On October 30, 2002, Cook Inlet Keeper responded to citizen complaints and took the following pictures at the head of Kachemak Bay, adjacent to the Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area.




Illegal Fencing

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Livestock fencing below the mean high tide line (see seaweed in fence line) precludes lateral public access to public lands during normal tidal cycles.  Citizens have a legal right to access their public lands and tidelands.


 

 

               Salmon Stream and Wetlands Destruction                                                              

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Dozer and operator dump fill into - and change course of - Fox Creek, which flows into the Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area.  Fox Creek is an important salmon stream, listed in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Anadromous Streams Catalog.


Illegal Barrel Dump

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Rusted, broken barrels leak their toxic contents into the rich and productive mudflats and tidelands of Kachemak Bay in Southcentral Alaska.  The surrounding area is important habitat to shorebirds, bald eagles, salmon, clams and other species.

 

For more information, contact Cook Inlet Keeper at bob@inletkeeper.org or ext. 22
 
Cook Inlet Keeper  PO Box 3269   3734 Ben Walters Lane,  Homer, AK  99603
tel. 907-235-4068
fax 907-235-4069