Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

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One Week Away!

We are one week away from the 9th Annual Mat-Su Salmon Symposium!

All are invited to a public evening lecture on Thursday, November 17 at 6:30PM at the Palmer Community Depot. Late registration at the door on both Thursday and Friday is possible, though lunch is not guaranteed. Come learn about salmon and their habitat in the Mat-Su Basin! We’ll see you there!

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10th Annual Mat-Su Salmon Science & Conservation Symposium

2017 marks the 10th year of bringing people together to network, information share, collaborate and stay updated on the latest salmon and salmon habitat related efforts in the Mat-Su Basin through the annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium.  We are beginning planning for this year’s event. Do you have a keynote speaker or session topic you think would be of particular interest? Do you have ideas on how we could make this year’s Symposium even better? If so please get in touch – and consider joining the 2017 Symposium Planning Committee. For more information, contact Jessica Speed.

We are also continuing fundraising for 2017. Thank you to our many past supporters, please get in touch with Jessica Speed at above contact if you would like to provide support this year.

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Wildlife Wednesdays Lecture Series – Fall schedule

Mat-Su Salmon Partnership is proud to be teaming up with Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaskans for Palmer Hay Flats and The Nature Conservancy to offer a winter lecture series celebrating the wonder of Southcentral Alaska’s fish and wildlife resources.

Click here to see our fall schedule.

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Proposed Ordinance to Maintain Shoreline Vegetation

An ordinance (ORD 2016-051) proposing maintenance of a 50ft shoreline vegetation area (‘riparian buffer’) on 25 high priority salmon streams was introduced to the Mat-Su Borough (MSB) Planning Commission for public hearing and deliberation in May, 2016. The ordinance is intended to conserve salmon habitat, prevent property damage from erosion, and reduce pollution entering waterbodies.
Adopting standards for riparian buffers next to streams and rivers that are recognized as high priority habitat for salmon addresses critical goals for salmon conservation identified in the Partnership’s Strategic Action Plan. The Partnership supports establishment of these standards, and the Steering Committee wrote a letter to the Mat-Su Borough Mayor and Assembly indicating this support and why. Click here to read the letter.
The proposed ordinance has moved to the MSB Assembly, and was considered at their August 2nd meeting, where it was sent back to the Planning Commission for further deliberation and a requested public education process.  Planning Commission review and public education is to be completed, with the ordinance back to the Assembly by December 6, 2016.

Full text and associated materials can be found here  http://www.matsugov.us/docs/meetings/15392/080216-clerks-assembly-packet.pdf  – pages 1040 to 1072.

For more information, or to submit public comment, contact Frankie Barker at MSB Planning Department (907)861-8439, frankie.barker@matsugov.us

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