Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, on the western coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, is part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and is managed jointly by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Covering more than 370,000 acres (1,500 km²), it is largest reserve in the system, encompassing one of the most diverse and intensively used estuaries in Alaska.^[1] The local community pursued the designation of Kachemak Bay as a National Estuarine Research Reserve to preserve the lifestyle and economy of the region.

References

↑ "Kachemak Bay, AK". National Estuarine Research Reserve System. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

National Estuarine Research Reserves of the United States

Apalachicola (Florida) Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin (South Carolina) Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) Chesapeake Bay (Virginia) Delaware (Delaware) Elkhorn Slough (California) Grand Bay (Mississippi) Great Bay (New Hampshire) Guana Tolomato Matanzas (Florida) Hudson River (New York State) Jacques Cousteau (New Jersey) Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) Kachemak Bay (Alaska) Lake Superior (Wisconsin) Mission-Aransas (Texas) Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island) North Carolina North Inlet-Winyah Bay (South Carolina) Old Woman Creek (Ohio) Padilla Bay (Washington) Rookery Bay (Florida) San Francisco Bay (California) Sapelo Island (Georgia) South Slough (Oregon) Tijuana River (California) Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts) Weeks Bay (Alabama) Wells (Maine)

Category Commons

National Parks	Denali Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Katmai Kenai Fjords Kobuk Valley Lake Clark Wrangell-St. Elias

National Historical Parks	Klondike Gold Rush Sitka

National Monuments	Admiralty Island (USFS) Aniakchak Cape Krusenstern Misty Fiords (USFS) World War II Valor in the Pacific

National Preserves	Bering Land Bridge Noatak Yukon-Charley Rivers

National Wildlife Refuges	Alaska Maritime Alaska Peninsula Arctic Becharof Innoko Izembek Kanuti Kenai Kodiak Koyukuk Nowitna Saint Lazaria Selawik Tetlin Togiak Yukon Delta Yukon Flats

National Forests	Chugach Tongass

Forest Service units	Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Aleutian Islands Andreafsky Becharof Bering Sea Bogoslof Chamisso Chuck River Coronation Island Denali Endicott River Forrester Island Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Hazy Islands Innoko Izembek Karta River Katmai Kenai Kobuk Valley Kootznoowoo Koyukuk Kuiu Lake Clark Maurille Islands Misty Fjords Mollie Beattie Noatak Nunivak Petersburg Creek – Duncan Salt Chuck Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Russell Fjord Saint Lazaria Selawik Semidi Simeonof South Baranof South Etolin South Prince of Wales Stikine-LeConte Tebenkof Bay Togiak Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Tuxedni Unimak Warren Island West Chichagof-Yakobi Wrangell-Saint Elias

National Conservation Area	Steese

State Parks	Afognak Island State Park Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Baranof Castle Hill State Historic Site Birch Lake State Recreation Site Chena River State Recreation Area Chena River State Recreation Site Chugach State Park Deep Creek State Recreation Area Denali State Park Kachemak Bay State Park Totem Bight State Historical Park Wood-Tikchik State Park

State Forests	Haines Tanana Valley

Alaska Department of Natural Resources