Milepost 45 to 60 Draft SEIS Project Visual Analysis Department of Transportation & Public Facilities October 2012

APPENDICES Appendix A: Context Maps Map 1. Study Area & Landscape Context Map 2. Existing Plans Scenic Goals Appendix B: Key View Analysis Appendix C: Visual Prioritization Process Analysis Appendix D: Simulated Views “to” and “from” Alternatives Appendix E: Visual Preference Survey Findings Appendix F: Table of Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Class Range by Prescription, from the USFS Revised Land and Resource Management Plan

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# US Forest Service k (1) 1. Kenai Lake 1. Quartz Creek Campground e (2) Kenai Lake / River Junction 2. Snug Harbor Road e 2. Cooper Creek Campground Chugach r (3) Juneau Mountain 3. / Lake Junction C 3. Juneau Creek Falls Recreation Area (4) Kenai River East 4. Cooper Landing 4. Resurrection Pass National Recreation Trail u (5) Cooper Creek 5. Cooper Landing Community Center National a 5. Trout Lake Forest Service Cabin (6) Juneau Creek Valley 6. Kenai River East e 9. K’Beq & Beginnings Heritage Site (7) Kenai River West 7a. Juneau Mountain Forest n 10. Campground, Lower u 4 (8) West Kenai River Uplands 7b. Kenai Princess South Russian Lakes Recreation Area, Russian J 8. Bean Creek Road Lakes Trailhead & Trail, Kenai River Recreation 9. Cooper Lake Dam Road Area 10. Juneau Creek Valley 11. Lower Russian Lake Cabin Landscape 11. Round Mountain 14. Bean Creek Trail 12a. Juneau Ceek Falls Lookout 15. Cooper Lake Dam Access Road Unit (6) 12b. Juneau Creek Bridge 21. Russian Lakes Trail 13. Resurrection Trail 14. Russian River Ferry # US Fish & Wildlife Service Landscape Landscape 15. River View 24. USFWS Visitor Contact Station 16. Russian River/Kenai River Sanctuary 3 Unit (3) 25. Jim’s Landing 27 Unit (8) 26. Surprise Creek Trail 32 27. Fuller Lakes Trail 12a

# State of Alaska 28. Boat Launch 29. Russian River Ferry & Sportsman’s Landing 31 Landscape Kenai National 12b # Borough Unit (1) 30. Stetson Creek Trail 14 31. Slaughter Gulch Trail & Art Anderson Trail WWildlife Refuge 32. Russian Gap Trail 33. Shackleford Powerline Trail WWilderness Area 28 34. Kenai River Nature Trail 34 8 5 3 MP 24 7 4 MP 58 2 45 14 6 15 13 10 1 29 16 10 11 25 2 109 33 Kenai River 9 1

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