OUR VISION
We believe the Copper River watershed can have a vibrant, healthy future.
As field season starts to wind down, we`d like to give a big shout-out and thank you to our awesome Cordova Plant Technician, Moshe, for coming aboard this summer to work with CRWP! Today is Moshe`s last day with us this season.
Moshe did a lot of work with the Native Plant Program collecting seeds and data, and did some great outreach at events this summer in Cordova giving out native seeds packets to folks and sharing information on how important it is to plant native plants. Moshe also hopped on a helicopter and rode out to work on Kayak Island.
"It was a really cool experience getting to go to remote places to work in the field and do seed collection. Another thing I really loved doing this season was interacting with the community as much as possible. When I was out doing seed collections people would stop by and ask what I was doing. Everyone was really interested. It was a great feeling to be able to share that with people." β Moshe Cotton
The CRWP Team thanks you for all the great work and outreach Moshe!
π· Moshe Cotton/CRWP - Moshe collecting lupine seeds along the shores of Sheridan Glacier lake.
#StaffShoutOut #Cordova #NativePlantProgram #ThankYou
CORDOVA - Tomorrow is the LAST day to purchase a Sandpiper Cream Ale from copperriverbrewing and have $1 from your purchase donated to CRWP to support habitat restoration work!
You love to fish. Fish need healthy habitat to thrive, spawn, and return again to this watershed. It`s a win-win, plus you get to quench your thirst with some good brew after a long day on the water.
If you want give more, Copper River Brewing makes it easy! Just add $1, $3, or $5 to your tab at checkout to help open more miles of fish passage in the Copper River watershed.
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Drink responsibly. Donate recklessly.
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Find out more about our fish habitat restoration work at https://copperriver.org/programs/fish-habitat-restoration/
#CopperRiverBrewing #CordovaAlaska #BeerSpecial #SalmonHabitatRestoration
CRWP is partnering with the Mt. Eccles Elementary Student Council leaders to build a native plant pollinator garden in front of the school in Cordova!
Last week our plant program staff shared some freshly harvested lupine seeds for students to get a closer look at, and planted some root wads into the ground. We`re so excited to see this partnership - and the seeds - grow! Sending a big THANK YOU out to our 5th & 6th grade student council folks and to Skye Steritz, an amazing leader of leaders.
Next month we`ll be sowing some seeds, so stay tuned!
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π· Skye Steritz - Students at Mt. Eccles Elementary School in Cordova get a close-up look at wild harvested lupine seeds while learning about creating a native plant garden at their school.
#CordovaAlaska #NativePlants #YouthProgram #nativeplantgarden
Summer is soon coming to a close, and if you didn`t have time to get some wild salmon for your freezer, check out all that senasea_seafoods has in stock.
Sena Sea is a fifth-generation fishing family who cares about the ocean, and the habitat salmon need to continue thriving.
When you buy fish from Sena Sea, they will donate 8% of your purchase to the Copper River Watershed Project to help restore salmon habitat in our watershed. You get Copper River salmon and the watershed gets a little help with salmon habitat restoration.
ππΌ Use this link to buy fish: https://www.senasea.com/r?id=4jha3n
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#sustainablefishing #wildsalmon #buyfish #copperriver #sockeye
β»οΈ COPPER BASIN - Do you have a little time to spare to help tidy up the ROAR site in Glennallen?
π₯«CRWP is a Recycling Our Area Resources (R.O.A.R) sponsor for the month of September, and we could use some help to keep the drop-off site in Glennallen tidy. Volunteering some time is a great way to support a healthy watershed and help decrease impact on our landfill.
ππΌPlease contact info@copperriver.org if you can share some of your time to help tidy up the ROAR in Glennallen.
π«Άπ½ Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far - we really appreciate it!
π· Kirsti Jurica & Kelsey Stansboro/CRWP - ROAR site in Glennallen.
#Glennallen #ROAR #Recyle #VolunteerOpportunity
CORDOVA - Take a break after a long day out on the water and relax at copperriverbrewing!
π»During the month of September, when you buy a glass of Sandpiper Cream Ale, $1 from each purchase will be donated to Copper River Watershed Project to support habitat restoration work! And healthy habitat is good for fishing!
π£ And the brewery makes it easy to give even more at the cash register to support the fishing you love. You can add $1, $3, or $5 to your tab at checkout to go towards opening more miles of fish passage in the Copper River watershed.
It`s a win-win. Plus, you`ll be less thirsty.
π Drink responsibly. Donate recklessly.
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Find out more about our fish habitat restoration work at https://copperriver.org/programs/fish-habitat-restoration/
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#CopperRiverBrewing #CordovaAlaska #BeerSpecial #SalmonHabitatRestoration
This last weekend, CRWP`s field technicians connected with folks at the Fungus Festival sharing locally harvested seeds and information about the mycorrhizal relationship between soil fungi and plant roots.
This mutual relationship benefits both when the soil fungi uptake water and nutrients (phosphorous, etc.) and send them to the plant roots, while the above-ground portion of the plants absorb sunlight, and send sun nutrients (as carbohydrates) through its roots back to the soil fungi.
In this partnership, they exchange what they each need to thrive. It is estimated that 90% of the plants we see every day are engaged in a mycorrhizal relationship underground. So cool!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the table to talk with us and learn together.
π· Kate Morse/CRWP - Copper River Watershed Project Field Technicians Moshe and Jillian at the CRWP table talking with people attending Fungus Fest in Cordova.
#FungusFest #CordovaAlaska #copperriverwatershed #nativeplants #fungi
ποΈ CORDOVA TODAY & TOMORROW - Bring your old fishing web to the Baler on Whitshed Road for recycling!
Instead of bulking up our landfill, your old fishing gear can be recycled and repurposed into usable items like knives, hats, and all kinds of useful things! It`s a win-win for everyone.
π₯«While you`re at it, bring in your aluminum cans for recycling. When you recycle cans, the money from those cans goes towards supporting the fishing web recycling effort. How cool is that?
β»οΈDrop your fishing web at the Baler on Whitshed Road from 10am - 3pm on these dates:
β September 22 and 23
β October 13 and 14
Web has to be free of cork lines, weed lines, lead lines, purse lines, chafe gear and hangings but
corks, leads, chafe and purse lines can be recycled separately.
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ππΌ We need volunteers to help process fishing web. If you can donate some time, please sign up for shifts on this google form and let us know when you`re available to help. THANK YOU for helping!
π Sign up to volunteer here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjwievoedzOHqnJJXkrmaWW_V2wicWoY8XrC97-7eQXEuBvw/viewform
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Learn more about our recycling program at https://copperriver.org/programs/recycling/
#fishingwebrecycling #recyclingmatters #repurpose #CordovaAlaska
Sockeye are spawning along the shore of Eyak Lake! The gravel edge in the video is the spot where Girl Scout Troop 148 recently cleaned up the beach - thank you ladies!
Long after the fish have spawned, died, and become nutrients to feed the ecosystem, the eggs they leave behind are developing under the gravel right along the shoreline. Walking, driving, and other activities along the waterβs edge can potentially hurt or destroy the eggs underneath. A good thing to remember when
Recreating on the beaches of Eyak Lake.
Thank you for being a good salmon neighbor, and giving this yearβs eggs a chance to hatch and grow!
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#cordovaalaska #copperriverwatershed #eyaklake #sockeye
COPPER BASIN - We`re excited to report that the old, failed culvert in a tributary of the Little Tonsina River has been removed! The driveway accessing the Bernard Creek Trail was repaired with asphalt placed at the entrance of the driveway, and the site was dewatered before heavy equipment moved in to remove the pipe.
Once complete, the project is expected to reconnect approximately 3.7 square miles of habitat upstream!
Stay tuned for more updates as the project progresses.
The contractor for this project is Blackburn Industries, LLC.
This project is funded by the mypubliclands and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( noaa ).
Project partners include Bureau of Land Management, Chugach Alaska Corporation , and the Copper River Watershed Project.
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π· Kirsti Jurica/CRWP - Photo
#CopperBasin #RichardsonHighway #ConstructionProject #fishpassage #haibtatrestoration
π₯³ We`d like to send out a big THANK YOU to Girl Scout Troop 148, and to our partners at the u.s.forestservice, for their continued stewardship of Eyak Lake`s Sunset Beach. Last week, they swept the beach of nails, glass, and trash. A huge volume of nails (from pallet fires) accumulates on that beach each summer and affects salmon spawning habitats along the shoreline.
ππΌ You can help keep the shoreline healthy for spawning salmon too, by cleaning up nails after a fire (or anytime you feel like cleaning up the beach).
ππΌ Girl Scout Troop 148 did a great job cleaning this beach - thank you for making a difference for the salmon and our community!
π· Kim Casavan/CRWP - Girl Scout Troop 148 and our U.S. Forest Service partners helping clean up the beach along Eyak Lake in Cordova.
#EyakLake #CleanUp #GirlScouts #CommunityEffort #Cordova
CORDOVA - We`re all connected! Join us in celebrating the mycorrhizal partnership between plants and fungi at the Fungus Festival Artisan Market! Stop by our informational table and take home some hand-harvested local seed, including fireweed and lupine.
π± The table will have some of our awesome CRWP staff distributing seeds at the following times:
β Friday, 9/18: 12-4PM
β Saturday, 9/19: 1-3PM
πβπ« Happy Fungus Festival!
π· Photo 1 & 2: Chicken of the Woods and Angel Wings fungi near Cordova. Photo 3 & 4: Native plants fireweed and lupine, which you can grow in your yard with seeds harvested by CRWP!
#FungusFest #CordovaAlaska #NativePlants
Recycle your used Fishing Web October 13 & 14!
Recycle your used fishing gear and turn it into useful things like shoes and hats instead of filling up our landfill!
Web has to be free of cork lines, weed lines, lead lines, purse lines, chafe gear and hangings but corks, leads, chafe and purse lines can be recycled separately.
π₯«While you’re at it, bring your aluminum cans! Recycling your cans supports the net recycling program, so drop off your aluminum at the Baler at the same time!
We need volunteers to help process fishing gear! Sign up for shifts on this google form and let us know when you’re available to help. THANK YOU for helping keep fishing web out of our landfill!
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