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Content from this site has been transferred to the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership’s new location, and is no longer being updated.  This website remains for transition and online  archival purposes .

Please find information for the 6^th annual Salmon Symposium in 2013, at www.matsusalmon.org.  

 

 Join us November 7^th and 8^th, 2012 for the fifth annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium!

This year's theme will be linking science and policy for a future with abundant wild salmon in the Mat-Su. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Bob Lackey, from Oregon State University, where he is both a professor of fisheries and political sciences. In his book Salmon 2100: The Future of Wild Pacific Salmon, Dr. Lackey creates an anthology of policy prescriptions to keep salmon in the Pacific Northwest into the next 100 years. Come talk with Dr. Lackey, and discuss how we can apply lessons learned elsewhere, and keep abundant wild salmon in the Mat-Su through 2100.

This year's Symposium will be held at the Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building 101 W. Swanson Avenue, Wasilla, Alaska.

Presentation and poster abstract submissions due by September 24th.

General registration due by October 14th.

Click on the following links for downloadable Registration form, Presentation and Abstract Submission form symposium flyer and 2012 symposium agenda.  

 No cost to attend.  Lunch and snacks provided.  

Annual symposium goals are to provide a forum to share information on restoration and research projects related to Mat-Su watersheds and salmon habitat conservation and to promote an exchange of ideas about salmon science and conservation in the Mat-Su Basin. Presentations span a wide range of topics -- fish passage restoration projects on Mat-Su streams and assessment of their benefits to salmon; studies about geology, erosion, and salmon distribution on the Matanuska River; wetlands mapping and management; Green Infrastructure planning; salmon distribution throughout the Mat-Su Basin; conservation of public lands; and more.      

What's Available:

Thank you to the sponsors:  Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Mat-Su Borough, The Nature Conservancy, US Geological Survey, Chickaloon Native Village, the Alaska District of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mat-Su Anglers, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wasilla Soil and Water Conservation District, Great Land Trust, Mat-Su Conservation Services and Conoco Phillips Alaska. 

For more information about the Symposium, please contact Jessica Speed (MatSuSalmon@tnc.org).