Salmon Habitat

In late September 2022, a friend from my UAF undergraduate years Justin and I embarked on a three-night sea kayak trip out of Whittier. Unfortunately we didn’t get farther than the Lazy Otter, a cozy coffee shop by the city boat harbor.

For my work with Kenai Watershed Forum I started keeping a blog to share a little bit about various projects I’m involved with. From water quality, to fish habitat, to education, it’s a fun mix.

As the climate warms in Alaska, water temperatures will also warm. Warmer waters affect how juvenile salmon grow and live, but not all changes are made equal. Will wild salmon be able to handle the kinds of sweeping environmental changes that are coming in the next century?

In August 2021 my collaborators and I were interviewed about a project… https://www.kdll.org/post/local-streams-warm-cold-water-inputs-could-be-crucial-salmon#stream/0