Lake and Peninsula Borough is one of Alaska’s most geographically extreme and least populated regions, covering a vast area of southwest Alaska where water dominates nearly every aspect of the landscape. The borough includes enormous freshwater systems like Iliamna Lake, the largest lake in Alaska, along with hundreds of rivers, wetlands, and tundra ponds formed by glaciers and permafrost. These waters drain primarily toward Bristol Bay, supporting some of the most productive salmon ecosystems o