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Planning commission forwards ordinance adding anadromous streams to borough list; recommends 50-foot buffer expansions

5671938 · August 25, 2025
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission voted Aug. 25 to forward Ordinance 2025-20 to the borough assembly with a recommendation to adopt additions to the borough nadromous-waters appendix, which would apply a 50-foot habitat protection buffer to newly listed reaches.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission voted Aug. 25 to forward Ordinance 2025-20 to the borough assembly with a recommendation to adopt changes to the borough nadromous-waters appendix.

Samantha Lopez, manager at the River Center, told the commission the ordinance would incorporate additional water bodies into the borough ppendix that lists salmon-bearing (anadromous) waters and that the borough enforces a 50-foot buffer around those waters. "This…

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