Join us for an informational and Q/A session to learn more about SAWC's proposed In-Lieu Fee program & how it can be used as a tool to advance aquatic resource mitigation under the Clean Water Act Section 404 Program in the region! More information coming soon!
Last week the Chilkoot Indian Association hosted the University of Alaska Anchorage's resident aquatic insect expert Dan Bogan, who led a Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Training for community practitioners in Haines. The training teaches participants how to identify and use aquatic invertebrates to gauge stream health. With the University of Alaska Anchorage's Aquatic Ecology Department, Bogan administers the Alaska Stream Team data collection program, a coordinated collaborative citizen-science effort to collect consistent and reliable biological data on the ecological health of Alaska's streams. The Alaska Stream Team hosts an online database where volunteer stream monitors can enter, view, and/or share basic chemical and biological information collected using educational or volunteer-level Stream Team methods. [caption id="attachment_5007" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Taiya Inlet Watershed Council's Rachel Ford gets her hands dirty to find some aquatic insects[/caption] Participants in the recent…
See information below, courtesy of the National Forest Foundation: The Tongass National Forest recently established the Tongass Advisory Committee and is currently seeking nominations. Please consider applying or share with your organization or within your community. The Tongass Advisory Committee (TAC) will play a key role in USDA’s effort to transition the Tongass from a timber program focused on old growth to one based primarily on young growth. The TAC will be solely advisory in nature, advising the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, by providing advice and recommendations for developing an ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable forest management strategy on the Tongass National Forest. Recommendations and advice may directly inform modification of the 2008 Tongass Land Management Plan. All activities of the Committee will…
USFS Tier II Protocol training | Sitka, AK | April 2014 Tier II is one method of quantifying the quality of stream habitat for spawning and rearing salmonids. It focuses on stream and channel morphology, and pool-forming structures in streams. Among agencies and funding organizations, it is a well-accepted approach. Therefore, by being trained in Tier II, you will be able to provide credible information and/or have a good understanding to advocate for stream restoration projects. This training is appropriate for any group interested in or actively partnering with federal / state / municipal agencies, or private landowners on stream restoration projects. Scott Harris, Conservation Science Director with Sitka Conservation Society, has talked with the Tongass National Forest and they are excited to conduct a Tier II…
This November community leaders and practitioners from 7 Southeast communities gathered for two days to share their stories, goals, opportunities, and challenges faced working toward sustainable community development and resource management in Southeast Alaska. [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] Those individuals that attended this meeting actively participate in a collaborative network of professionals and organizations with the common goal of supporting community efforts through information, knowledge, and resource exchange to build projects, programs and strategies that respond to the most pressing issues facing our communities, economies, and environments in Southeast Alaska. Coordinated by SAWC in partnership with the Tongass People and Place Program, this collaborative effort is called the Sustainable Southeast Network. This first Annual Meeting of the Sustainable Southeast Network brought together community-based professionals from Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Sitka,…
TWC is looking to hire a new Director: [gview file="http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TWC_Director_Job_Description_16Oct2013.pdf"]
Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center hosts a brown bag lunch lecture series on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at the UAS Auke Bay campus in Juneau. See their lecture schedule below: [gview file="http://www.uas.alaska.edu/acrc/acrc_education_outreach/ACRC_BB_lecture_flyer.pdf"]
Funding Opportunity: Environmental Solutions For Communities Grant Program Deadline to submit proposals: December 16, 2013 Wells Fargo and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation seek to promote sustainable communities through Environmental Solutions for Communities by supporting highly-visible projects that link economic development and community well-being to the stewardship and health of the environment. Collectively, investments under this initiative will promote a sustainable future for communities by: Supporting sustainable agricultural practices and private lands stewardship; Conserving critical land and water resources and improving local water quality; Restoring and managing natural habitat, species and ecosystems that are important to community livelihoods; Facilitating investments in green infrastructure, renewable energy and energy efficiency; and Encouraging broad-based citizen and targeted youth participation in project implementation. Grant awards will typically range…
