Port Protection (Lingít: Kél)[3] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States.

In 1975, Port Protection and Point Baker made national news when Zieske v Butz, a landmark lawsuit against the US Forest Service brought by Point Baker residents Charles Zieske, Alan Stein and Herb Zieske, was decided by Judge James von der Heydt, the Alaska Federal District court judge.

The lawsuit stopped planned clear cutting on 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) on the north end Island.

Twice more Port Protection and Pt Baker made headlines In 1989, in a landmark lawsuit called Stein v Barton, many of its residents fought for buffer strips on all the salmon streams of the Tongass and for protection of the Salmon Bay watershed.

[5] In the 1990 Tongass Timber Reform Act, lobbyists for an environmental group in Washington compromised with Senator Ted Stevens and only got part of the Salmon Bay watershed protected.

This statute also protected all the salmon streams in the Tongass with 100-foot-wide (30 m) buffer strips during logging operations.