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Hydrographic Data Harmonization Phase III Workshop: Alaska-British Columbia-Yukon Juneau June 1-5, 2015

IJC Hydrographic Data Harmonization Phase III Workshop: Alaska-British Columbia-Yukon

 June 1-5, 2015, Juneau, Alaska

US Contact:                Karen Hanson: 801-908-5038 khanson@usgs.gov

Canadian Contact:      Judy Kwan: 604-664-9153 judy.kwan@ec.gc.ca

International Contact: Mike Laitta: 202-736-9022 Laittam@Washington.ijc.org

Start Time:                  1:00 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2015

End Time:                   12:00 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2015

The goal of this workshop is to populate the new subset of Subbasins (US8-CAN4units) that constitute the boundary region along the Alaska-British Columbia border  with seamless Watersheds (US 10-digit, WSC 6-digit codes) and Subwatersheds (US 12-digit, WSC 7- digit codes), standardized and interoperable with both Canadian and U.S. Federal, State and Provincial drainage area interpretations. All recommended delineations are based on standard topographic, hydrographic base layers and local data holdings. The structure of the workshop is interactive; IJC Task Force members prepare an ArcMap edit session and table in order  to capture comments and suggested edits for each of these aggregations. Particular focus is placed on confluences and ridgeline placement.

Harmonization of the 10-digit, and all 12-digit within a shared 10-digit is the focus of the workshop. Proposed delineations will be posted for participant review one month prior to the workshop.

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News, Partner Event, Trainings

American Water Resources Association Spring Conference May 13-15

Registration and a call for abstracts is now open for the American Water Resources Association-Alaska Chapter’s Conference, “Water Resource Remote Sensing Applications in Alaska”.  The conference will be held in Fairbanks on May 13-May 15, 2015.  Please see the conference website for more details:
The conference will be a mixture of Keynote Speakers, hands-on workshops, catered poster sessions, and field trips focused on remote sensing applications in water resources research and managment.  A number of field trips have also been organized to sites around Fairbanks hosted by experts in water resources and remote sensing.
There will be a limited number of student travel scholarships and poster awards!  Please see the website for more details.
Remote sensing has tremendous application in Alaska!  This conference will provide great information for all levels of interest and application.

 

News, Regional Publication

Icefield-to-Ocean Linkages – new paper released in BioScience and checkout winning poster!

Icefield-to-Ocean Linkages across the Northern Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem

Alaska’s coastal glaciers are among the most rapidly changing on the planet. They’re also, as U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Climate Science Center communications lead Kristin Timm says, “more than just ice.” Glacial runoff drives ocean currents and supports the habitats of the salmon that local fishermen rely on. In the recent paper, Icefield-to-Ocean Linkages across the Northern Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem, published in the journal BioScience and led by Shad O’Neel, also from the Alaska Science Center, synthesizes what scientists currently know about the physical, chemical and biological connections that link high elevation icefields and glaciers, streams, temperate rainforest, and the ocean.  Authors discuss impacts of changing climate impacts noting that “rates of glacier mass loss in the northern Pacific coastal temperate rainforest are among the highest on Earth, and changes in glacier volume and extent will affect the flow regime and chemistry of coastal rivers, as well as the nearshore marine ecosystem of the Gulf of Alaska”. You can check out a pdf of the article here.  Also, Timm collaborated with glaciologists and ecologists at the center to design this poster, which illustrates the impact of ice fields on both people and the environment.  As a special note this poster From Icefield To Ocean won the People’s Choice award for Posters & Graphics at the 2015 Vizzies!

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News, Partner Event, Regional Event, SEAKFHP Event

Upcoming restoration courses taking place in Juneau next week!

Two river restoration oriented courses taking place in Juneau next week – check out the registration and course details below.

April 14, 2015 – Beavers as Restoration Tools Workshop – http://noncredit.pdx.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=39681371 
April 15, 2015 – RiverRat: River Restoration and Analysis Tools – http://noncredit.pdx.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=29231122  (be sure to register for the class ending in -002)
News, Regional Event

Chinook Salmon Informational Evening Event April 2, 6:30-9:00 pm – Juneau Arts and Culture Center

Chinook Salmon of Northern Southeast Alaska: Status, Management, and Research

Thursday April 2, 2015 6:30-9:00 pm Juneau Arts and Culture Center

Hosted by The Territorial Sportsmen, with featured speakers from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

Join us for a free symposium about king salmon and fishery management in our region. Presentations will include:

•Chinook Salmon Research Initiative
•Stock assessment, with emphasis on Taku and Chilkat Rivers
•Chinook salmon life history in the marine environment
•Chinook salmon management in Northern Southeast Alaska–an outlook to the 2015 season.

News, Partner Event

FLOW 2015 – “Protecting Rivers and Lakes in the Face of Uncertainty”

Plan on attending and register for the third international workshop on flow and water level conservation for fish, wildlife, ecological processes and uses: “Protecting Rivers and Lakes in the Face of Uncertainty“.

The April 28-30, 2015 workshop/conference will be hosted by the Instream Flow Council (IFC) at the Red Lion Jantzen Beach Hotel, Portland, OR and is open to all water use stakeholders and interests.

See links below to access program and related information:

– Program: http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/flow-2015/flow-2015-program/

– Link to Online Registration for Attendees: http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/flow-2015/event-registration/

– Link to Hotel Reservation Conference Rates: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=11366820

– Link to Call for Posters: http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/flow-2015/flow-2015flow-2015-call-for-posters/ 

– Link to Conference Overview- all categories: http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/flow-2015/       

– Link to Speaker Profiles: http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/flow-2015/flow-2015-speaker-profiles/

– Becoming a Sponsor and/or Exhibitor Online Processing (online processing confirmation can take 24 to 72 hours): http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/flow-2015/flow2015-sponsors-and-exhibitors/

– Instream Flow Council (IFC) Overview  http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/about/

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News, Partner Event, SEAKFHP Event, Uncategorized

America’s Fish and Fisheries – Shared through the Camera Lens – A 2015 AFS Film Festival – Film Submission Guidance Now Available!

America’s Fish and Fisheries – Shared through the Camera Lens – A 2015 AFS Film Festival

The Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership, Western Native Trout Initiative, Sitka Conservation Society, Southeast Sustainable Partnership, and The Salmon Project all invite you to submit a fishy-film to be showcased as part of America’s Fish and Fisheries – Shared through the Camera Lens a film festival taking place during the American Fisheries Society’s 145th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon this August.

Film Submissions DUE – Thursday, March 12, 2015

Check out the film submission guidance and online submission form here

Festival films will focus in on an aspect of the connections between people and fish, the unique life cycles and habitat needs of different species, advances in fisheries science, or how resource practitioners and ordinary people are helping conserve fish and their habitats across the nation; films are anticipated that reflect the American Fisheries Society mission statement and strengthen the fisheries profession.

The film festival will take place during the American Fisheries Society’s 145th Annual Meeting over a two-day period. Films will be shown continuously during this time to allow meeting attendees to drop in to see films at their convenience.  Film submitters are encouraged to attend the conference and film festival.  Details on the conference can be found at http://2015.fisheries.org/.

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If you have any questions regarding the film festival please contact Deborah Hart, Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership Coordinator, at coordinator@sealakafishhabitat.org.

(And a big thanks to Therese Thompson from Western Native Trout Initiative, Katrina Mueller, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Alaska Region), and Bethany Goodrich, Sitka Conservation Society/Sustainable Southeast Partnership for their help as festival organizers!)