Colorado firm wins $48,358 contract for exterior work at Kenai refuge education building

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $48,358 contract for exterior work at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge's environmental education building to 358 Investments LLC of Del Norte, Colorado. The work is scheduled to run Sept. 18 through Nov. 5, 2026, according to USAspending.gov. The record describes the work only as "AK-KENAI NWR-ENVRONMENTAL ED EXTERIOR" and does not detail the scope or the precise work site within the refuge.

Refuge environmental education programs reach "over 12,000 students and/or visitors annually," a 2023 draft compatibility determination says. Since 1983, more than 40,000 Kenai Peninsula youth have taken refuge field trips, a figure reflecting more than four decades of cumulative participation. School and youth groups depend on those facilities, part of a refuge system whose mission includes education and which faces persistent maintenance needs.