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30Mar 2016 by admin
Wild and Scenic Film Festival A Success

Wild and Scenic Film Festival A Success

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Thanks to a cooperative team of audio/visual enthusiasts, the Taiya Inlet Watershed Council presented the Wild and Scenic Film Festival with sound and video on March 19! We have to say a big thank you to the Skagway Brewing Company, an ever supportive partner of ours who allowed us space, staff time, and 10% of their beer sales for the night. TIWC made $152 U.S. dollars and $10 Canadian dollars that night, all of which will go towards future projects and programming. Thank you to Eric Wortman, Claire Barrett, Abby Jo Kramer, and Andy Miller for their help in getting this going. And thank you to everyone who came and watched me panic for 45 minutes before we got the video going. Source: Taiya Inlet Watershed Council Blog
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30Mar 2016 by admin
Wild and Scenic Film Festival A Success

Wild and Scenic Film Festival A Success

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Thanks to a cooperative team of audio/visual enthusiasts, the Taiya Inlet Watershed Council presented the Wild and Scenic Film Festival with sound and video on March 19! We have to say a big thank you to the Skagway Brewing Company, an ever supportive partner of ours who allowed us space, staff time, and 10% of their beer sales for the night. TIWC made $152 U.S. dollars and $10 Canadian dollars that night, all of which will go towards future projects and programming. Thank you to Eric Wortman, Claire Barrett, Abby Jo Kramer, and Andy Miller for their help in getting this going. And thank you to everyone who came and watched me panic for 45 minutes before we got the video going. Source: Taiya Inlet Watershed Council Blog
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30Mar 2016 by Angie Eldred
SAWC to assist with Shelikof Creek restoration project

SAWC to assist with Shelikof Creek restoration project

Community Watershed Stewardship, Restoration & Mitigation
  SAWC will be partnering with the Sitka Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy, and the Tongass National Forest with their efforts to restore fish habitat in Shelikof Creek on Kruzof Island this year. Shelikof Creek is an important recreational, subsistence, commercial, and sport-guided salmon and steelhead stream near Sitka. Approximately 26% of the streamside forests in this watershed were logged in the 1960’s and 70’s. During that harvest, segments of the stream were also “cleaned”. This was a common practice back in those days where stream beds were used as roads to access timber stands and large wood was actually removed from the stream. These activities occurred before unharvested stream buffers were mandated, in order to protect habitat, by policy in 1990. Restoring habitat in Shelikof Creek was identified as…
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07Mar 2016 by Angie Eldred
Skagway Traditional Council is Hiring!

Skagway Traditional Council is Hiring!

Community Watershed Stewardship
The Skagway Traditional Council is seeking qualified applications for the position of Environmental Coordinator. See job description below for more information and to apply:   [gview file="https://www.alaskawatershedcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/STCEnvironmental-Coordinator-Job-Discription.pdf" height="800px" width="100%" save="1"]
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31Dec 2015 by Angie Eldred
2015 in Community Watershed Accomplishments!

2015 in Community Watershed Accomplishments!

Community Watershed Stewardship
It's hard to believe we've already reached then end of 2015! What a whirlwind it has been, and at the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition we have so much to reflect on and be grateful for! A huge heartfelt thank you to all of our partners, funders, and supporters who have helped SAWC and our member groups achieve our goals to advance community based watershed management in Southeast Alaska in 2015! Here is a little recap of all that we accomplished with your help and support. We can't wait to see what opportunities 2016 brings; Happy New Year! The Southeast Alaska Mitigation Fund: SAWC hosted a series of informational community meetings in communities throughout Southeast Alaska. If you missed any of our meetings you can find the information presented here!   SAWC Projects:…
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24Nov 2015 by Angie Eldred
Update: Work Underway on Skagway’s Interpretive StreamWalk Trail

Update: Work Underway on Skagway’s Interpretive StreamWalk Trail

Community Watershed Stewardship
  [caption id="attachment_5802" align="aligncenter" width="621"] Phase 1 project plan[/caption]   StreamWalk is an interpretive trail program designed to provide visitors to Skagway with easy access to popular natural and historic locations in and around Pullen Creek and Pullen Pond. The 1st phase of the project is now in the construction phase, which includes a gravel trail, four stream overlooks, replacement of the footbridge south of Pullen Pond, a dock on Pullen Pond, and a series of signs that offer information about Skagway’s natural and cultural resources. StreamWalk is funded through a Federal Highways Administration Federal Lands Access Program Grant with matching funds from the National Park Service. The project partners include Municipality of Skagway (MOS), Taiya Inlet Watershed Council (TIWC), the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, as well as support…
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28Oct 2015 by Angie Eldred
Juneau Rain Garden Will Improve Jordan Creek Water Quality

Juneau Rain Garden Will Improve Jordan Creek Water Quality

Community Watershed Stewardship, Uncategorized
  Jordan Creek: An impaired fish stream Jordan Creek, in the valley near the Juneau airport, is an anadromous stream that supports coho, pink, and chum salmon along with Dolly Varden char and cutthroat trout. Jordan Creek has been listed by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation as an impaired waterbody due to sediment, high turbidity, low dissolved oxygen, and debris attributed to urban runoff from the nearby streets and parking lots. Fine sediments and other pollutants attributed to urban runoff occurring in the densely populated lower portion of the watershed can adversely impact fish and fish habitat.  [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] North side of the Edward K Thomas Building, looking east toward back parking lot. Note the sediment from melted snow. Vegetation not yet emerged. Photo taken April 2014.[/caption]…
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