• The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes at Sunset, from the Griggs Visitor Center

    Katmai

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

Swikshak Patrol Cabin

Swikshak patrol cabin

NPS

Swikshak Patrol Cabin

The National Park Service is proposing to replace the Swikshak patrol cabin on the coast of Katmai National Park. The project is needed to enable the NPS to protect and manage the extensive Katmai coast during the summer months when visitation is at its highest levels, and provide park staff a safe and durable hard-sided shelter for protection against inclement weather and occasional undesirable wildlife encounters. The cabin is located within the Katmai Wilderness.

An environmental assessment (EA) was developed to analyze impacts of the proposed action and a No Action alternative. If approved and funded, project could begin as early as this summer field season 2010

  • Download a copy of the EA (Feb. 2010) Here Download a copy of the EA (Feb. 2010) Here

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Did You Know?

Novarupta

Katmai's Novarupta eruption was the largest eruption in the 20th century and is one of the five largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history (from Alaska Volcano Observatory, 2001).