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25Jul 2013 by Angie Eldred

Funding Opportunity: AK Sustainable Salmon Fund CFP

The Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund has issued a Call For Proposals with a deadline of August 28th, 2013 AKSSF staff is offering a webinar on July 30th (9:00 – 11:00 a.m.) to help applicants understand AKSSF proposal development and the project selection processes. To join this webinar please contact Terry Tavel - theresa.tavel@alaska.gov; 907-465-6117 The categories for High Priority Objective project funding in the Southeast Alaska region are: Goal 1: Habitat – Projects proposed under this goal must contribute to the conservation of salmon or steelhead habitat. Goal 2: Stock Assessment – Projects proposed under this goal must contribute to management of salmon or steelhead populations utilized for subsistence. See below or follow the buttons for more detailed information on this CFP and SE High Priority Objective project funding: [button…

22Jul 2013 by Angie Eldred

Yakutat Salmon Paleontology Project

Community Watershed Stewardship

The City and Borough of Yakutat is working on a paleontology project to get a glimpse at historic salmon runs of the past on the Situk River. In partnership with the University of Idaho, University of Alaska, and the Army Corps of Engineers, the project will combine paleontology and genetics work to gain a better understanding of what sockeye runs on the Situk River looked like years ago. The Nunatak and Hubbard glaciers are part of one of the largest ice fields on earth and are melting rapidly, which is causing the glaciers to surge. Flooding of the Situk River occurred in the nineteenth century and it is likely that a flooding event will occur again, which may severely impact many of the species on which…

07Mar 2013 by Angie Eldred

Salmon Stream Habitat Assessment

Community Watershed Stewardship

Hydaburg Cooperative Association has implemented a Salmon Stream Habitat Assessment program to assess anadromous stream habitat to properly classify stream systems and to nominate any assessed streams that qualify under state criteria as "fish habitat" for cataloging. [caption id="attachment_1007" align="aligncenter" width="444"] Jim Giese, Minnie Kadake, Herbert Nix and Tony Sanderson next to the Hetta Fish Weir[/caption] Partnering with the Sustainable Salmon Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Kai Environmental, and the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Hydaburg Cooperative Association is working to assess anadromous stream habitat to ensure that everything is accurately classified in order to maximize the amount of protection available for habitat in areas of concern facing growing development. The information collected provides baseline data on fish habitat in the stream systems identified. The stream…

06Mar 2013 by Angie Eldred

Hetta Lake Sockeye Stock Assessment

Community Watershed Stewardship

Hydaburg Cooperative Association has partnered with the Office of Subsistence Management, AK Department of Fish and Game, the US Forest Service, and Kai Environmental to develop the Hetta Lake Sockeye Stock Assessment project. The goal of this project is to increase the number of returning adult sockeye salmon to the Hetta Lake stream system. This assessment program is also used to enhance local management of fisheries resources by gathering the harvest information of local subsistence users and accurately reporting harvest data to the State and Federal departments of Fish and Game. This data provides an estimate of the total return of sockeye to the Hetta Lake stream system, which is the primary stream used for subsistence by Hydaburg residents. This sockeye stock assessment project has been implemented to…

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