NARA's Pacific Alaska Region -Anchorage
Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is, in geologic terms, still quite "young, " since its entire land mass was covered by glacial ice as recently as 10, 000 years ago.
The Recreation Program manages recreational use to administer visitor services, resource protection, tourism, volunteers and partnerships.
Fortymile River is an extensive network of creeks and rivers in east-central Alaska, 392 miles of which have been given a National Wild and Scenic or Recreational River designation.
The area has been occupied intermittently during the past 4, 000 years by the ancestors of the modern Nunamiut Eskimos.
Crossing the Brooks Range is one of the true motoring adventures available in North America. One of the best places to see Dall sheep in Alaska is on the rocky slopes of Atigun Pass (mile 240, elevation 4, 739 feet) along Dalton Highway.