© 2007 Robert Glenn Ketchum

Morzhovoi Bay, AK

With generous funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Conservation Fund acquired 37,360 acres at Morzhovoi Bay for inclusion in the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge. The bay includes dozens of salmon spawning streams and is important to brown bears as well as migratory birds.

Regional Scorecard -

Alaska & Hawaii


Acres Protected: 285,036
Fair Market Value: $130,258,070
Acquisition Cost: $113,475,941
Total Acres Conserved Since 1985: 285,036
Spotlight - Southwest Alaska

Southwest Alaska

In order to safeguard this fragile region, The Conservation Fund, working in partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Native corporations, and others launched the Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative – a 10-year, multi-million dollar program to protect wild salmon and their habitat.

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