Mapping Alaska’s Salmon Streams

Feb 20, 2023

Why map Alaska’s salmon streams? Since 2012, Kenai Watershed Forum has worked to document Alaska’s salmon streams, lakes, and rivers. This work results in additional habitat registered in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Anadromous Waters...

From Thermal Infrared Maps to Conservation Action

Jan 26, 2023

Example above of airborne thermal infrared imagery showing temperature contrast in a stream. A cold water inflow (purple and blue colors) enters the main channel (yellow color). Figure from NV5 Geospatial. Cold water refugia, or areas within a stream that are...

New 2022 Freshwater Conservation Action Plan

Nov 18, 2022

In January 2022, we convened a team of 18 experts in fish habitat and conservation to develop a Conservation Action Plan for the Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership. The plan outlines detailed strategies, threats, and recommended actions for freshwater fish...

Summer 2022 Water Quality Sampling Results Available

Oct 18, 2022

Kenai Watershed Forum has received all laboratory results from it’s Summer 2022 Baseline Water Quality Monitoring. The results are currently being prepared for upload to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Quality Exchange, a pubic data repository for water...

Vogel Lake and Miller Creek Hydrology

Oct 10, 2022

In Fall 2019, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) were notified of several adult pike caught in Vogel Lake near the Northwest tip of the Kenai Peninsula. Pike are a non-native fish species of great concern in south central Alaska, as they are voracious...