Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Glacier and glacial lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
Map of Alaska, United States
Location	Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Nearest city	Soldotna, Alaska
Coordinates	60°20′N 150°30′W / 60.333°N 150.500°W / 60.333; -150.500[1]
Area	1.92 million acres (7,770 km2)
Established	1941 (as Kenai National Moose Range), 1980 (ANILCA, present status as wildlife refuge)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Kenai NWR

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is a 1.92-million-acre (7,770 km²) wildlife habitat preserve located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, United States. It is adjacent to Kenai Fjords National Park. This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered from offices in Soldotna. The Kenai Wilderness protects 1,354,247 acres of the refuge as wilderness area.^[2]