narrow mountain valleys. The Harding Icefield takes up 300 square feet of the park. //**


 * // Mountain Goats Moose //**


 * // Black and Brown Bears //**


 * // Sea Otter Steller Sea Lions //**


 * // Harbor Seal //**


 * // Dall’s Porpoise //**


 * // Pacific White-Sided Dolphin //**


 * // Killer Whale Minke Whale //**


 * // Humpback Whale //**


 * // Puffins Murres //**


 * // Steller’s Jay Black Billed Magpie //**


 * // Peregrine Falcon Marbled Murrelet //**


 * // Bald Eagle //**

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