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The weir needs to be replaced to maintain Eyak Lake. After the 1964 earthquake uplifted Cordova nearly 6 feet, the weir was installed to maintain lake levels and keep the nearshore Sockeye Salmon habitat underwater. Over 50 years later it is failing. Complete failure will result in most of the lake draining, exposing spawning beds, reducing lake habitat for aquatic organisms, and eliminating our emergency drinking water source.

The Eyak Lake Weir Project Needs Your Help!

The Eyak Lake Weir replacement project is ready to move forward, but State funds are needed to fill a funding gap to get it to completion.

✅ Designs and interested contractors are ready to install a low-maintenance structure that will maintain lake levels, improve connection between the lake and the river, and help sustain the lake that is the heart of our community.

✅ The City of Cordova is stepping up to take over ownership, which has been uncertain since the state agency who oversaw construction was shut down.

☑️ Secure State funds to fill the funding gap to get this project through to completion!

What can you do?

Let your State Representatives know that upgrading the Eyak Lake Weir is important to you. Sign the letter below to ask the State to help fund completion of this project.

Donate to CRWP to get take this message to State legislators in Juneau and support efforts to sustain healthy salmon habitat throughout the watershed.

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Learn more about our project! Visit the project webpage.

EYAK LAKE WEIR

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Dear Senator Gary Stevens and Representative Louise Stutes,

The Eyak Lake Weir in Cordova is failing and at risk of collapse. This catastrophic failure would decimate spawning beds in Eyak Lake and jeopardize the supplemental drinking water supply for the City of Cordova. As an Alaska State Senator and Representative, I ask you to champion and support State funding to complete the replacement project.

The weir is a State of Alaska-owned structure built in 1972 by the now-defunct State of Alaska Division of Waters and Harbors. 80 percent of the funding needed for the replacement of this failing structure has been secured by the Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP). The sole obstacle to project completion is funding. There is a $2 million gap between the engineers’ estimate and the non-state funding that CRWP has secured.

As a resident of Cordova, I ask you to support allocating State funds to fill this funding gap for the weir replacement project, which is fully prepared for construction but will remain stalled without your support.

I ask you to take this opportunity to protect Cordova’s fish and supplemental drinking water source and champion the final funding needed to complete the Eyak Lake Weir replacement project.

Sincerely,

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