The 18th Annual Mat-Su Salmon Science & Conservation Symposium was held on November 20th and 21st, 2025, and it was a tremendous success! We extend our sincere thanks to all the partners, researchers, community leaders, and conservationists who joined us for two days of collaborative discussion, knowledge sharing, and strategic planning under the theme, “Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future.” The event was particularly significant as the Partnership celebrates 20 years of collaborative conservation. The Symposium featured a compelling keynote address on Mat-Su’s changing climate and launched the next update to the Partnership’s Strategic Action Plan. For a full recap of the highlights, key topics, and information on when presentations will be posted, please visit the Symposium page.
Mat-Su Salmon Science & Conservation Symposium, November 20th and 21st, 2025
The Mat-Su Salmon Symposium is coming up fast, but registration is still open! Join us for the 18th annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium, November 20th and 21st, 2025 at the Palmer Community Center Depot in Palmer, Alaska! The Symposium is an annual forum to share information about salmon and their habitat in the Mat-Su Basin. Find 2025 Agenda here and booklet.
This years keynote speaker is Rick Thoman, climate specialist with the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Join us for his in-person talk, Mat-Su’s Changing Environment: Connecting the Past, Present and Future on Thursday, November 20th from 9:30am to 10:30am at the Palmer Depot. To attend the keynote talk remotely, sign up for a free virtual ticket on the registration site. We are excited to share over 20 amazing presenters and their work!
Don’t forget to join us for the evening salmon social on Thursday, November 20th from 4pm to 7pm at the Matanuska Brewing Company! Anyone interested in fish and their conservation is welcome. Learn more by clicking on the flyer. Special thanks to Matanuska Brewing Company for generously hosting!
The call for oral and poster presentations has closed, but there’s still opportunity to share 3-minute ‘”tidbit” updates — quick, informal project highlights, event announcements or other fishy related updates. Sign up on-site at the Palmer Depot for the day you’d like to present (first come, first served). No abstract or write-up required!
Find more information on the Symposium webpage at www.matsusalmon.org.
June 14th:Plants for Salmon Community Planting Day on Montana Creek!
Susitna River Coalition, the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership, Knik Tribal Council, Trout Unlimited, Mat-Su Borough, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are hosting the 3rd Annual Plants for Salmon community planting event on Montana Creek, Talkeetna. On Saturday, June 14th, these partners will join with community members to restore a section of Montana Creek next to the Yoder Road bridge. This family friendly event will include informational booths, crafts, and a minnow trapping presentation. Volunteers can enjoy complimentary food and drinks, and everyone can bring home a small white spruce.
For the third year, partners and community volunteers will be planting 200+ native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants to improve habitat and water quality on Montana Creek. Streamside vegetation plays an important role in maintaining the health of our fisheries by providing shelter, shade and nutrients for wild salmon. This is part of a multi-year project to revegetate 450 feet of rip rap armor that was applied following a significant flood event in 2012, to protect the downstream bridge.
Who: We want to give a big shout out to the partners who made it all happen: Susitna River Coalition, the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership, Matanuska Susitna Borough, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Knik Tribal Council, and Trout Unlimited. Added thanks to additional event and greater project sponsors – Trout Unlimited Southcentral Alaska Chapter and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Montana Creek is one of four projects NOAA Fisheries funded in 2023 to restore habitat through the coastal National Fish Habitat Partnerships.
What: A community planting day to restore the streambank along Montana Creek
When: Saturday, June 14 from 10am-2pm
Where: Montana Creek, next to Yoder Road bridge, Talkeetna, AK
Agenda: Opening remarks will begin at 10am. Lunch will be around noon, including a group photo. At 12:30, FWS Biologist Joe Lyon will show live juvenile salmon to participants and teach everyone some of the ways plants are important to those fish. Closing remarks will happen either during the group photo or at 1pm. Planting continues until about 2pm.
Event flyer here. Contact jessica.speed@tu.org or info@susitnarivercoalition.org with any questions.
Connecting Across Tikahtnu: Kenai & Mat-Su Joint Fish Habitat Partnerships Meeting
Join us April 21-22, 2025 at the BP Energy Center, Anchorage.
The intent of the symposium is to support healthy fisheries, people and economies on the Kenai Peninsula and in the Mat-Su by better connecting people and organizations working on salmon watershed stewardship in the region, particularly Kenai and Mat-Su fish habitat partnerships. Register here, find event agenda here and abstract booklet. This event is sponsored by the Salmon Watershed Stewardship Project and organized by UAA Alaska Center for Conservation Science and Kachemak Bay Estuarine Research Reserve. Contact Rosie Masui, rmmasui@alaska.edu with questions.
Map author: Cook Inletkeeper
Angler Conservation Funding Opportunity
The NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation and the Recreational Fisheries Initiative are seeking to identify and support projects within coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships (FHPs) that protect or restore habitat AND engage recreational fishing partners.
Read full request for proposals here. Proposals are due by April 18th, 2025
Find summaries of FY23 funded projects – including one in the Mat-Su, here.
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