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Land named for colorful character ‘Herring Pete’ added to Alaska’s Kachemak Bay State Park
The 24-acre parcel expands public access and protection within the park, after The Conservation Fund donated the site to the state.
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Land named for colorful character ‘Herring Pete’ added to Alaska’s Kachemak Bay State Park
Mountains are viewed across the water from Herring Pete's Cove, now part of Kachemak Bay State Park. (Photo provided by The Conservation Fund)A century ago, a Norwegian-born mariner nicknamed “Herring Pete” and his Austrian-born wife operated a fox farm on a scenic, remote and mountainous Kenai Peninsula island. Now that 24-acre island parcel is part of 400,000-acre Kachemak Bay State Park. The Conservation Fund, a private nonprofit that protect…
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