Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

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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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Pending Funding Opportunity!

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 .  This summer the Partnership will again be requesting proposals for funding for fiscal year 2015. Stay tuned for the announcement on this website www.matsusalmon.org, the Partnership facebook page and email list serve. To sign up for email updates contact jspeed@tnc.org.

Learn more by reading the detailed guidelines applicable to proposals submitted in 2013 for fiscal year 2014 funds.

 

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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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Welcome Newest Partnership Members!

Alaska Salmon Alliance
Arni Thomson and Crew of the Wizard. Fall 2011The Alaska Samon Alliance (ASA), is a 501(c)6 fisheries trade organization representing seafood processors and commercial fishermen of the Kenai Peninsula.  ASA believes that wild Alaska Salmon are part of the cultural fabric of our state.  They are woven into our past, our present and our future. 
The Alaska Salmon Alliance is focused on public education, promoting the value of scientifically based salmon management to preserve habitats and create predictable harvests for all salmon users in the Cook Inlet region.  ASA promotes long-term sustainability and is a source for accurate information about the salmon industry. We advocate for a thoughtful, process-oriented allocation of Cook Inlet salmon for the benefit of all Alaska. 
Learn more by visiting the Alaska Salmon Alliance website.
“After attending a Symposium in 2010, I knew joining the Mat-Su Salmon Partnership was the right thing to do.  It is a grassroots practical and reasonable organization dedicated to the preservation of salmon stocks in perpetuity.”     – Arni Thomson, Executive Director ASA
 
Tyonek Tribal Conservation District
Tyonek TCD fish pssg work 2013 (3)TTCD is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to conserve, enhance, and encourage the wise use of the natural resources within our District, which shares its boundaries with Game Management Unit 16B.
In 2005, Tyonek took a historic step and became the first village in Alaska to start a Tribal Conservation District. The Tyonek Tribal Conservation District was formed through a mutual agreement between the Native Village of Tyonek (NVT), the Tyonek Native Corporation (TNC), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). TTCD is a non-regulatory entity that provides technical and financial assistance to District landowners to achieve their conservation goals.
Since hiring staff in 2011, TTCD has been involved in a variety of projects. In 2012, TTCD began developing a Natural Resource Assessment and Project Implementation Plan, funded through the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska Coastal Program. Also in 2012, TTCD worked with USFWS, ADF&G, the Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership, and the Native Village of Tyonek to install a fish friendly culvert on Indian Creek in the Tyonek area.
Learn more about Tyonek Tribal Conservation District by visiting ttcd.org.
“The Tyonek Tribal Conservation District (TTCD) is excited to be a new member of the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership.”    – Christy Cincotta, Executive Director Tyonek TCD
 Click here to see other Partnership organizations, or become a member by filling out a brief application.

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