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APPENDICES

Appendix A: Context Maps

Map 1. Study Area & Landscape Context

Map 2. Existing Plans Scenic Goals

Appendix B: Key View Analysis

Appendix C: Visual Prioritization Process Analysis

Appendix D: Simulated Views “to” and “from” Alternatives

Appendix E: Visual Preference Survey Findings

Appendix F: Table of Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Class Range by Prescription, from the USFS Chugach National Forest Revised Land and Resource Management Plan

Appendix A

Landscape

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Kenai River

Kenai National

Wildlife Refuge

Wilderness Area

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Chugach

National

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Existing Sterling Highway

Trail

Juneau Creek Alternative

‘G’ South AlternativeCooper Creek Alternative

Juneau Creek Variant Alt.

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Facilities US Forest Service

1. Quartz Creek Campground

2. Cooper Creek Campground

3. Juneau Creek Falls Recreation Area

4. Resurrection Pass National Recreation Trail

5. Trout Lake Forest Service Cabin

9. K’Beq & Beginnings Heritage Site

10. Russian River Campground, Lower

Russian Lakes Recreation Area, Russian

Lakes Trailhead & Trail, Kenai River Recreation

Area

11. Lower Russian Lake Cabin

14. Bean Creek Trail

15. Cooper Lake Dam Access Road

21. Russian Lakes Trail

US Fish & Wildlife Service

24. USFWS Visitor Contact Station

25. Jim’s Landing

26. Surprise Creek Trail

27. Fuller Lakes Trail

State of Alaska

28. Boat Launch

29. Russian River Ferry & Sportsman’s Landing

Kenai Peninsula Borough

30. Stetson Creek Trail

31. Slaughter Gulch Trail & Art Anderson Trail

32. Russian Gap Trail

33. Shackleford Powerline Trail

34. Kenai River Nature Trail

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Map 1 - Study Area & Landscape ContextAugust 2011

Legend

National Forest Recreation Withdrawals

Unit 394b394b - State selection

Kenai Borough Lands

Proposed additions to Kenai River Special Management Area (managed as if state park land)

Private Lands

Landscape Unit Boundary

Key ViewDirection of view indicated by arrow#

State Unit 395

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Key Views1. Kenai Lake

2. Snug Harbor Road

3. Kenai River / Lake Junction

4. Cooper Landing

5. Cooper Landing Community Center

6. Kenai River East

7a. Juneau Mountain

7b. Kenai Princess South

8. Bean Creek Road

9. Cooper Lake Dam Road

10. Juneau Creek Valley

11. Round Mountain

12a. Juneau Ceek Falls Lookout

12b. Juneau Creek Bridge

13. Resurrection Trail

14. Russian River Ferry

15. River View

16. Russian River/Kenai River Sanctuary

#Landscape Units(1) Kenai Lake

(2) Kenai Lake / River Junction

(3) Juneau Mountain

(4) Kenai River East

(5) Cooper Creek

(6) Juneau Creek Valley

(7) Kenai River West

(8) West Kenai River Uplands

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Chugach

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Chugach

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Forest

Visual Analysis Appendix A: Context Maps

Existing Sterling Highway

Trail

Juneau Creek Alternative

‘G’ South AlternativeCooper Creek Alternative

Juneau Creek Variant Alt.

Map 2 - Existing Plans / Scenic ObjectivesAugust 2011

Kenai National

Legend

DNR Owned / SelectedState Units: 395, 391 B, 394 A, 394 B, 394 C, 394 D, 393 Recognized Scenic Values - Kenai Area Plan/ Cooper Landing Land Use Plan

Kenai River Special Management Area

Sterling Highway Scenic Byway

Cooper Landing Settlement AreaMaintain Scenic Qualities, Unique Character, Pristine Setting & Wilderness ExperienceUSFS Major Transportation / Utility

Corridor Management Area(Category 2, 210) *Slightly Altered, Subordinate to Landscape

Cooper Creek AlignmentPreservation LandsProtect Scenic & Other Values Immedi-ately West of Cooper Landing

Juneau Creek Alignment Buffer & Restricted AccessBorough Lands 200’ Each Side of Alternate to Protect Scenic & Other Values, No On/Off Access

USFS Backcountry Management Area(Category 5, 522) *S.I.O.: Moderately Altered, May Dominate

USFS Fish & Wildlife Conservation Management Area(Category 3, 312)*Moderately Altered, May Dominate

USFS Fish, Wildlife & Recreation Management Area(Category 2, 244)*Slightly Altered, Subordinate to Landscape

Federal Lands State & Local Lands

*Scenic Integrity Objective

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