Lynnda Kahn en Refuge Notebook: Why commercial oil and gas operations occur on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge <p>A recent editorial in the Peninsula Clarion pointed out that commercial oil and gas operations are not typically the first thing that comes to mind when considering practices that are acceptable on a National Wildlife Refuge. Yet, what new-comers to the Kenai Peninsula don’t realize is that oil and gas extraction has been a part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge since 1957 with the discovery of oil in what is now Alaska’s oldest oil field, the Swanson River field.</p><p><a href="" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Outdoors Lynnda Kahn Alaska Alaska Arctic Refuge drilling controversy Birch Hill Chuitna Coal Project Cook Inlet Region Inc. Disaster Disaster Environment of the United States Hilcorp Alaska Kenai National Wildlife Refuge oil oil and gas Swanson River Technology Technology the Peninsula Clarion Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:35:34 +0000 Lynnda Kahn 17903 at Use caution on the path <p>My elderly father was walking along the hike/bike path along the Spur Highway between 3-4 p.m. Friday from Turnbull.&nbsp; He is 82 and not as steady on his feet as he once was but was out for some exercise when a girl/woman on a bike came flying down the path behind him. He told me she yelled “look out” and it startled him so badly he lost his balance and fell. He said she came so close he could feel the wind rush by him. He made it back to the house, shaken, bruised and bleeding, but is OK.</p> <p><a href="" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Letters Lynnda Kahn Port Authority Trans-Hudson Spur Highway Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:45:46 +0000 Lynnda Kahn 11306 at