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Connecting Across Tikahtnu: A Joint Fish Habitat Partnership Meeting Proceedings (UAA Center for Conservation Science & Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, April 2025. *This was a meeting bringing together Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership and Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership.
Building Habitat Resiliency for Chinook Salmon in the Deshka River Watershed (Cook Inletkeeper, January 2023)
Elodea Mediates Juvenile Salmon Growth by Altering Physical Structure in Freshwater Habitats.(Carey, M.P., Reeves, G.H., Sethi, S.A. et al. Biol Invasions, 2023)
Riparian Buffers Publications at ARLIS Library: Literature Search (Alaska Resources Library & Information Services (ARLIS), 2023).*Note: This is a list of references regarding riparian buffers and impacts to aquatic resources based on publications since 2011. Some links may not be open source.
Building a Fish-Friendly Mat-Su Basin (The Nature Conservancy, Salmon-Safe, 2018)
Wetland Loss Assessment by Wetland Type and Watershed in an Expanded Core Area of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Kenai Watershed Forum, 2018)
Landscape Scale Mapping of Pacific Salmon and their Freshwater Habitats in the Mat-Su Basin (The Nature Conservancy, 2016)
Salmon Passage Restoration Cost-Benefit Prioritization for the Matanuska-Susitna Basin, Alaska (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2016)
Riparian Impact Evaluation of Priority Streams in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Palmer Soil & Water Conservation District, 2015)
Updating Mat-Su Stream Maps to National Standards. Updating the NHD in the Matanuska-Susitna Basin, Alaska – Final Project Report (St. Mary’s University, The Nature Conservancy, 2015)
Knik Arm Salmon Ecology Integrated Research Plan (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, HDR Alaska, Inc., 2010)
The Mat-Su Salmon Partnership has produced several science summaries to help synthesize information on various salmon habitat related topics for Mat-Su community leaders and general public. Find them below.
- Value of healthy streambanks
- Importance of wetlands
- Salmon and Aquatic Invasive species – focused on Northern pike and aquatic invasive plant Elodea.
Following are Partnership progress reports: 2005 – 2013, 2014/2015 , 2016-2019, and annual highlights and progress submitted to the National Fish Habitat Partnership: 2020, 2021, 2022.
