Other Alaska-based Salmon Habitat Partnerships

Other Alaska-based Salmon Habitat Partnerships

A female salmon is called a "hen". The Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Partnership is one of several Alaska-based partnerships recognized as part of the National Fish Habitat Plan. Others include the Matanuska Susitna Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership and the Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership. An application from the Municipality of Anchorage for a "Salmon in the City" partnership is pending.

The National Fish Habitat Action Plan promotes locally-driven efforts that build private and public partnerships to improve fish habitat. Fish Habitat Action Plan partnerships are self-identified, self-organized, and self-directed communities of interest formed around geographic areas, keystone species, or system types.

These partnerships are...
Non-regulatory and voluntary
Locally and regionally based, driven by grassroots partners
Focused on protection, restoration and enhancement in key watersheds
Science based
Linked nationally
Sustainable and accountable
Non-allocative

Matanuska Susitna Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

The Matanuska-Susitna Basin covers 24,500 square miles in southcentral Alaska, roughly the combined size of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The basin supports thriving populations of chinook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum salmon as well as world-class rainbow trout, char, and grayling, making it one of the country’s premier sportfishing and wildlife viewing destinations. The Matanuska-Susitna Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership (Partnership) formed to address increasing impacts on salmon from human use and development pressures in the Mat-Su basin and ensure that opportunities for growth and conservation go hand-in-hand.

Mat-Su Basin Website

More information about participating members and projects can be found at The Nature Conservency.

Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership

Red salmon are only one of the salmon species found on the Kenai Peninsula. Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership is a conservation
partnership developing on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This partnership is working with the National Fish Habitat Action Plan to protect, restore, and enhance our area's fish and aquatic communities.

Kenai Peninsula Partnership Website