On July 16 SAWC began sampling the waters at City Park and Petroglyph Beach in Wrangell These beaches were identified by DEC as a high priority because of their frequent use for swimming, wading, and recreation activities. Through this project, SAWC will...
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...
Cannery Creek is an anadromous stream that flows into Letnikof Cove, near Haines. It is listed as habitat for Coho Salmon and Dolly Varden rearing. The previous culvert was classified as “red” based on a perch of 108 inches at the outlet and a gradient of...
The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition (SAWC) was recently awarded funding through the State’s Alaska Clean Water Actions (ACWA) grant to carry out community watershed projects in the communities of Haines, Skagway, and Wrangell. A partnership between the...
A mass of eulachon heads upstream to spawnDark masses of eulachon swim upstreamNet full of eulachon from the fish trapsModified fyke net trap fishing for eulachonMarking the eulachon for the recapture survey by clipping the adipose finSmoked eulachon...
The only permanent settlement on Admiralty Island, 55 miles Southwest of Juneau and 41 miles North of Sitka, Angoon is a small community of about 570 residents. Because of the community’s remote location, produce available in town is very expensive and has...
