Marjory and Edgar Huizer Fishing Access Site

View from the Marjory and Edgar Huizer Fishing Access Site – July 30, 2019

DOUGLAS ISLAND  |  0.194 ACRES  |  CONSERVED IN 2015

The Marjory and Edgar Huizer Fishing Access Site is strategically located next to Gastineau Channel and the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, and is also located directly across the Channel from the Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Macaulay Salmon Hatchery, on Douglas Island. It provides public, year-round access to the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge.

To get there, start at the bridge on Douglas Island and drive north for 2.7 miles. The parking area will be just a few houses past the well-known and highly visible “ski fence” on your right. Look for a gravel parking area, a kiosk, and the stair access to the beach.

HISTORY
On March 30, 2015, the Southeast Alaska Land Trust, with support from a major donor, Edgar J. Huizer, and in partnership with the Department of Alaska Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, purchased a quarter-acre parcel on North Douglas Highway, in Juneau. We purchased this property to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors to Juneau by providing a new public access point to Gastineau Channel and the Refuge for recreation, scenic views, and to provide an ecological buffer for the protected 3,800-acre Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge.

What’s in a name?

The Southeast Alaska Land Trust named this property after the major donors, Marjory and Edgar Huizer. The Huizer’s were two well-known Juneau locals who were passionate about conservation and recreation. They had a reputation for actively working to give back to their community, and were both known to lead and support efforts to protect local sites for area residents to enjoy. We are humbled by the extraordinary acts of generosity from Marjory and Edgar Huizer in support of land protection for future generations, and we are honored to carry out the Huizers’ conservation vision.

Marge and Ed Huizer, 1998

It has been an exceptional year with lots of fat, feisty fish.

What is really cool is that roadside anglers (without boats) can access this quality fishery from one end of [Gastineau] Channel to the other.

The challenge in the future will be to increase the number of public access spots, (using conservation easements), along the North Douglas Highway, where fishing the Channel on incoming tides has been exceptional.

Greg C.

Local Angler

THANK YOU to the individuals, businesses, foundations, and agencies who helped the Southeast Alaska Land Trust acquire and enhance the Marjory & Edgar Huizer Fishing Access Site.

$75,000+
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish
The Marjory Huizer Acquisition Fund

$20,000+
Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc.

$5,000+
Territorial Sportsmen, Inc.

$2,500+
Valley Lumber Company, LLC
Wells Fargo Bank
Anonymous

$1,000+
Greg & Tamara Cook
Nancy Davis and Joseph Newman
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Northwind Architects, LLC

$500+
Len and Patricia Ceder
Elgee Rehfeld, LLC
Pat Harris
Anonymous

$250+
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Annie and Bud Carpeneti
Allison Gillum
Jim and Katharine Heumann
Esther and Mark Millea
Arthur Peterson
Alex and Peggy Wertheimer

$1-$249
Eric Antrim
Joyanne Bloom
Melissa and Steve Brockmann
Marsha Buck

Shirley Campbell
Susan Cox and Tom Nave
Matthew Felix
Gordon Harrison and Sarah Isto
Patricia Hull
Michael Jacobson
Linda Kruger
Bill Leighty and Nancy Waterman
Rob Mayer
Mike McKrill and Lisa Rollin
Jay Nelson and Rachel Stewart
Youlian Ninkov
Patricia Spence
Frank and Janet Thrower
Tongass Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Fran Ulmer