OUR VISION
We believe the Copper River watershed can have a vibrant, healthy future.
Lakota McRoberts, the Agriculture Specialist with copperrivernativeassociation (CRNA), is starting up Book Club meetings again with Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
This book explores mosses and the important relationships between people and the natural world. Through a combination of Western science, Indigenous knowledge, and personal storytelling, Kimmerer reminds us of the importance of slowing down, observing the world around us, and recognizing the connections we share with the land, plants, and all living things.
📅 WHEN: December 3rd, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
📍 WHERE: CRNA Building Board Room / Zoom
🍽️ Lunch: Lunch will be provided for those attending in person!
Please RSVP if you plan to attend in person so we can make sure we have enough lunch for everyone: lmcroberts@crnative.org
📖 Need a book? Copies of Gathering Moss are available at CRNA, so feel free to stop by and grab yours!
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🥳 If you`re in Cordova next week, join us for our Open House at the Copper River Watershed Project office on Friday, November 6 at 5:30pm.
Meet our board members and check out our newly renovated space! We`ll be sharing the latest on the Eyak Lake Weir restoration project, and will provide light refreshments.
🗓️ WHEN: Friday, November 6, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
📍 WHERE: CRWP Office (Across from the Front Door Store)
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👉🏼👉🏼 CORDOVA - SPOOKY-SCARY LOCATION CHANGE!!!
Due to too much rain, the Spooky-Scary Species Smackdown event will be relocated to the U.S. Forest Service building. Prince William Sound Science Center and CRWP are BREWING up some fun for everyone, so join us tomorrow 2-4pm at the Forest Service building!
🕸️ WHEN: TOMORROW!! Friday October 30th, from 2-4 pm.
👻 WHERE: U.S. Forest Service building (indoors).
🎃 Games and candy galore! Fun for all ages!
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#CordovaAlaska #Halloween #InvasivePlants #CommunityEvent
CORDOVA - Last week, Mt. Eccles Elementary School 5th & 6th grade Student Council and CRWP`s Stewardship Outreach Specialist Jillian Gold, worked to sow native flower seeds and tuck the garden in for a restful winter. We`d like to send out a big THANK YOU to Skye Steritz and a wonderful Student Council group for all of their efforts towards our pollinator garden.
🌱 Wish the seeds luck when you walk by the garden in front of the school!
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📷 Photo 1 Dawn Gonzalez / Photos 2-5 Skye Steritz - 5th & 6th grade student council members sow native flower seeds in the pollinator garden in front of their school in Cordova.
👻 CORDOVA – Halloween is CREEPING closer and we are THRILLED to bring you, in partnership with the Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova`s first ever Spooky-Scary Species Smackdown!
WHEN: Friday October 30th, from 2-4 pm.
WHERE: In the woods behind the Forest Service building. Please enter @ Browning Ave & 4th St.
[Big THANK YOU to Dave Sjostedt for land use permissions for this program.]
🎃 Games and candy galore! Fun for all ages!
💀Come help us defend our forest from the spookiest creatures to haunt Cordova.
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#CordovaAlaska #Halloween #InvasivePlants #CommunityEvent
You`re invited to our upcoming Open House at the Copper River Watershed Project office in Cordova on Friday, November 6 at 5:30pm-7:00pm (across from the Front Door Store). Check out our newly renovated space, meet the CRWP board members, and hear the latest on the Eyak Lake Weir restoration project!
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#CordovaAlaska #copperriverwatershed #EyakLakeWeir
Last week Cordova students went outside and waded into the water for salmon egg-take day. They harvested eggs that they will be raising in their classroom tank this year.
It was a beautiful fall day out the road. The kids participated in a habitat sketch activity and learned about the purpose of a Redd. The goals of this activity are to introduce why gravel and bankside vegetation are important to healthy spawning grounds.
Big thanks to our partners pwssc and Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation for making egg-take day possible, and to all of our partners and sponsors in Salmon in the Classroom for bringing this opportunity to Copper River youth: ahtnaintertribal (AITRC), adfg.official, Copper River School District, Cordova School District, cordovatelecom, Cordova Wireless Communications, Native Village of Eyak, Valdez Fisheries Development Association (VFDA).
📷 Kim Casavan/CRWP - Cordova students sketch beside a river learning about salmon habitat, then participate in harvesting salmon eggs for their classroom tank.
#CordovaAlaska #SalmonintheClassroom #youthprogram #salmonhabitat
Happy Alaska Day!
Today and every day, we celebrate Alaska and the incredible Copper River Watershed we’re lucky to call home. This wild, abundant place is a rare treasure—and its future is in our hands. Through dedication, collaboration, and a shared commitment to stewardship, we can make sure the watershed remains healthy, wild, and thriving for generations to come. 💙
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#lovewhereyoulive #copperriverwatershed #AlaskaDay #celebratethewild #conservation cleanrivers cleanoceans
CORDOVA – While you`re planning your upcoming Halloween festivities, add this event to your calendar! We are THRILLED to bring you, in partnership with the pwssc . . .
👻 Cordova`s first ever Spooky-Scary Species Smackdown!
WHEN: Friday October 30th, from 2-4 pm.
WHERE: In the woods behind the Forest Service building. Please enter @ Browning Ave & 4th St.
[Big THANK YOU to Dave Sjostedt for land use permissions for this program.]
🎃 Games and candy galore! Fun for all ages!
💀Come help us defend our forest from the spookiest creatures to haunt Cordova.
CopperRiver.org
#CordovaAlaska #Halloween #InvasivePlants #CommunityEvent
🥳 COPPER BASIN - We`d like to give a great big shout-out to all the volunteers who helped with the ROAR recycling site in Glennallen during the month of September!
♻️ Arlene Rosencrans, our very first volunteer of the month, got the ball rolling and a week or so later Kelsey Stanbro and her volleyball team knocked it out of the park, then CRWP Board Member Gloria Jones and her husband finished strong! All volunteers had the entire site cleaned up in no time!
💪🏽 THANK YOU so much to all of you for showing up, cleaning up, and caring about our community recycling depot. You all rock!
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#Recycling #Glennallen #CopperBasin #communityeffort
The first people, who have lived here since the very beginning, have been stewarding this watershed for a long, long time. We are grateful to live here and work in partnership with the Eyak, Ahtna, Sugpiaq and Tlingit People, as we learn and work to support the restoration of our watershed in partnership with our Tribal partners. `Awa’ahdah and Tsin’aen for stewarding this watershed with deep wisdom and knowledge.
📷 Ian Lingard/CRWP - The Copper River south of Gulkana.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #Eyak #Ahtna #Sugpiaq #Tlingit #copperriverwatershed
The CRWP team had a great time at the third annual Ocean Sciences Festival last week!
The event was hosted by the pwssc, one of our heroic local partners and member of the akcoralnetwork. It was wonderful talking with so many students of different ages (grades 3-12) about the salmon life cycle, the interplay between salt & fresh water and why it`s important to their life cycle, and salmon habitat preservation and restoration. It was a fun day - thanks for having us!
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📷 Photo 1 Kate Morse/CRWP and Photo 2 & 3 Jillian Gold/CRWP - Students stop by the CRWP table to learn about salmon at the Ocean Sciences Festival. Photo 4 Kate Morse/CRWP - Micah Phillips, a Copper River Stewardship Program participant, helped host a booth about the stewardship program and talked with students about glaciers.
You’re Invited!
Join us for our upcoming Open House at the Copper River Watershed Project office in Cordova on Friday, November 6th. Check out our newly renovated space, meet the CRWP board members, and hear the latest on the Eyak Lake Weir restoration project!
WHEN: Friday, November 6, 5:30pm-7:00pm
WHERE: CRWP Office (across from the Front Door Store)
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