OUR VISION
We believe the Copper River watershed can have a vibrant, healthy future.
copperrivernativeassociation hosted the Environmental Fair in Glennallen this week! Our Watershed Stewardship Manager, Amanda Jackson, gave a presentation and hosted a Watershed Jeopardy game alongside our Partnership Administrator, Amy Scudder.
Photo 1 - Amy Scudder interacting with a student during the Environmental Fair.
Photo 2 - Amanda Jackson during her presentation and Watershed Jeopardy game.
Photo 3 - An Environmental Fair participant takes Sally Salmon for a walk. *Amanda assured us that Sally Salmon was not harmed in the making of this photo 🙂
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CORDOVA - Tonight, during our Annual Meeting and Spring Wild Food Feast, we`re doing a Wish Board and Wellness Drawing.
Pick an available square on the Wish Board to donate to CRWP, and you will be entered into a drawing for wellness prizes, like a 90-minute massage, acupuncture session, yoga classes, and more! The more available squares you pick, the more times your name will be entered into the wellness drawing.
WHEN: TONIGHT, Wednesday, April 23, 6pm
WHERE: Pioneer Igloo
WHAT: CRWP Annual Meeting and Spring Wild Food Feast
WHY: Learn about our work in the watershed, eat good food, make a wish, and maybe win a prize!
We`ll see you soon!
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🍰 Check out this amazing salmon cake made by Cast Iron Chef Superwoman, Sarah Nelson!! This will be served during our Annual Meeting Watch Party presentation TONIGHT, at 6pm at the Glennallen High School Library, after the Environmental Fair ends.
🦌 If you`re in Cordova, the Annual Meeting will be a Wild Food Feast Potluck at the Pioneer Igloo!
🍛 Up or downriver, you`ll be well-fed when you come to our Annual Meeting TONIGHT at 6pm.
🖥 Can`t make it in person? Tune in online for the presentation, but you`ll need to bring your own snacks 😁. Contact CRWP to register for the meeting and receive your Zoom link at info@copperriver.org or call 907-424-3334.
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One of our long-time supporters of salmon habitat restoration, senasea_seafoods, announced they are matching $5 for all donations of $5+ to Copper River Watershed Project this week! This family-owned fishing business sustainably harvests from the Copper River and donates 8% of purchases back to CRWP to help keep salmon habitat healthy.
And THIS WEEK Sena is matching $5 for donations made to CRWP!
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Buy Fish + Support Salmon Habitat Restoration - tap our bio link and select the Shop Sena Sea button!
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From the team at CRWP, thank you for donating. And Sena, thank you for matching!
#copperriverwatershed #copperriversalmon #SaveWildSalmon #CopperRiver #MatchingDonation
Happy Earth Day! We are lucky to live in one of the most beautiful places on earth. From magnificent glaciers and salmon-spawning rivers to massive mountains and the sea, the Copper River watershed is a rare gem. This region not only supports diverse wildlife, including fish, bears, lynx, caribou, Dall sheep, moose, but it is home to the largest undisturbed wetlands in North America - the Copper River Delta.
CRWP is dedicated to keeping this incredible place healthy and thriving now and in the future. There is no guarantee it will stay this way unless we all work together to make it so. When you give to CRWP, you are putting boots on the ground to improve and protect this gem of a watershed. Your donation is an investment in the future of our region.
Our watershed is truly worth celebrating - happy Earth Day!
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📷 Photo 1: alexjosephhansen - Tazlina Glacier. Photo 2: Michelle McAfee/CRWP - Copper River Delta. Photo 3: miloburcham - Prince William Sound.
✨ CORDOVA - We`ve got some great prizes to give away during our Spring Wild Food Feast on Wednesday, April 23rd, 6pm at Pioneer Igloo, 621 First Street! A 90-minute massage, punch cards for Copper River Couch Potatoes, a yoga session, and more - you could be the lucky recipient of a prize when you come to the event and enter the drawing!
🦌 We`ll be sharing local food at this wild food potluck. Bring your favorite dish made with ingredients harvested from the watershed! $25 per person (free if you bring a dish to share / kids 5 and under free).
🐟 Come learn about our fish habitat restoration work and hands-on learning opportunities for watershed youth - all made possible by the generous support of our members. It`s a great opportunity to see the impact your support is having and learn more about recent accomplishments and upcoming projects in the watershed.
🖥 Tune in online if you`re not in Cordova. Contact CRWP to register for the meeting and receive your Zoom link at info@copperriver.org or call 907-424-3334.
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📽 COPPER BASIN - Join us this Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 6pm for our Annual Meeting Watch Party at the Glennallen High School Library after the Environmental Fair!
✨ This is a hybrid meeting (in-person + online) and a great opportunity to learn more about our fish habitat restoration work and hands-on learning opportunities for watershed youth - all made possible by the generous support of our members. Come see the impact your support is having and learn more about recent accomplishments and upcoming projects in the watershed.
🍰 Dessert will be served during the presentation.
🖥 ONLINE - Contact CRWP to register for the meeting and receive your Zoom link at info@copperriver.org or call 907-424-3334.
Not a member of CRWP? This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about our stewardship work in the Copper River watershed.
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These little alevin are all about the tank wiggle! We’re going to have some strong swimmers in this bunch, which is good because students will be releasing them into wild waters where they’ll grow up, and eventually make their way to the sea. But first they have to grow up 🙂
Subscribe to our email list for updates from classroom tanks. Later this spring, students will wade out into the watershed and release the baby salmon. Don’t miss it! 🐟
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Spring is here and that means gardening season is right around the corner!
As you plan what seeds to sow, consider native plants! They help pollinators, are resilient, and keep invasive species from taking hold and taking over sensitive areas like waterways where salmon spawn. Whether you live in a neighborhood in town or more remotely, seeds from invasive plants in your yard can spread far and wide.
Some of the prettiest flowers can be invasive, like orange hawkweed, a very aggressive plant in Cordova that is extremely difficult to get rid of once established, and white sweet clover in the Copper Basin that spreads extremely fast.
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Find out more about Alaska Invasive Species at:
Alaska Invasive Species Partnership https://alaskainvasives.org/
CRWP`s Invasive Plant Program https://copperriver.org/programs/invasive-plant-management/
Spring is here, and that means gardening season is right around the corner! #copperriverwatershed
Daily headlines are overwhelming right now as we navigate frozen grant funds, the rescinding of existing grant agreements, and the uncertainty of future funding. Significant funding for habitat restoration in the Copper River watershed has been halted, stalling out over five years of partnership coordination taken on by the team here at CRWP.
Forward progress on restoration projects has been halted as tariffs significantly increase material costs, and uncertainty in contractual funding leaves our small organization unable to award large construction contracts.
What is keeping us going? YOU. Your support and donations right now are keeping the lights on, keeping baby fish growing in classroom tanks, and keeping our staff and volunteers in the field to do what we can to keep the Copper River region thriving.
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Your donation really matters. If you can, consider giving to keep our watershed healthy.
Tap our bio link and select the Donate to CRWP button.
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📷 Michael Levshakoff/Chugach Alaska Corporation - Colleen Merrick (CRNA/CRWP), Amanda Jackson (CRWP Staff), Tenley Nelson (CRWP Board Member), Alexis Cooper (CRWP Staff), Lakota Roberts (CRNA) replanting native plants along the banks of the Little Tonsina bridge project.
Join us on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 6pm next week for our Annual Meeting and Spring Wild Food Feast!
✨ This is a hybrid meeting (in-person + online) and a great opportunity to learn more about our fish habitat restoration work and hands-on learning opportunities for watershed youth - all made possible by the generous support of our members. Come see the impact your support is having and learn more about recent accomplishments and upcoming projects in the watershed.
🐟 CORDOVA - This is our Spring Wild Food Feast, so bring your favorite dish made with ingredients harvested from the watershed! $25 per person (free if you bring a dish to share).
WHERE: The Pioneer Igloo, 621 First Street, Cordova
🍿 COPPER BASIN - This is a watch party at the Glennallen High School after the Environmental Fair dinner. Join us for a presentation, discussion, and dessert!
WHERE: The Glennallen High School, 1976 Aurora Drive, Glennallen
🖥 ONLINE - Contact CRWP to register for the meeting and receive your Zoom link at info@copperriver.org or call 907-424-3334.
Not a member of CRWP? This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about our stewardship work in the Copper River watershed.
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❄️ April snowshowers don`t stop watershed education!! ❄️
4th graders at Cordova`s Mt. Eccles Elementary School are learning about watersheds as part of the science curriculum, so teachers reached out to our Executive Director, Kate Morse. There`s no better place to learn about a watershed than by going outside and exploring one!
"At my station, we were building a model of a watershed and labeling/learning the different parts of a watershed. Thirty-five 4th graders rotated through 3 stations to play a game (to stay warm!), build a watershed with me, and then walk around Odiak watershed to collect garbage and observe the way humans have changed the land. Odiak pond supports Cutthroat Salmon, Coho Salmon, and sticklebacks; river otters, herons, kingfishers, Dusky Canada geese and numerous species of waterfowl—all right in the heart of Cordova, providing a great opportunity to see how our actions on land impact local ponds, streams, and lakes, and the many species that depend on them." —Kate Morse
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📷 CRWP - Cordova 4th-grade students bundled up in coats with hoods during heavy snowfall building a model of a watershed with CRWP`s Kate Morse.
#watershededucation #CordovaAlaska #getoutside #handsonlearning #OdiakPond
If you missed our Annual Meeting, you can watch the presentation here!
Come to Cordova on July 18-19th for Salmon Jam!
Join us for live jammin’ music, road races, delicious food, live art, and artisans, all celebrating what sustains us: Salmon and Art!
This is a FUNtastic music and art festival you don’t want to miss!
WHEN: July 18-19, 2025
WHERE: Cordova, Alaska
Bike, Paddle, Run in the Gakona TRIfesta!
This beloved triathlon event is located in the heart of the Copper River Basin. Participants bike to the infamous Gulkana River, then paddle downriver in whatever flotation device they like until the river crosses the Richardson Highway, where racers exit their watercraft and head back to the Gakona lodge on foot. The route intertwines with three scenic rivers and features views of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
WHEN: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10:00am registration/11:00am race start
WHERE: Gakona Lodge
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