Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

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Funding Opportunity!

Increasing Recreational Fisheries Collaboration Through the Fish Habitat Partnerships (FY20) – Call for Ideas.  The Office of Habitat Conservation and the Recreational Fisheries Initiative are looking to identify and support projects within coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships that protect or restore habitat AND engage recreational fishing partners. Learn more here. Do you have ideas? Please contact Mat-Su Salmon Partnership Coordinator Jessica Speed jspeed@tnc.org. Learn about last years’s funded projects here. One page project ideas are due to NOAA by January 31, 2020.

Photo credit: Patty Sullivan/Mat-Su Borough

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Mat-Su Salmon Symposium was Nov 13 & 14th!

The 12th annual Mat-Su Salmon Science & Conservation Symposium was in Palmer, Alaska November 13 & 14.

The Symposium is a forum to share information on Mat-Su Basin watersheds, salmon, and salmon habitat; promoting an exchange of ideas about salmon science and conservation.

There was a Wild, Local and Traditional Foods Dinner the evening of November 13th. Learn more about the Symposium and associated events here.

Find a Symposium Agenda here and Press Release.

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Wild, Local and Traditional Foods Dinner

In association with the Mat-Su Salmon Symposium, this is an evening of celebrating wild, local and traditional foods of the Mat-Su as well as acknowledging the First Peoples and first salmon stewards of this land.

Following dinner, Angie Wade of Chickaloon Native Village will highlight several varied uses of salmon and engage participants in a short salmon skin craft for everyone to take home.

November 13th, 5:30-7:30 (doors open at 5pm) at Turkey Red in Palmer. Cost $20. Learn more and register here . Contact Jspeed@tnc.org, 907-865-5713 with questions. Sneak peak of the menu here.

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2019 Mat-Su Salmon Symposium Nov 13 & 14

Registration is now open for the 12th annual Mat-Su Salmon Science & Conservation Symposium, in Palmer, Alaska November 13 & 14.

The Symposium is a forum to share information on Mat-Su Basin watersheds, salmon, and salmon habitat; promoting an exchange of ideas about salmon science and conservation. Register and learn more here. Abstract submission closes October 7th.

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