Russian RIver Fishing Season Approaching

Russian river Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cooper Landing, Alaska—The Russian River opens to fishing June 11. This popular area for fishing results in a mixture of people, fish and bears. The Kenai-Russian River area is an intensively used fishing and recreation area, valued by anglers, federally qualified subsistence users, and other visitors for its easy access. High human use between the months of May and September, coupled with abundant fishery resources, has led to public and employee safety concerns and impacts to the resources in the area.
Visitors are requested to respect the areas that are fenced or roped off to protect restored vegetation and cultural sites. Visitors should to stay on maintained and established trails and boardwalks. Visitors are also strongly requested to use the public restroom facilities that are dispersed throughout the area due to the potential of disturbing sensitive cultural sites along the river corridor.

“Alaska Natives have used this area, known as the Sqilantnu Archeological District, for centuries. The area is one of the most complex archeological sites in Alaska and it is up to all of us to leave a legacy of responsible use that we can be proud of,” said Sasha Lindgren, Kenaitze Indian Tribe.

Russian-Kenai River Public Forums

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Please come to a public forum in October to share and discuss your experience, thoughts and ideas on how to reduce conflicts between humans and bears in the Russian-Kenai River high-use area.

At these evening forums, management agencies will present information about potential management actions and strategies they have been investigating in response to suggestions made at public meetings held in April 2011 and in other public comments. Agency presentations will be followed by opportunity for questions and discussion.

Your input during the October public forums will assist the agencies as they continue their work in developing a five-year management action plan for the Kenai-Russian River area.

You are invited to email your thoughts and ideas to: comments-alaska-chugach-seward@fs.fed.us Please put “Kenai Russian River Comment” in the email’s subject line.

Schedule of Meetings

Soldotna-Gilman River Center 514 Funny River Road  Tuesday, October 25 ............. 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Cooper Landing-Cooper Landing Community Center Bean Creek Road Wednesday, October 26........ 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Anchorage-University of Alaska Anchorage The Commons 3700 Sharon Gagnon Lane, Room 106  Thursday, October 27............ 6:00-9:00 p.m.

  For more information, please go to: the website for more information or contact project facilitator Jan Caulfield at janc@gci.net or at 907-523-4610 (in Juneau).

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