ATTENTION: The Kenai River clean up event is cancelled due to the Swan Lake Fire.
Do good, have fun and see more of the Kenai Refuge. September 6-8. Sportsmen’s Landing, Cooper Landing.
Friends will join Alaska Fly Fishers in doing an end of season clean-up of Sportsmen Landing, and downstream beaches all of which are on the Kenai Refuge. This is our second year partnering with the Fly Fishers, the Kenai Watershed Forum, the Refuge and the Forest Service on this event. We had such a great time last year what with raft trips, free food, and live music, we are making it an annual event. See our trip report from last year here.
Arrive Friday evening and set up your trailer or tent in the Sportsman Landing campground reserved just for this event. Saturday morning, after a continental breakfast, teams will either float the river cleaning beaches or clean around the landing, campgrounds and parking areas. The Kenai Refuge will bring several boats to take Friends downriver to clean refuge beaches. That evening the Alaska Fly Fishers will put on a BBQ for all participants with prizes and live music! Sunday morning, breakfast is followed by a Friends sponsored hike on a yet to be determined trail in the Skilak Lake Road area
For more information and to sign up, contact Tim Shipman, trip coordinator, at tim.shipman@gmail.com or call (907) 252-8450.
This promises to be a very fun event that will continue to help build an alliance with the Fly Fishers, Kenai Watershed Forum, the refuge, and other partners.
