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2 River Restoration Courses taking place in Juneau in April 2015

Two river restoration oriented courses taking place in Juneau this spring – 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)
EPP726 Beaver Restoration Workshop
Course Description

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. Work shops are taking place across the western US and they will be interactive with the audience as we walk through the manual describing 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.

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.

EPP233 RiverRAT: River Restoration and Analysis Tools

Course Description

The Pacific Northwest continues to be an international leader in the field of stream restoration, and as such, regulatory reviewers are often faced with novel project types that are not yet supported by industry standards.  While appropriate and necessary given the state of our river systems, this does pose unique challenges when reviewers are faced with evaluating a stream restoration project. 

To address this challenge, NOAA Fisheries and USFWS collaboratively commissioned research in 2008-09 to develop a Science Document and accompanying tools to support more consistent and comprehensive reviews of stream management and restoration proposals.  The Science Documentsynthesizes the body of knowledge in fluvial geomorphology and river management, and presents it in a way that is accessible to a broad scientific and management audience.  Accompanying theScience Document are three tools: (1) a Screening Matrix that relatively ranks risks due to project and stream response potential; (2) a Project Information Checklist to assist in evaluating whether a proposal includes all the information necessary to allow critical and thorough project evaluation; and (3) a project evaluation tool named RiverRAT that guides reviewers through the steps necessary to critically evaluate the quality of the information submitted, the goals and objectives of the project, project planning and development, project design, geomorphic-habitat-species relevance, and risks to listed species.  The tools and supporting Science Document are publically available at www.restorationreview.com, and are now being commonly used for review by various state and federal agencies. 

This course will provide an overview of the physical science underpinning river restoration, use of the Screening Matrix, overview of the Project Information Checklist, and in class use of RiverRATutilizing a real restoration project.  This course is intended for anyone involved in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring, funding, and/or review of stream restoration or management actions.

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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!)

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1st Annual ALASKA FISH FILM FESTIVAL – Oct 26th

Alaska Fish Film Festival to Showcase Alaska’s Fisheries

Over 20 short films will be featured at the first annual Alaska Fish Film Festival that focus on the connections between people and salmon, the unique life cycle anFestival Poster_draft2d habitat needs of different species, how ordinary people are helping conserve fish and their habitats, and more.

The films are from a variety of perspectives—from fishermen to subsistence users, researchers, volunteers, landowners, and the fish themselves.

The first showing will be hosted in Juneau by the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership on Tuesday, October 21 at the welcoming social of the annual meeting of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and American Water Resources Association. A public showing will take place in Juneau following the conference and will be co-hosted by  the Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School/Taku House Science Class with support from The Salmon Project on Sunday, Oct  26, from 3:30-6:30 pm at the Gold Town Nickelodeon theatre; other follow-up showings are being arranged around the state.

The festival seeks to inspire fisheries conservation, grow appreciation for and awareness of Alaska’s fisheries and the many ways in which we’re connected to fish and all the goods and services they provide – as well as grow a collection of short films that can be shared with Alaskans and beyond. An archive of the festival program and associated weblinks for the films will be made available on the SEAKFHP website at: www.seakfhp.org.

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41st annual meeting of the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society – October 20-24

The 41st annual meeting of the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society will be in Juneau at Centennial Hall from October 20-24

The theme of the meeting is:

Bridging disciplines to solve today’s challenges in resource management

The 2014 Alaska Chapter Meeting is a joint meeting between AFS, the American Water Resources Association (http://state.awra.org/alaska/) and the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership (https://www.seakfhp.org/).

Online Registration is OPEN – Register NOW! 


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SE Alaska Estuaries Discussion – Celebrating National Estuaries Week Sept 20-27

SEAKFHP is co-hosting a discussion on Southeast Alaska Estuaries in celebration of National Estuaries Week (September 20-27)Berners Bay Shorezone Mapping.

Please join us during the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center’s Brown Bag Seminar – this Wednesday, Sept 24th from 12-1pm at the Juneau Forestry Sciences Lab Conference Room (located in their new building next to UAS).

We will have a few brief presentations followed by a group discussion and brain storming session. I will share a brief overview of the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership and recent strategy work we are doing for nearshore areas.  We will also have folks from Southeast Alaska Land Trust share an update on their recent acquisition of tidal lands in Auke Nu Cove, and others from the Nature Conservancy and NOAA there to share activities they are working on. We encourage other colleagues to join us and share in the discussion.

Wednesday September 24, 12:00 pm

ACRC Brown Bag Seminar

Southeast Alaska Estuaries: why they are important and how we keep them healthy and productive. In celebration of National Estuaries Week.

Discussion

Juneau Forestry Sciences Lab Conference Room

Please visit the ACRC Home page (http://www.uas.alaska.edu/acrc/index.html) and the Events page (http://www.uas.alaska.edu/acrc/acrc_events/index.html) for more information, including talk abstracts and other upcoming events.

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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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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

SEAKFHP Event

Alaska Fish Film Festival – planned for 2014 AFS/AWRA Alaska Chapter Conference – Oct 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 from October 20–24, 2014.

We are soliciting fish-related videos for the Festival and encourage you to capture footage this summer!

To be considered, submissions must:

*Be filmed in Alaska

*Detail or have a linkage to some aspect of fish conservation and/or fish habitat conservation

*Be less than 10 minutes in length

Additional details on video submission will be available by June 1, 2014 at:

http://www.afs-alaska.org/annual-meetings/2011-2.

The final deadline for video submissions is October 1, 2014.

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SEAKFHP shares draft strategic action plan at the 2013 SE AK Watershed Symposium and is looking for regional feedback!

The Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership (SEAKFHP), a candidate partnership under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, works to foster cooperative fish habitat conservation in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems across southeast Alaska.

The partnership formed under the belief that many benefits result when multiple partners come together to share resources, align strategic actions, and speak with a united voice about the conservation and value of productive and intact fish habitats at both local and regional scales. Partner expertise and focus is currently on populations of resident species and anadromous salmonids in freshwater systems as well as anadromous and marine species in estuarine and nearshore habitats. Our mission is to foster and facilitate regionally relevant strategies that will conserve and sustain the region’s fish habitat, fisheries-based economy, and culture.

To achieve this broad mission the partnership is working to develop a strategic action plan. During the 2013 Southeast Alaska Watershed Symposium the SEAKFHP Steering Committee shared a draft copy of the plan and is actively looking for regional input.  You can find a copy of the draft plan on our web site at this link:  SEAKFHPstrategicactionplan2014_2016_draft for 2013 SEAKWS_final or make a request directly to our coordinator at coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org.

The slide show above shares an overview of the SEAKFHP, provides background information on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and the national fish habitat partnership architecture as well as includes a brief overview of the draft SEAKFHP Strategic Action Plan.