24Nov 2015 by Angie Eldred
Update: Work Underway on Skagway’s Interpretive StreamWalk Trail

Update: Work Underway on Skagway’s Interpretive StreamWalk Trail

Community Watershed Stewardship
  [caption id="attachment_5802" align="aligncenter" width="621"] Phase 1 project plan[/caption]   StreamWalk is an interpretive trail program designed to provide visitors to Skagway with easy access to popular natural and historic locations in and around Pullen Creek and Pullen Pond. The 1st phase of the project is now in the construction phase, which includes a gravel trail, four stream overlooks, replacement of the footbridge south of Pullen Pond, a dock on Pullen Pond, and a series of signs that offer information about Skagway’s natural and cultural resources. StreamWalk is funded through a Federal Highways Administration Federal Lands Access Program Grant with matching funds from the National Park Service. The project partners include Municipality of Skagway (MOS), Taiya Inlet Watershed Council (TIWC), the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, as well as support…
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28Aug 2013 by Angie Eldred
Pullen Creek Riparian Project

Pullen Creek Riparian Project

Community Watershed Stewardship
  This year the Taiya Inlet Watershed Council in Skagway undertook a project to protect critical salmon spawning habitat in Pullen Creek, a popular attraction for visitors.   [caption id="attachment_1355" align="aligncenter" width="507"] Pullen Creek and proposed project site[/caption] Located near Skagway's cruise ship docks and featuring dazzling annual runs of king, pink, and coho salmon, Pullen Creek is an easily accessible natural attraction for the many visitors traveling to Skagway each summer. Unfortunately, lacking a formal trail system or viewing area, the creek's riparian area has become degraded by visitors walking along the creek's edges to experience the salmon up close; causing streambank erosion, and trampled riparian vegetation that impact habitat crucial to salmon reproduction in the creek.        Road near the creek and riparian area before fence…
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05Mar 2013 by Angie Eldred
Pullen Creek Streamwalk

Pullen Creek Streamwalk

Community Watershed Stewardship
    Taiya Inlet Watershed Council has partnered with the Municipality of Skagway, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program to develop the Pullen Creek Streamwalk.   [caption id="attachment_990" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Conceptual design for Pullen Creek Streamwalk[/caption]     The Pullen Creek Corridor has long been an area of interest to visitors and residents of Skagway. The creek's proximity to the cruise ship docks and downtown area as well as annual runs of king, pink, and coho salmon in the creek make it an attractive and accessible nature retreat. Unfortunately, a network of informal social trails lead people onto the riparian zone and into the creek, which degrades salmon spawning and rearing habitat, causes erosion, and tramples riparian vegetation.…
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