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  "path": "/briefs/land-named-for-colorful-character-herring-pete-added-to-alaskas-kachemak-bay-state-park/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T18:00:18.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy & Environment",
    "Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation",
    "Herring Pete",
    "history",
    "Homer",
    "Kachemak Bay State Park",
    "Kenai Fjords",
    "Kenai Peninsula",
    "National Park Service",
    "Nuka Island",
    "Nuka Passage",
    "Seward",
    "The Conservation Fund"
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  "textContent": "A century ago, a Norwegian-born mariner nicknamed “Herring Pete” and his Austrian-born wife operated a fox farm on a scenic, remote and mountainous Kenai Peninsula island. Now that 24-acre island parcel is part of 400,000-acre Kachemak Bay State Park. The Conservation Fund, a private nonprofit that protects vulnerable lands and habitat, has purchased the site […]",
  "title": "Land named for colorful character ‘Herring Pete’ added to Alaska’s Kachemak Bay State Park"
}