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State parks advisory boards accepting applications

Published 9:30 pm Wednesday, February 1, 2023

By Jake Dye Peninsula Clarion

Golden-yellow birch trees and spruce frame a view of Aurora Lagoon and Portlock Glacier from a trail in the Cottonwood-Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park off East End Road on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

Golden-yellow birch trees and spruce frame a view of Aurora Lagoon and Portlock Glacier from a trail in the Cottonwood-Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park off East End Road on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

All three Kenai Peninsula advisory boards to Alaska State Parks are accepting applications for vacancies until March 3.

The Alaska State Parks Kenai Peninsula Regional Office announced the opening of the application process in a press release Tuesday. Those selected for the openings will serve three-year terms from July of this year until June 2026.

Kenai Peninsula advisory boards for the Alaska State Parks include Kenai River Special Management Area, Kachemak Bay State Park and Seward State Parks advisory boards.

According to the release, Alaska State Park advisory boards provide state park managers with recommendations on management issues affecting each state park.

The Alaska State Park Advisory Board Application can be found at dnr.alaska.gov/parks/misc/boards.htm. Completed applications can be sent to Superintendent Jack Blackwell at jack.blackwell@alaska.gov.

For more information about the advisory boards or the application, call the Kenai/Prince William Sound Region State Park office at 907-262-5581.

Reach reporter Jake Dye at jacob.dye@cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsulaclarion.

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