Salmon Habitat

As the climate warms in Alaska, most stream 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?

Sometimes the best treasures are already right under our feet, just waiting for us to notice them. Such is the story with the thousands of rivers, streams, and lakes that are home to Alaska’s wild salmon.

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.

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

In spring 2016 I had the pleasure of hiking to Upper Russian Lake with two of my good friends to install water temperature loggers as part of my graduate research. Our local paper the Peninsula Clarion published this nice account about the journey and the larger project.