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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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

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)

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

International Fly Fishing Film Festival

Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program is showing the International Fly Fishing Film Festival, an almost 2-hour long compilation of fly fishing film shorts, March 26th, 7pm at the Goldtown Nickelodeon theater in Juneau. Tickets are $15. TU has co-produced a movie about the Tongass called “The Last Salmon Forest” and it is the featured conservation film in this festival. Tickets are available at Juneau Fly Fishing Goods.

For more info, go to http://flyfilmfest.com/IF4/ or http://vimeo.com/if4 to see the trailers for movies appearing in the festival.

If you are interested in getting tickets you can contact Alaska Fly Fishing Goods
By Email: info@alaskaflyfishinggoods.com
Phone : (907)-586-1550
Fax : (907)-586-3734
Website: http://www.alaskaflyfishinggoods.com/

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2013 Southeast Environmental Forum

Central Council’s Native Lands and Resources Department is hosting the annual Southeast Environmental Forum, March 18-22, 2013 in Juneau at the Vocational Training & Resource Center (VTRC).

The Southeast Environmental Forum seeks to provide participants with information and training in watershed monitoring, Brownfield’s sites, water quality testing, habitat restoration, and the impacts of climate change on cultural and traditional resources. The forum will provide an opportunity for Southeast tribes, and other interest groups, to learn from and collaborate with natural resource and community development professionals on current environmental issues in our region.

For more information check out their web site at: http://www.ccthita.org/info/events/index.html

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