Story Created:
Mar 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM AKDT
Story Updated:
Mar 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM AKDT
Sand dunes at the mouth of the Kasilof River may get help from an unusual source.
The Kasilof Regional Historical Association is stepping in to
protect dunes from human-caused degradation.
Association President Brent Johnson says his group hopes to
erect a post-and-chain fence around dunes to protect them from
motorized vehicles.
The fence would be modeled after a barrier installed around
beach dunes on the north and south shores of the mouth of the Kenai
River.
The Kasilof project is estimated to cost about $65,000, most of
which could come from the legislature.
The Department of Natural Resources has primary authority over
the area and a fence would have to go through a land-use permitting
process and coastal zone review.
