Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

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See the Partnership’s updated Strategic Action Plan!

The Mat-Su Salmon Habitat Partnership has an updated Strategic Action Plan! Originally an 18  month long process involving many individuals and organizations that was completed in 2008, we have updated our Strategic Action Plan following five years of implementation.

This Strategic Plan, identifies some primary conservation threats to salmon and their habitats in the Mat-Su Basin, and  lays out conservation goals and strategies that the Partnership, or anyone else can do to help keep wild abundant salmon the basin.

Find the Mat-Su Salmon Partnership’s 2013 Strategic Action Plan, Executive Summary and Appendices here.

Click here to learn about some of our efforts to meet the goals of the Strategic Action Plan.

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Mat-Su Salmon Symposium

Join us November 13th and 14th, 2013 for the sixth annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium!

 This year’s theme will be healthy salmon, healthy communities. Keynote speaker will be David Batker, Co-founder, Executive Director and Chief Economist of Earth Economics. The Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium is an annual forum to share information about salmon and their habitat in the Mat-Su Basin. Presentations span a wide range of topics – fish passage restoration projects on Mat-Su streams and assessment of their benefits to salmon; studies about geology, erosion, and salmon distribution on the Matanuska River; wetlands mapping and management; green Infrastructure planning; salmon distribution throughout the Mat-Su Basin; conservation of public lands; and more!

New location!: Palmer Community Center (Depot), 610 S. Valley Way, Palmer, Alaska.

Presentation and poster abstract submissions due by September 30th.

Please note: General registration deadline has been extended to Monday October 28th.

No cost to attend.  Lunch and snacks provided. 

Learn more at https://matsusalmon.org/what-we-do/science-symposium/2013-2/

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Please Review Draft Partnership Strategic Action Plan

In 2008 the Mat-Su Salmon Partnership developed its Strategic Action Plan to identify the Partnership’s long-term goals and strategies and to provide a tool the Partnership could use to prioritize projects related to fish habitat goals in the Mat-Su basin. In the last five years, much has happen in the Mat-Su Basin, and the Partnership has been busy addressing the priorities of the 2008 plan (find out more at https://matsusalmon.org/sample-page/our-strategy/).  In the last year, partners have reviewed the plan and drafted an updated strategy to conserve salmon habitat in the Mat-Su.

We need your thoughts on what the Partnership can do achieve our vision of thriving fish, healthy habitats, and vital communities in the Mat-Su.

 Please review the draft Strategic Action Plan and send your comments to corinne_smith@tnc.org by August 30th.

 

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2013 Streambank Restoration Workshops

  • Soldotna May 14th and 15th
  • Anchorage May 20th and 21st
  • Wasilla June 4th and 5th
  • Fairbanks June 12th and 13th

Presented by the

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

The first day of this workshop will be in the classroom and presents information on techniques for rehabilitating and restoring riparian habitat including: construction and plant materials, riparian and salmon habitat needs, and construction techniques. Case histories will be discussed in the afternoon, followed by a field trip to view completed projects in the area. On the second day we will install a shoreline revegetation project with workshop participants. There is no charge to attend.

 To register contact Amber Bethe at (907) 267-2403 or amber.bethe@alaska.gov

 

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