The purpose of The Conservation Fund’s Ugashik Narrows Project is to permanently protect scenic, the fish-rich Ugashik Lake and Narrows within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge by acquiring a 31-acre strategic private tract at Ugashik Narrows. Ugashik Narrows connects two large lakes—Upper and Lower Ugashik. It is a world renowned fishery and a favorite of fly anglers. The Ugashik Lake system is by far the largest salmon producer in the Ugashik fishing district, producing an annual average run of 4.3 million sockeyes with a commercial catch of 2.9 million. Sockeye escapement (the number of young fish that return to the sea) into the Ugashik Drainage averages 1.3 million. Based on aerial surveys, annual escapement is 4,700 for chinooks; 32,000 for chums; up to 6,000 for pinks; and up to 28,000 cohos. The narrows also offers great angling for rainbow trout, grayling, and Arctic char.
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The Conservation Fund and the property owner have reached an agreement on the sale of the 31-acre property. The property is a “Native allotment” claimed by the original owner under the 1906 Native Allotment Act. Consequently, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has some fiduciary responsibilities that we need to work through. We are working through the typically slow process of dealing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which has oversight responsibility for Native allotment sales. We expect to close on the property in May 2011 and added to the 3.5 million acre Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge as a donation. Funds have been raised from Orvis, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and various private individuals.
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regarding my presentation topic, which i am going to convey in university.
There are no Rainbows in the Ugashik Narrows, I fished there since 1991,
only Arctic Char and Grayling and off course Sockeye Salmon, Coho Salmon,