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...

Alexis McDonald (Summer 2022)

Jan 4, 2023

My internship began when the Russian River ferns were no more than six inches tall. I watched as these plants sprouted taller each week till eventually, they stood taller than me. Being only five two it doesn’t take much to be taller than me but even so, their growth...

Kevin Duffie (Summer 2022)

Jan 4, 2023

When I was first hired as a Stream Watch Intern, I had no idea what the title meant or how to explain to my family what I was moving to Alaska to do. I knew that the work was centered on river health and that was enough for me. Everyone chooses internships for their...

Sara Aamodt (Summer 2022)

Jan 4, 2023

Coming to the Kenai Watershed Forum, I knew I was going to love it. When I moved to Alaska, I wanted to work outside every day and make a positive impact; KWF was exactly what I was looking for.   I was thrown into the Kenai River Festival during my...
Working together for healthy watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula since 1997.