Interested to see the daily temperature fluctuations of a stream near you? The Kenai Watershed Forum maintains 20 water temperature logger sites across our local stream networks. These temperature loggers record every 15 minutes, all year long! New water temperature data for the Central Kenai Peninsula has just been uploaded and is now available on the AKTEMP Water Temperature Database.
Temperature loggers help scientists, resource managers, and community members better understand stream health, salmon habitat conditions, and how local waterways respond to seasonal and long-term environmental changes.
Whether you’re a researcher, angler, educator, or simply curious about local waters, you can now explore the latest temperature records and see how streams across the region are changing.
View the updated data and learn more at the University of Alaska Center for Conservation Sciences’ AKTEMP Website.
A huge thanks to the USGS Climate Action Science Center, Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund, University of Alaska Center for Conservation Sciences, Cook Inletkeeper, and many others for supporting this ongoing work. Open data like this helps support informed stewardship of our rivers and salmon habitat. Take a look and dive into the numbers!
