The Conservation Fund is proposing the AR-5, 6,7 and 8 compensatory mitigation sites. The purpose of the preservation is to protect high value aquatic resources, and to help maintain the ecological function of the Kobuk River, Tagagawik River, Aukulak Lagoon and the Kilikmak Creek watersheds. The goal of the preservation is to provide compensatory mitigation for impacts to aquatic sites authorized by Department of the Army permits in The Conservation Fund’s Arctic Service Area. Factors considered in the selection of this site included the presence of high quality aquatic resources, priority lands, the presence of threats to the aquatic resources, and the practicability of self-sustaining preservation. The AR-5 property is located on the Kobuk River in Kobuk Valley National Park and Wilderness. The proposed mitigation site is approximately 159.98 acres in size and is proposed to be preserved as part of Kobuk Valley National Park and Wilderness. The AR-6 property is located west of the Tagagawik River in the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The proposed mitigation site is approximately 159.99 acres in size and is proposed to be preserved as part of Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The AR-7 property is located on the Chukchi Sea in Cape Krusenstern National Monument. The proposed mitigation site is approximately 119.96 acres in size and will is proposed to be preserved as part of the Cape Krusenstern National Monument. The AR-8 property is located on the Chukchi Sea in Cape Krusenstern National Monument. The proposed mitigation site is approximately 159.98 acres in size and is proposed to be preserved as part of Cape Krusenstern National Monument. Comments on this project should be made in writing, addressed to the Alaska District Corps of Engineers (ATTN: Danielle Shack), CEPOA-RD-SA, Post Office Box 6898 JBER, Alaska 99506-0898 or by email to danielle.g.shack@usace.army.mil.
POA-2010-132 MultipleWaterways_PN_SiteAddition AR5
POA-2010-132 MultipleWaterways_PN_SiteAddition AR6
POA-2010-132 MultipleWaterways_PN_SiteAddition AR7
POA-2010-132 MultipleWaterways_PN_SiteAddition AR8