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Postponed….Fall 2014 Workshop: Using Beaver to Restore Streams — the state of the art and science

beaver_pl1255POSTPONED until Spring – check back for details

Using Beaver to Restore Streams — the state of the art and science

1-day workshops for practitioners, landowners, land managers and regulators

Confirmed Dates and Venues:

Nov. 20, 2014 – Juneau, AK

Jan. 14, 2015 – Everett, WA

Jan 21 or 22, 2015 – Portland, OR

Feb. 12, 2015 – Weed, CA

To Register:

http://epp.esr.pdx.edu/registration.html

Course Fee: $50

Presenters:

Michael M. Pollock, Ph.D., Ecosystems Analyst – NOAA Fisheries  NWF Science Center

Chris E. Jordan, Ph.D.,  Mathematical Ecologist – NOAA Fisheries NWF Science Center

Janine Castro, Ph.D., Fluvial Geomorphologist – US Fish & Wildlife Service & NOAA Fisheries

Gregory Lewallen, Graduate Student – Portland State University

These workshops will be offered for a nominal fee through a partnership with US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, and Portland State University, Environmental Professional Program.

Using beaver to restore streams is rapidly gaining acceptance as a cost-effective technique to improve aquatic habitat, especially for salmonids. Regulatory and institutional obstacles are being reduced or removed as scientific advances continue to demonstrate that beaver can restore stream habitat far more effectively, and at a much lower cost, than many traditional stream restoration approaches.

Join us for an intensive 1-day workshop symposium for the beta release of a state-of-the-science manual regarding the use of beaver to restore streams. Workshops will be interactive with the audience as we walk through the manual and describe its use to facilitate the restoration of streams. We will provide assessment tools for determining how, where, and when to use beaver in stream restoration. Also included will be a discussion of the regulatory process and how to maximize the probability of successfully obtaining permits.

As a leader in aquatic habitat restoration, your feedback on this document is very important to us and necessary to create an effective tool for restoration using beaver.  We encourage you and your colleagues to attend a workshop and to spread the word. Please let us know if you would like to join us and/or if you know of particular groups who may want to attend by responding to this announcement, so that we may adjust the number of workshops as necessary.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing back from you.

For more information contact: maryanns@pdx.edu , 503-725-2343 until 6/30/2014

Starting July 1, 2014 contact epp@pdx.edu    503-725-5388

News, Partner Event, Regional Event, SEAKFHP Event

First Annual Alaska Fish Film Festival! October 2014

The Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership will be hosting the first annual Alaska Fish Film Festival during the annual meeting of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and American Water Resources Association in Juneau (October 20–24, 2014) Conference Details.

We are soliciting fish-related videos for the Festival and encourage you to capture footage this summer and/or edit footage you already have!  Check out the details here.

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Rivers that Feed Us – a presentation by Wade Davis

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Wade Davis: Anthropologist | Author | Explorer

MAY 14 at 7pm

Juneau Arts & Culture Center

Enjoy light Taku River salmon appetizers while listening to this National Geographic Society “Explorer for the Millennium” share the story of the Sacred Headwaters campaign to protect the salmon-rich Stikine, Nass and Skeena Rivers of northern British Columbia. This story has lessons for the current fight to safeguard from industrial development the other great salmon rivers that flow from British Columbia into Southeast Alaska.

A panel discussion with First Nations and tribal leaders to follow.

www.daviswade.com or call (907) 209-8486

This event is FREE but kindly RSVP here.

News, NFHP Event, Partner Event, SEAKFHP Event

2014 Waters to Watch Announced

We are excited to share some good news – the Twelvemile Creek Watershed restoration efforts taking place on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska were chosen as part of the National Fish Habitat Partnership 2014 Waters to Watch Campaign.
This is a terrific opportunity to highlight some of the great restoration work happening in Southeast Alaska!
You can find details specific to the Twelvemile Creek Watershed at this URL: http://fishhabitat.org/content/twelvemile-creek-watershed-alaska

For Immediate Release: May 6, 2014

Contact: Ryan Roberts
National Fish Habitat Partnership
202-624-5851
rroberts@fishwildlife.org

 

2014 “WATERS TO WATCH” PROVIDE EYE FOR THE FUTURE OF FISH CONSERVATION


Broadly supported conservation efforts to increase fish populations and improve habitat conditions

(Washington, DC) – The National Fish Habitat Partnership (www.fishhabitat.org) has unveiled its list of 10 “Waters to Watch” list for 2014, a collection of rivers, streams, estuaries, lakes and watershed systems that will benefit from strategic conservation efforts to protect, restore or enhance their current condition. These waters represent a detailed snapshot of this year’s locally driven voluntary habitat conservation efforts in progress implemented under the National Fish Habitat Partnership by 19 regional Fish Habitat Partnerships throughout the country.

The objective of these projects—to conserve freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats essential to the many fish and wildlife species that call these areas home—is the foundation of the National Fish Habitat Partnership. Throughout the year, through the work of our partners, these projects will demonstrate how conservation efforts are turning around persistent declines in our nation’s aquatic habitats. Having featured 80 partnership projects since 2007, these “Waters to Watch” are proving that on-the-ground conservation activities and science-based strategies are truly making a difference in improving fish habitat.

“These projects are a model for how fish habitat conservation should be approached.” said Kelly Hepler, Chair of the National Fish Habitat Board.  “Often times these projects bring partners together that otherwise may not work together.  These efforts are all about working across boundaries and jurisdictions with a wide array of partners involved, working for the greater good of habitat conservation.”


The 2014 “Waters to Watch” list and associated Fish Habitat Partnerships: 

1) Bear Creek, Colorado (Western Native Trout Initiative)

2) Boardman River, Michigan (Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership)

3) Eel River Delta, California (California Fish Passage Forum)  

4) Lake Bloomington, Illinois (Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership) 

5) Milltown Island Estuary, Washington (Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership) 

6) Montana Creek, Alaska (Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership)

7) Muddy River, Nevada  (Desert Fish Habitat Partnership) 

8) Nash Stream, New Hampshire (Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture)

9) Tolomato River, Florida (Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership/Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership)10) Twelvemile Creek Watershed, Alaska (Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership)


For more information on project maps and descriptions of the 10 Waters to Watch list for 2014, Visit: http://fishhabitat.org/waters-to-watch/2014

Visit the Waters to Watch Homepage for all of our projects from 2007-2014.

Visit, http://ecosystems.usgs.gov/fishhabitat/ to use our interactive habitat data mapper.

About the National Fish Habitat Partnership:

Since 2006, the National Fish Habitat Partnership has been a partner in 417 projects in 46 states benefiting fish habitat. The National Fish Habitat Partnership works to conserve fish habitat nationwide, leveraging federal, state, tribal, and private funding resources to achieve the greatest impact on fish populations through priority conservation projects. The national partnership implements the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and supports 19 regional grassroots partner organizations. For more information visit:

http://fishhabitat.org/
http://www.facebook.com/NFHAP
https://twitter.com/FishHabitat

http://www.scoop.it/t/fish-habitat

 

Ryan Roberts

National Fish Habitat Partnership Communications Coordinator

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

444 N. Capitol St. NW (Suite 725)

Washington, DC 20001

O: 202.624.5851

C: 202.329.8882

www.fishhabitat.org

News, Partner Event, Trainings

AK Hydro Editing and Workflow Training – February 3-5, 2014

AK Hydro Editing and Workflow Training – February 3-5, 2014,  ADNR TIPS Training Room, Anchorage, AK

Please join in for a free, hands-on training of Alaska’s hydrography stewardship model, the Alaska Hydrography Database (AK Hydro).

Attendees will gain exposure to the standards and workflows required to participate in the statewide hydrography collaboration, as well as get hands-on experience editing and contributing updates to both AK Hydro and the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). If you’re interested in updating hydrography data in Alaska, then this training is for you!

This training is sponsored by the Alaska Hydrography Technical Working Group (AHTWG). For more information about AHTWG, please visit http://seakgis.alaska.edu/ahtwg/

For more information about the training or to sign up, please contact Becci Anderson at rdanderson@usgs.gov.

Becci Anderson, GISP

USGS Geospatial Liaison – Alaska Region
4210 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-786-7042 office
907-787-9211 cell
rdanderson@usgs.gov

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2013 Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium Archive

Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium

November 4th, 5th and 6th 2013!

The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition and the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership are proud to have hosted the Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium to share information about our local fish and their important habitats in Southeast Alaska.

Symposium archive information can be found here: http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/southeast-alaska-watershed-symposiu/

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Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium – November 4-6, 2013

Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium

Join us November 4th, 5th and 6th 2013!

The Symposium will be held at Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska.

The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition and the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership invite you to the Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium to share information about our local fish and their important habitats in Southeast Alaska.

No cost to attend.

Register here: http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/southeast-alaska-watershed-symposiu/

Posters welcome: http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/southeast-alaska-watershed-symposiu/poster-session/

More information by email to either Jess Kayser at alaskawatersheds@gmail.com or Debbie Hart at coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org

Symposium Goals:

This event will provide fisheries and aquatic resource professionals with an opportunity to share information, tools, and methods which promote fish habitat conservation and support aquatic resource management in Southeast Alaska.

It is envisioned that the Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium will be a catalyst for professionals working in Southeast Alaska to share relevant work and recent efforts occurring in watersheds across the region as well as provide an opportunity for participants to network and identify strategic partnerships that will advance common fish habitat conservation and aquatic resource management goals.

This symposium is focused on topics of fish distribution, stream/river habitat, watershed assessment and prioritization methods, relevant geospatial tools and information on emerging research in the region. Additionally, the symposium offers an overview of the Clean Water Act Section 404 program and proposed Southeast Alaska Mitigation Fund.  It is our hope that this symposium will provide a baseline level of information sharing and become an annual event for future exploration of these and other important thematic topics.

 

Session Objectives:

  1. Provide participants with an overview and demonstration of current fish distribution and fish habitat inventory activities throughout Southeast Alaska.
  2. Demonstrate watershed scale assessment and prioritization schemas with applications to support fish habitat conservation and aquatic resource management.
  3. Showcase geospatial tools and emerging research with applications to support aquatic resource management in Southeast Alaska.
  4. Provide participants with an overview of the Clean Water Act Section 404 program in Alaska and the role aquatic resource mitigation can play to support mitigation of development impacts to wetlands and fish habitat.

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News, Partner Event

SEAKFHP sponsors salmon contests at the Juneau Maritime Festival

The Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership sponsored three food events at the Juneau Maritime Festival in May.  Here are the contest winners – for more details and photos check out the Juneau Maritime Festival website.

Salmon and Beer on the Pier Contest Winner: The Rookery; Chef Beau Schooler

Smok’n Hot Alaska Salmon Dip Contest Winner: Jeremy LaPierre with entry “Gomer’s Dip” (Honorable mention is Katy Prussing with entry “Independent Republic of Douglas’s Last Year’s Freezer Burned Salmon Dip”)

Wild Alaska Marinade Contest Winner: Matthew Barnaby with entry “Frozen Tropics” (Honorable mention is Scott Cramlet with entry “Spicy Jerk”)Salmon and Beer on the Pier_2013 Award

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Juneau Maritime Festival – May 19, 2013

Celebrate Juneau’s maritime history, culture and commerce at the 4th Annual Juneau Maritime Festival. The festival is fueled by community volunteers & local businesses. The Juneau Economic Development Council and festival planning partners encourage community participation. The Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership is co-sponsoring two tasty salmon contests during the festival – one is a salmon dip contest open to the public and the second is a salmon/beer pairing contest for local restaurants and culinary professionals.  Check out the details at: http://www.juneaumaritimefestival.org/activitiesMARITIME LOGO 2013 FINAL (2)

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Salmon Production from the Tongass National Forest

**Y O U ‘R E   I N V I T E D**Please join us for a fascinating presentation by Ron Medel, U.S. Forest Service Tongass National Forest Fisheries Program Manager.  Ron’s analysis of publicly available salmon data may surprise you and has implications for all Alaskans–especially resource managers, fishermen and policy makers.  Please see presentation details below.WHAT: “Salmon Production from the Tongass National Forest”  Presentation by Ron Medel (~70 min.)

WHEN:  7 pm, Wednesday, April 3, 2013

WHERE:  Egan Room, Centennial Hall

PLEASE RSVP:  Heather at hhardcastle@tu.org<mailto:hhardcastle@tu.org>

FOLLOW-UP: The State Capitol Lunch & Learn event on Tongass salmon production led by Ron was live-streamed on Legislative TV and can be found at this web link http://www.360north.org/gavel-archives/?event_id=2147483647_2013041067

The “Tongass Salmon Fact Sheet” Ron refers to can be found here: http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5408056.pdf

Ron Medel 4-3-13 Presentation Poster