Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

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Part-time Job Opportunity!

On behalf of the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership, the Nature Conservancy is seeking a part-time coordinator to help with planning and implementation of the 2014 Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium, held November 18th and 19th in Palmer, Alaska.  This will be contract work averaging 10 – 15 hours per week through November 2014, with 25 – 30 hours required the week of the Symposium.

To apply please send a resume and cover letter to Jessica Speed, jspeed@tnc.org by Friday August 22nd. Find the full job description here: Mat-Su Salmon Symposium Coordinator – position description.

Please feel free to forward this information on to anyone, or organization you deem relevant. Thank you!

 

 

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Funding Opportunity!

The Mat-Su Salmon Habitat Partnership is requesting proposals for funding for fiscal year 2015

Since 2006, the Mat-Su Salmon Habitat Partnership, a National Fish Habitat Partnership, has offered funds in support of salmon habitat conservation activities and priorities, as identified in the Mat-Su Salmon Partnership Strategic Action Plan.

The deadline for proposals is October 1st, 2014.

Find the detailed guidelines and application attached and on the Partnership website at https://matsusalmon.org/what-we-do/types-of-projects/.

 

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New Partnership Progress Report!

Please check out the Mat-Su Salmon Habitat Partnership’s newest publication – a progress report that highlights and celebrates the collective work of the Partnership over the last nine years. Although all accomplishments of partners could not be included in these few pages, it is none-the-less impressive!

Well done to the many individuals and organizations whose hard work and vision built these successes!

Find an electronic version on the Partnership website at www.matsusalmon.org.

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Montana Creek on National ‘Waters to Watch’ List

        2014 “WATERS TO WATCH” PROVIDE EYE FOR THE FUTURE OF FISH CONSERVATION Broadly supported conservation efforts to increase fish populations and improve habitat conditions

(Washington, DC) – The National Fish Habitat Partnership (www.fishhabitat.org) has unveiled its list of 10 “Waters to Watch” list for 2014, a collection of rivers, streams, estuaries, lakes and watershed systems that will benefit from strategic conservation efforts to protect, restore or enhance their current condition. These waters represent a detailed snapshot of this year’s locally driven voluntary habitat conservation efforts in progress implemented under the National Fish Habitat Partnership by 19 regional Fish Habitat Partnerships throughout the country.

The objective of these projects—to conserve freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats essential to the many fish and wildlife species that call these areas home—is the foundation of the National Fish Habitat Partnership. Throughout the year, through the work of our partners, these projects will demonstrate how conservation efforts are turning around persistent declines in our nation’s aquatic habitats. Having featured 80 partnership projects since 2007, these “Waters to Watch” are proving that on-the-ground conservation activities and science-based strategies are truly making a difference in improving fish habitat.

“These projects are a model for how fish habitat conservation should be approached.” said Kelly Hepler, Chair of the National Fish Habitat Board.  “Often times these projects bring partners together that otherwise may not work together.  These efforts are all about working across boundaries and jurisdictions with a wide array of partners involved, working for the greater good of habitat conservation.”

The 2014 “Waters to Watch” list and associated Fish Habitat Partnerships:

1)Bear Creek, Colorado (Western Native Trout Initiative)
2) Boardman River, Michigan (Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership)
3) Eel River Delta, California (California Fish Passage Forum)  
4) Lake Bloomington, Illinois (Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership)
5) Milltown Island Estuary, Washington (Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership)
6) Montana Creek, Alaska (Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership)
7) Muddy River, Nevada  (Desert Fish Habitat Partnership)
8) Nash Stream, New Hampshire (Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture)
9) Tolomato River, Florida (Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership/AtlanticCostal Fish Habitat Partnership)
10) Twelvemile Creek Watershed, Alaska (Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership)

For more information on project maps and descriptions of the 10 Waters to Watch list for 2014, Visit:  http://fishhabitat.org/waters-to-watch/2014

Visit the Waters to Watch Homepage for all of our projects from 2007-2014.
Visit, http://ecosystems.usgs.gov/fishhabitat/ to use our interactive habitat data mapper.

About the National Fish Habitat Partnership:
Since 2006, the National Fish Habitat Partnership has been a partner in 417 projects in 46 states benefiting fish habitat. The National Fish Habitat Partnership works to conserve fish habitat nationwide, leveraging federal, state, tribal, and private funding resources to achieve the greatest impact on fish populations through priority conservation projects. The national partnership implements the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and supports 19 regional grassroots partner organizations. For more information visit:

 

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Alaska Online Aquatic Temperature Site (AKOATS)

AKOATS  statewide stream and lake temperature monitoring inventory is underway! Got data? Need data?

Through a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), University of Alaska Anchorage’s Alaska Natural Heritage Program is developing a comprehensive statewide inventory of current and historic continuous monitoring locations for stream and lake temperature. This project is one component of the LCC’s strategy to understand potential climate impacts to freshwater systems across Alaska.

Project Details

WHAT: This project is compiling a statewide catalog of monitoring locations using a common set of attributes. Future Landscape Conservation Cooperative LCC projects will entail gathering the aquatic temperature measurement data.

Please view our DRAFT version  web map  to see the current inventory which we are updating as data become available.

WHERE: All waters of Alaska.

WHO: AKOATS hopes to gather data from federal, state, local, tribal, academic, and non-governmental agencies monitoring aquatic temperatures.

HOW:  Through a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (WALCC), we are developing a comprehensive statewide inventory of current and historic continuous monitoring locations for stream and lake temperature. This project is one component of the LCC’s strategy to understand potential climate impacts to freshwater systems across Alaska.

DATA CONTACT: If you: have collected (past), are collecting (present), or plan to collect (future) stream or lake temperature data and would like to have your sensors incorporated into AKOATS, please contact Marcus Geist at mageist@uaa.alaska.edu or 907-786-6325.  We have developed domain driven (“picklists”) standards and templates to facilitate data compilation making your participation as easy as possible.

 

 

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