Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District

02/13/2024

09/06/2023

It's that time of year again, the
Harvest Moon Festival is happening soon!
Saturday, September 16th, 2023
Soldotna Creek Park.
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🥦🥬🥒🌶🍠🥔🧅🧄🥕🌽🫑

If you would like to help and become a
Volunteer please Contact [email protected]

There is still some space left for vendors.
Vendor application:
https://form.jotform.com/harvestmoonak/2023-vendor-application-form

Register for the Super fun and delicious Pie contest!
Sign up. https://form.jotform.com/221885769722066

07/26/2023

Nearly August and the Watermelon Berries are just showing themselves. Nature is going with the flow, what are your crops doing?

07/24/2023

Our Cover Crop project on week 2.

Even with all of the heavy rain, good soil prevails and we have good germination rates. Got just enough sun after planting in late June.

Have questions about how to manage your soils in our interesting weather? Reach out! We are here to help.

07/24/2023

Who can tell us what this us?

Spotted in a cluster on a field day a few weeks back.

Invasive? Native?

Always fun to test what we know and learn more.

06/19/2023

Fish passage work in Seward. What a beautiful place.
Season is sure flying by. Seems everyone's projects are stacking on top of one another.
Where will your projects take you thus season?

05/31/2023

This summer's guide Discovery Hike Schedule is out! Mark your calendars now and save the date for these 2-2.5 hour hikes on the most popular trails on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Note that all these trails are found within the Refuge's Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area, about an hour from Soldotna.

Plan to arrive a few minutes before each hike is scheduled to begin. No need to register ahead of time. Wear comfortable hiking shoes, bring water and bug spray. Please leave pets at home. Best for ages 12+. Call 907-260-2820 with questions.

Each of these hikes is it's own Facebook event, too, so look through the Refuge events here and RSVP to have convenient reminders come your way.

Here is a detailed schedule for Discovery Hikes during Summer 2023:

Fridays at 10am
June 23: Bear Mountain Trail
June 30: Upper Kenai River Trail
July 7: Hideout to Burneys Extension
July 14: Seven Lakes Trail from Engineer Lake Campground
July 21: Seven Lakes Trail from Kelly Lake Campground
July 28: Skilak Lookout Trail
August 4: Upper Kenai River Trail
August 11: Bear Mountain Trail
August 18: Vista Trail Berry Walk
August 25: Hideout Trail
Sept 1: Hike Finale: To Be Announced

Saturdays at 1pm
June 17: Hidden Creek Trail
June 24: Plants of the Vista Trail
July 1: Burney's Trail
July 8: Hidden Creek Trail
July 15: Vista Trail
July 22: Hideout Trail
July 29: Marsh Lake Trail
August 5: Fuller Lakes Trail
August 12: Skyline Trail
August 19: Bear Mountain Trail
August 26: Burney's Trail

05/28/2023

Chef at the Market is back!

Market Hours: Saturdays 10am-2pm We are a Pet-Free Zone

05/10/2023

Do you know what the Riparian Zone is? Here at the Streambank Rehabilitation workshop we are learning about the Riparian Zone and its importance to our favorite fishes. Contact us to find our how you can learn more. Or visit the Kenai River Center on Funny River Road in Soldotna (don't worry, its before the sink hole).

05/04/2023

❗❗ We are making lemonade out of lemons. With this winter's significant snowfall, things have not melted enough for our Kid's Kenai River Clean-Up...so instead we'll be sponsoring a 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧-𝐔𝐩!

❗❗ Please see the flyer below for details. All who participate will be entered into a drawing for some 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬. The Kenai River is a vital resource and we look forward to working with the community to help keep it beautiful and healthy!

🙏 Thank you to all the teachers who had planned to take their students to the river to pick up trash and learn about conservation. We look forward to working with you next year!

05/04/2023

🥾🌼Out with the old and in with the new!

Celebrate Alaska Native Plant Awareness Month by reconsidering the non-native plants you have in your garden: 1) Make sure they are non-invasive; and 2) consider a native alternative.

Visit the Alaska Native Plant Month webpage to learn more about this month of awareness.
https://bit.ly/AKnativeplantmonth

📷 Alaska Botanical Garden, Maura Schumacher, davesgarden.com