Volunteers Needed for Salmon Habitat Mapping Research

May 25, 2023

Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited is partnering with Kenai Watershed Forum in summer 2023 to identify, map, and conserve undocumented salmon habitat in our area. We can use your help! Join us for local fieldwork this summer. For dates and more information,...

Quality Assurance Project Plan revisions completed

May 9, 2023

The foundation of a long-term water quality monitoring program like Kenai Watershed Forum’s Kenai River Baseline Monitoring is a good Quality Assurance Project Plan, or QAPP. The QAPP outlines technical details when it comes to who, what, when, and where of a...

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...
Working together for healthy watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula since 1997.