Southeast Alaska Regional Science and Data Resources Archive

This page serves as a resource archive to help partners locate important science and data resources relevant to the assessment, protection and restoration of aquatic habitats in Southeast Alaska. The information is presented under specific groupings scroll down to find:

• Quick Links – resources on topics that are of key interest today
• Regional Data Repositories and Resource Providers – information and data repositories from leading state and federal natural resource agencies or other organizations archiving aquatic or habitat data at a regional scale
• Regional Habitat Assessment and Prioritization Strategies – specific assessment and prioritization guidance information and publications
• Local Habitat Assessment Information for communities in Southeast Alaska – specific habitat assessment reports at a community or watershed scale
• Additional information sections including assessment protocols, pertinent symposium resources, economical resources, and other sources for general interest

 Quick Links

2019 American Water Resources Association – Alaska Chapter Meeting Resources

2019 Alaska eDNA Workshop Resources

Southeast Alaska Coastal Data Archive

2018 Southeast Alaska Watershed Restoration Workshop Resources

2020 Klawock Lake Watershed Action Plan

2017 Klawock Sockeye Salmon Stakeholder Meeting Resources including ***Klawock Lake Sockeye Salmon Retrospective Analysis (Woll and Prussian, The Nature Conservancy Final Report, April 2017)

2016 Alaska Climate Change Workshop Meeting Resources

2015 Alaska Fish Passage Meeting Resources

WESPAK-SE Technical Review Resources Page

Regional Data Repositories and Resource Providers

• US Forest Service National Watershed Condition Framework
• US Forest Service National Watershed Condition Framework – Mapviewer
• US Forest Service National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center – Technical Notes (Guidance for Stream Restoration and Rehabilitation)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Alaska fish passage inventory and assessment database
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Anadromous Waters Catalog
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Online Publications
• Coastal Cutthroat Trout Rangewide Assessment
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s – Alaska’s Clean Water Actions (Impaired water bodies/waters to watch)
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation – Water Quality Reports Inventory
  • 2004 Southeast Alaska Coastal Survey Environmental Status
  • Development of a Microinvertebrate Biological Assessment Index for Alexander Archipelago Streams (2005)
  • Testing Alaskas Microinvertebrate and Diatom Based Stream Condition Indices in Select Urbanized Streams (2010)
• ADEC – Alaska Clean Water 5-year Strategic Plan 2016-2020
• Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund – Project Archive
• NOAA’s Essential Fish Habitat Mapper
• NOAA’s Nearshore Fish Atlas of Alaska
• Alaska Science Catalog
• ShoreZone- Alaska Coastal Inventory and Mapping Project
• Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center
• University of Alaska GIS Library (Coastal Resource Management Module)
• Southeast Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network – National Park Service
• Southeast Alaska Long-term Monitoring Network – SALMoN
• Alaska Stream Team – Biological Monitoring Program
• Alaska Online Aquatic Temperature Site (AKOATS)
• Inletkeeper Stream Temperature Monitoring Network / Water Temperature Data Logger Protocol for Cook Inlet Salmon Streams
• Implementation Plan for the Southeast Alaska Stream Temp Network
• North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative
• NetMap – Community Watershed Database – Shared Analysis Tools
• Ecoregions of Alaska
• Tongass Stewardship Website (Information and resources regarding sustainable forestry and stewardship activities taking place across Southeast Alaska)
• NOAA’s Marine Debris Program
• Tsunami Debris and other Marine Debris in Alaska (Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)
• RiverRat – Online Restoration Analysis Tools – a river project development and evaluation tool
• Restoration Biological Opinions (USFWS/Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office)
• River Restoration Science (gravel pit mining, culvert replacement guidelines, irrigation diversion structures)
• Center for Salmon and Society
• Southeast Alaska Mitigation Fund
  In Lieu Fee Compensatory Mitigation Program (SAWC Mitigation Fund_10 5 17 presentation)
• Tongass Collaborative Stewardship Group (Documents and Resources)

Regional Habitat Assessment and Prioritization Strategies, Resources and Publications for and relevant to Southeast Alaska

• From Salmon to Seabirds: A new Ecological Atlas for Southeast Alaska – 2016 (Audubon)
• Culvert inventory and assessment manual for fish passage in the State of Alaska: A guide to the procedures and techniques used to inventory and assess stream crossings 2009-2014 (ADF&G Special Publication # 14-08)
• Sustainable Salmon Strategy for Southeast Alaska – 2002 (ADF&G Special Report #03-07)
• Alaska Fish Passage Studies and Resources – provided by ARLIS – Alaska Resources Library and Information Services
• ADF&G Quality Watersheds in Southeast Alaska (ADF&G historical report, 1974)
• ADF&G Quality Watersheds in Southeast Alaska – “Gold and Red Pin” Watersheds (ADF&G historical report, 1974 )
• Coastal Forests and Mountains Ecoregion Assessment for Southeast Alaska – The Nature Conservancy/Audubon Society
• Watershed Restoration Priorities – A Strategic Plan for the Sitka Community Use Area – Sitka Conservation Society
• Statistical Analyses of Aquatic Habitat Variables in the Tongass National Forest (Tucker and Caouette 2008)
• An approach to effectiveness monitoring of floodplain channel aquatic habitat: channel condition assessment (Woodsmith et al. 2005)
• Evaluating Stream Habitat Survey Data and Statistical Power Using an Example from Southeast Alaska (Bryant et al. 2004)
• Southeast Alaska’s Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems Assessment – Katharine Miller, NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
• An Estuarine Habitat Classification for a Complex Fjordal Island Archipelago – Schoch et al. 2013 Estuaries and Coasts
• A Conservation Action Plan for Estuarine Ecosystems of Southeastern Alaska – The Nature Conservancy, 2011
• Mapping Human Activities and Designing an Index of Cumulative Use within Estuarine and Nearshore Marine Ecosystems in Southeast Alaska – The Nature Conservancy, 2011
• Atlas of Nearshore Fishes of Alaska: A Synthesis of Marine Surveys from 1998 to 2011 – Johnson et al. 2011 NOAA Technical Report
• ShoreZone Summary for Southeast Alaska
• EPA Region 5 – Wetlands Supplement: Incorporating Wetlands into Watershed Planning
• Use of glacier river-fed estuary channels by juvenile Coho Salmon: transitional or rearing habitats? – Hoem Neher et al. 2013 Journal of Environmental Fish Biology
• Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska (Willson and Armstrong, 2009)
• A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Aquatic Resources in the Tongass National Forest  (EcoAdapt, November 2014)
• Icefield-to-Ocean Linkages across the Northern Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem (BioScience, March 2015)
• Protecting Habitat for Coastal Cutthroat Trout through Reservations of Water in Southeast Alaska (Jason Hass, June 2016 WNTI Special Report)
• National Fish Habitat Assessment for 2015
• National Fish Habitat Assessment for 2010

• BLM Alaska Integrated Water & Aquatics Program Annual Report, 2016

Local Habitat Assessment Resources and Publications for Southeast Alaska

• Tongass National Forest Information Documents
  • Tongass National Forest Watershed Restoration Program – 2015
  • Tongass National Forest Watershed Restoration and Fish Enhancement Projects – 2015 and 2016
• Tongass National Forest Assessment and Restoration Plans
  • North Thorne Project Area Watershed Restoration Plan
  • Cobble Area Aquatic Watershed Restoration Prioritization and Rehabilitation Plan
  • Duffield-Peninsula: Duffield Creek and Adams Creek Watersheds Hydrologic Condition Assessment and Watershed Restoration Plan
  • Fish Bay Watershed Restoration Plan
  • Kadake Creek Watershed Restoration Plan
  • Saginaw Creek Watershed Restoration Plan
• Tongass National Forest Summary and Monitoring Reports
  • Twelevemile Creek – Restoration Completion Summary news release (January 2014)
  • Twelvemile Creek – Mainstem Instream Restoration – Monitoring Summary (March 2015)
  • Twelvemile Creek Restoration – Assessment of 2014 Flooding (Feb 2015)

• Haines and Skagway Area
  • Fish Passage Inventory & Assessment Haines 2011
  • Holgate Creek Culvert Assessment Haines 2008
  • Holgate Creek Monitoring and Assessment Haines 2006
  • Pullen Creek Action Plan Skagway 2000
  • Pullen Creek Assessment Skagway 2005
  • Pullen Creek Recovery Plan Skagway 2006
  • Taiya Inlet Stream Assessment Skagway 2007
• Juneau Area
  • Stormwater in the Lower Jordan Creek Watershed (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Juneau
    November 2015)
  • 2005 Duck Creek Bioassessment Report
  • Auke Lake Action Plan 2009
  • Auke Lake Assessment 2009
  • Inventory of Created Wetlands, Duck Creek, Juneau, Alaska 2004-08
  • Duck Creek Restoration Assessment Report 2007
  • Duck Creek Management Plan 1999 (contact SEAKHP coordinator for this – too big for web posting)
  • Duck and Jordan Creek Coho Production Harvest 2009 (ADF&G FDS No. 09-29)
  • Duck and Jordan Creek Protection and Recovery Plan 2005
  • Juneau Fish Habitat Assessment revised 2012 (ADF&G RIR 5J12-03)
  • Jordan Creek Baseline Characteristics 2004
  • Jordan Creek Watershed Recovery and Management Plan 2006
  • Lemon Creek Geomorphic Assessment 2004
  • Lemon Creek Natural Sediment Assessment 2003
  • Mendenhall River Bank Stabilization Guidelines 1999 (contact SEAKHP coordinator for this – too big for web posting)
  • Mendenhall Wetlands Restoration Opportunity Assessment 2019 (SAWC, 2019)
  • Montana Creek Lands Assessment and Conservation Proposal 2006
  • Vanderbilt Creek Recovery Plan 2007
• Kupreanof Island
  • Little Gunnuk Creek Summary Report 2008
• Prince of Wales Island
  • Dog Salmon Creek Watershed Assessment Report 2013
  • Forest and Freshwater Restoration Priorities 2008
  • Forest and Freshwater Restoration Appendix A-G
  • Kasaan Bay Watershed Management Plan_2005
  • Klawock Watershed Assessment 2002
  • Klawock Watershed Restoration Plan 2002
  • Klawock Watershed Restoration Condition Survey 2002
  • Hetta and Eek Lake Habitat Mapping – 2013 TNC
  • Prince of Wales Island Unified Watershed Assessment – Version 1.0, December 2014 (Prince of Wales Watershed Association)
  • Klawock Lake Sockeye Salmon Retrospective Analysis (Woll and Prussian, The Nature Conservancy Final Report, April 2017)
  • Coffman Creek Habitat Assessment Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (Moyer, Needham and Woll, January 2019)
  • Klawock Lake Watershed Action Plan (Needham et al. 2020)
• Wrangell Area
  • Wrangell Area Watersheds Assessment (SAWC, 2019)

Assessment Protocols and Agency Guidance Documents

• Alaska’s Wildlife Action Plan
• Alaska’s Wildlife Action Plan Factsheet
• Teaming with Wildlife – State Wildlife Action Plans (Alaska)
• A user guide for performing stream habitat surveys in Southeast Alaska  – Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• Surface-water data manual for ADF&G’s statewide aquatic resources coordination unit – Alaska Department of Fish and Game (SP 13-05)
• ShoreZone Coastal Habitat Mapping Protocol for the Gulf of Alaska, August 2008
• NOAA’s Essential Fish Habitat Programmatic Consultation for Restoration Center Program Activities in Alaska, August 2012
• EPA-USGS Technical Report, December 2016: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration
• Management Applications of Regional Freshwater Temperature Data for Southeast Alaska (Southeast Alaska Temperature Monitoring Network, SAWC 2017)

Fish-related Resources

• USFS Tongass National Forest – Salmon Fact Sheet
  • Nearshore Fish Photos
  • ADF&G Vintage Photos – Post 1959   Pre-1959
  • 2016 Salmon Ocean Ecology Meeting Resources

Workshop Proceedings

• Center for Salmon and Society’s November 2016 Workshop proceedings: Long-term Challenges to Alaska’s Salmon and Salmon-Dependent Communities

Economic Resources

Quantifying the Monetary Value of Alaska National Forests to
Commercial Pacific Salmon Fisheries – Johnson et al. 2019

Economic Impact Analysis Southeast Alaska Transboundary Watersheds – The McDowell Group prepared for Salmon State October 2016

Economic Value of the Alaska Seafood Industry, July 2013 – The McDowell Group final report for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

2012 Edition of the Juneau & Southeast Alaska Economic Indicators – Juneau Economic Development Council

Economic Contributions and Impacts of Salmonid Resources in Southeast Alaska – TCW Economics Report to Trout Unlimited, 2010

Southeast Alaska Salmon and Trout: A 1 $Billion Economic Engine – Trout Unlimited Economic Fact Sheet

The Regional Economy of Southeast Alaska – Colt et al., 2007, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contribution of Land Conservation and Freshwater Resources to Residential Property Values in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough – Berman and Armagost 2013, University of Alaska Anchorage

Restoration Returns: The Contribution of Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and Coastal Program Project to Local U.S. Economies – USFWS, 2014

Southeast Alaska by the Numbers 2014 – Southeast Conference

Recommended Educational Sites

• Home Science: Backyard Conservation  (Thank you for the suggestion Miss Ainsworth, Jennifer, Mikayla, Jamie, and Taylor)
• Environmental Law: The Clean Water Act (Thank you for the suggestion Andrea and Skylar)

Other Resources

• Seaweeds of Alaska
  • Seagrass Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography (NOAA)
  • Urban Waters Partnership
  • Dr. Dan Isaak’s Climate-Aquatics Blog
  • Alaska Invasive Species – ADF&G Invasive Species / Cooperative Extension (alaskainvasives.org)
  • Southern Southeast Alaska Sea Otter Project – Alaska Sea Grant
  • Using Beaver to Restore Streams – SEAKFHP resource page
  • Literary map of Alaska (by watershed) – by Britta Schroeder
  • Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States (NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 083.  Sweet et al 2017. Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States. 75 pp.)