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After a dinner of fresh halibut and oysters, guests at Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge relax in a hammock amid the scenic grays and greens of surrounding Kachemak Bay State Park.

(Text and photograph from "Taking on the Kenai," May/June 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

Michael Melford
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New Online Guide to National Parks
There are 58 national parks in the U.S., as varied as the country that houses them. We've gathered everything you need to know to set off for a summer adventure, plus photo galleries, quizzes, maps, and more.
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Seward Highway Drive
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The Truth About Tongass
Alaska's Tongass National Forest includes the greatest tracts of rain forest outside the tropics. Subsidized logging is ripping them apart.


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