Inventory of Fish Distribution in Matanuska- Susitna Basin Streams, Southcentral Alaska 2009 Alaska Fisheries Data Series Number 2010–12
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Freezeup Processes Along the Susitna River, Alaska
This document is copyrighted material. Permission for online posting was granted to Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS) by the copyright holder. Permission to post was received via e-mail by Celia Rozen, Collection Development Coordinator on December 16, 2013, from Kenneth D. Reid, Executive Vice President, American Water Resources Association, through Christopher Estes, Chalk Board Enterprises, LLC. Five chapters of this symposium are directly relevant to the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project, as they are about the Susitna Hydroelectric Project or about the Susitna River. This PDF file contains the following chapter: Freezeup processes along the Susitna River by Stephen R. Bredthauer and G. Carl Schoch ........................................................ pages 573-581 Assigned number: APA 4144 American Water Resources Association PROCEEDINGS of the Symposium: Cold Regions Hydrology UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-FAIRBANKS, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA Edited by DOUGLASL.KANE Water Research Center Institute of Northern Engineering University of Alaska-Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Co-Sponsored by UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, ALASKA AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS fECHNICAL COUNCIL ON COLD REGIONS ENGINEERING NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION STATE OF ALASKA, ALASKA POWER AUTHORITY STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES U.S. ARMY, COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LABORATORY Host Section ALASKA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION The American Water Resources Association wishes to express appreciation to the U.S. Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and the Alaska Power Authority for their co-sponsorship of the publication of the proceedings. American Water Resources Association 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 220 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 COLD REGIONS HYDROLOGY SYMPOSIUM JULY AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION 1986 FREEZEUP PROCESSES ALONG THE SUSIT:NA RIVER, ALASKA Stephen R. -
Field-Trip Guide to Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Deposits of the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, Sheep Mountain, South-Central Alaska
Field-Trip Guide to Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Deposits of the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, Sheep Mountain, South-Central Alaska U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1124 Field-Trip Guide to Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Deposits of the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, Sheep Mountain, South-Central Alaska Amy E. Draut U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Peter D. Clift School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, U.K. Robert B. Blodgett U.S. Geological Survey–Contractor, Anchorage, AK 99508 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 2006-1124 2006 U.S. Department of the Interior P. Lynn Scarlett, Acting Secretary U.S. Geological Survey P. Patrick Leahy, Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 2006 Revised and reprinted: 2006 Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government To download a copy of this report from the World Wide Web: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1124/ For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted material contained within this report. LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. Regional map of the field-trip area. FIGURE 2. Geologic cross section through Sheep Mountain. FIGURE 3. Stratigraphic sections on the south side of Sheep Mountain. -
Number of Fish Harvested (Thousands) 50
EASTSIDE SUSITNA UNIT Chulitna River Susitna River Talkeetna River WESTSIDE Deshka River SUSITNA UNIT TALKEETNA Yentna River KNIK ARM UNIT Skwentna River Willow Creek Matanuska River PALMER Little Knik River Susitna WEST COOK River INLET UNIT ANCHORAGE Beluga River Northern ALASKA Cook Inlet NORTH MAP 0 50 AREA MILES Figure 1.-Map of the Northern Cook Inlet sport fish management area. 2 450 Knik Arm Eastside Susitna Westside Susitna West Cook Inlet 400 350 300 250 200 150 11 100 50 Number of Angler-Days (Thousands) 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Figure 2.-Angler-days of sport fishing effort expended by recreational anglers fishing Northern Cook Inlet Management Area waters, 1977-1999. 40 Mean 1999 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 13 Number of Angler-Days (Thousands) Marine Big Lake Knik River Finger Lake Other Lakes Wasilla Creek Other Streams Eklutna Tailrace Little Susitna River Cottonwood Creek Kepler Lk ComplexNancy Lk Complex Big Lake drainage streams Figure 3.-Mean number of angler-days per year of sport fishing effort expended at sites in the Knik Arm management unit, 1977-1998, and effort expended in 1999. 40 Mean 1999 35 30 25 20 15 16 10 5 Number of Angler-Days (Thousands) Lakes Little Willow Birch Creek Willow Creek Sheep CreekGoose Creek Caswell Creek Other Streams Kashwitna River Montana Creek Sunshine CreekTalkeetna River Figure 4.-Mean number of angler-days per year of sport fishing effort expended at sites in the Eastside Susitna River management unit, 1977-1998, and effort expended in 1999. -
Run Timing Always Read the Current Southcentral Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Booklet and Emergency Orders Before You Fish
Southcentral Region Department of Fish and Game West Cook Inlet, Palmer, Wasilla, & Talkeetna Run Timing Always read the current Southcentral Sport Fishing Regulations Summary booklet and Emergency Orders before you fish. Deshka River Chinook Salmon Lower: Late May through late June Upper: Early June through season closure in mid-July Coho Salmon Lower: Mid-July through early August Upper: Late July through early September Alexander Creek Chinook Salmon Late May through third week of June Coho Salmon Mid-July through August Parks Highway Streams: Willow, Little Willow, Caswell, Sheep, Goose, Montana, & Sunshine Creeks, and Kashwitna River Chinook Salmon Late May through early July Coho Salmon Early August through mid-September Susitna River Chinook Salmon Early June through late June Chum Salmon Mid-July through mid-August, not very abundant in this river Coho Salmon Late July through mid-August Pink Salmon Early July through mid-August, great abundance on even years Sockeye Salmon Mid-July through mid-August, not very abundant in this river Lake Creek Chinook Salmon Early June through early July (Yentna River) Coho Salmon Early August through late August, early September Talachulitna Chinook Salmon Lower: June River Upper: Mid-June through season closure in mid-July Coho Salmon Lower: August Upper: Mid-August through mid-September Talkeetna River Chinook Salmon Mid-June through season closure in mid-July Coho Salmon Early August through September Little Susitna Chinook Salmon Lower: Late May through late June River Upper: Mid-June through season closure in mid-July Coho Salmon Lower: Mid-July through mid-August Upper: Early August through early September Sockeye Salmon Mid-July through early August West Cook Inlet: Chuitna, Beluga, Theodore, Lewis, McArthur, and Kustatan Rivers Chinook Salmon Late May through season closure in late June Coho Salmon Mid-July through early September Please review the Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations Summary booklet before you go fishing. -
Nos Cook Inlet Operational Forecast System: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
NOAA Technical Report NOS CS 40 NOS COOK INLET OPERATIONAL FORECAST SYSTEM: MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND HINDCAST SKILL ASSESSMENT Silver Spring, Maryland September 2020 noaa National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Ocean Service Coast Survey Development Laboratory Office of Coast Survey National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce The Office of Coast Survey (OCS) is the Nation’s only official chartmaker. As the oldest United States scientific organization, dating from 1807, this office has a long history. Today it promotes safe navigation by managing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) nautical chart and oceanographic data collection and information programs. There are four components of OCS: The Coast Survey Development Laboratory develops new and efficient techniques to accomplish Coast Survey missions and to produce new and improved products and services for the maritime community and other coastal users. The Marine Chart Division acquires marine navigational data to construct and maintain nautical charts, Coast Pilots, and related marine products for the United States. The Hydrographic Surveys Division directs programs for ship and shore-based hydrographic survey units and conducts general hydrographic survey operations. The Navigational Services Division is the focal point for Coast Survey customer service activities, concentrating predominately on charting issues, fast-response hydrographic surveys, and Coast Pilot -
THE MATANUSKA VALLEY Colony ■»
FT MEADE t GenCo11 MLCM 91/02119 ALASKAN L ENT ROUP SETTLE Copy fp THE MATANUSKA VALLEY coLony ■» BY 3 KIRK H.iSTONE i* D STATES ' M» DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT /! WASHINGTON # -1950- FOREWORD This study of the Matanuska Colony project in Alaska was undertaken for the Interior-Agriculture Committee on Group Settlement in Alaska. The study is one of several which were made at the request of the Committee, covering such subjects as land use capability, farm management and production, and marketing. The Committee on Group Settlement in Alaska consists of Harlan H. Barrows, Consultant, Chairman; E. H. Wiecking and 0. L. Mimms, Department of Agriculture; Marion Clawson and Robert K. Coote, Department of the Interior. While prepared primarily for the use of the Committee, the report contains such a wealth of information that it will be of interest and of value to all those concerned with the settlement and development of Alaska. It is recommended as a factual, objective appraisal of the Matanuska project. The author accepts responsibility for the accuracy of the data and the conclusions and recommendations are his own. It should be pointed out that subsequent to the time the report was written, several of the recommended scientific investigations have been undertaken and that present knowledge of certain areas, particularly the Kenai-Kasilof area on the Kenai Peninsula, is much more adequate than indicated in the report. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface . i List of Figures . ..vii List of Tables.viii PART I Introduction Chapter 1. The Matanuska Valley as a Whole. -
Human Services Coordinated Transportation Plan for the Mat-Su Borough Area
Human Services Coordinated Transportation Plan For the Mat-Su Borough Area Phase III – 2011-2016 Final Draft January 2011 Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 Community Background .................................................................................................. 4 Coordinated Services Element ........................................................................................ 6 Coordination Working Group – Members (Table I) ................................................... 6 Inventory of Available Resources and Services (Description of Current Service / Public Transportation) .............................................................................................. 7 Description of Current Service / Other Transportation (Table II) .............................. 8 Assessment of Available Services – Public Transportation (Table III) ................... 13 Human Services Transportation Community Client Referral Form......................... 16 Population of Service Area: .................................................................................... 16 Annual Trip Destination Distribution – Current Service: ......................................... 19 Annual Trip Destination Distribution (Table V) ....................................................... 19 Vehicle Inventory .................................................................................................... 20 Needs Assessment ...................................................................................................... -
Operational Plan: Beaver Dam and Related Pond Inventory on Anadromous Streams Within the Susitna River Drainage, 2015
Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.2A.2015.12 Operational Plan: Beaver Dam and Related Pond Inventory on Anadromous Streams within the Susitna River Drainage, 2015 by Samantha Oslund February 2016 Alaska Department of Fish and Game Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries 1 Symbols and Abbreviations The following symbols and abbreviations, and others approved for the Système International d'Unités (SI), are used without definition in the following reports by the Divisions of Sport Fish and of Commercial Fisheries: Fishery Manuscripts, Fishery Data Series Reports, Fishery Management Reports, and Special Publications. All others, including deviations from definitions listed below, are noted in the text at first mention, as well as in the titles or footnotes of tables, and in figure or figure captions. Weights and measures (metric) General Mathematics, statistics centimeter cm Alaska Administrative all standard mathematical deciliter dL Code AAC signs, symbols and gram g all commonly accepted abbreviations hectare ha abbreviations e.g., Mr., Mrs., alternate hypothesis HA kilogram kg AM, PM, etc. base of natural logarithm e kilometer km all commonly accepted catch per unit effort CPUE liter L professional titles e.g., Dr., Ph.D., coefficient of variation CV meter m R.N., etc. common test statistics (F, t, χ2, etc.) milliliter mL at @ confidence interval CI millimeter mm compass directions: correlation coefficient east E (multiple) R Weights and measures (English) north N correlation coefficient cubic feet per second ft3/s south S (simple) r foot ft west W covariance cov gallon gal copyright degree (angular ) ° inch in corporate suffixes: degrees of freedom df mile mi Company Co. -
Botanical Through Recreation
REVISED STUDY PLAN 11. BOTANICAL 11.1. Introduction The botanical resources section describes the studies proposed to collect necessary baseline data to evaluate the potential impacts to vegetation, wildlife habitat, wetland, and vascular-plant resources in the Project area. Five proposed study plans are presented in this section. Two of these studies will involve the mapping of vegetation, wildlife habitats, and wetlands in the upper and middle Susitna basin where the Project dam, reservoir, supporting infrastructure, transmission lines, and access road are proposed to be built. A third study involves the mapping of successional vegetation, wildlife habitats, and wetlands in riparian areas along the Susitna River downstream of the proposed dam site, and also will involve modeling efforts to predict the potential changes in downstream riparian areas from Project development. A fourth study will involve surveys for rare vascular plant populations in those portions of the Project area where fill, inundation of the reservoir, or disturbance to plant populations would occur, and a fifth study will involve surveys for invasive vascular plants in currently disturbed areas that could serve as source areas for the spread of invasive plants in the Project area. 11.2. Nexus Between Project Construction / Existence / Operations and Effects on Resources to be Studied Project construction and operations activities would directly and indirectly affect vegetation, wildlife habitats, and wetlands in and adjacent to those areas where physical alteration of the landscape would occur (the site of the proposed dam, the reservoir, and in those areas where supporting infrastructure, the access road, and transmission-lines are proposed). Project development also could indirectly affect vegetation, wildlife habitats, and wetlands in riparian areas downstream of the proposed dam because of alterations in patterns of river flow, sediment transport, ice scour, and subsequent changes in riverine geomorphology. -
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Residue Adjacent to the Waters of the Matanuska River in Palmer, Alaska Public Notice Draft
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 555 Cordova Street Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Residue Adjacent to the Waters of the Matanuska River in Palmer, Alaska Public Notice Draft July 2017 Draft TMDL for Residue Adjacent to the Matanuska River, AK July 2017 Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 7 1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Location of TMDL Study Area ....................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Population ........................................................................................................................................ 13 1.3 Topography ...................................................................................................................................... 13 1.4 Land Use and Land Cover ............................................................................................................. 13 1.5 Soils and Geology ............................................................................................................................ 14 1.6 Climate .............................................................................................................................................. 17 1.7 Hydrology and Waterbody -
Little Susitna River FY 2014 Final Report
Clean Boating on the Little Susitna River FY 2014 Final Report Prepared for: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Alaska Clean Water Action Grant #14-03 July 1, 2013—June 30, 2014 Cook Inletkeeper is a community-based nonprofit organization that combines advocacy, outreach, and science toward its mission to protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains. Report prepared by: Rachel Lord Outreach & Monitoring Coordinator Cook Inletkeeper 3734 Ben Walters Ln. Suite 201 Clean Boating on Big Lake Homer, AK 99603 (907) 235-4068 FY14 Final Report www. inletkeeper.org 2 Cook Inletkeeper ● www.inletkeeper.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 4 Launch Host Program 7 Boater Survey Results 9 Community Outreach 12 Future Work 15 Acknowledgements 16 Appendix A. FY14 Little Su Clean Boater Surveys Appendix B. Media Excerpts Appendix C. Clean boating resources Protecting Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains since 1995. 3 INTRODUCTION The Little Susitna River is located in the densely as impacts from high turbidity levels around the populated Southcentral region of Alaska. It sup- Public Use Facility (PUF, river mile 25). This pol- ports salmon and trout populations, making it a lutant loading is associated with busy, high use popular fishing destination for many in the An- times of the summer when Chinook salmon (May chorage and Mat-Su Borough area. In addition to -June) and Coho salmon (July –September) are fishing, people come to the ‘Little Su’ during running in the river. More information on the summer months for recreational boating, hunt- ADEC efforts at the Little Su can be found ing, picnics and camping. -
The Little Susitna River— an Ecological Assessment
The Little Susitna River— An Ecological Assessment Jeffrey C. Davis and Gay A. Davis P.O. Box 923 Talkeetna, Alaska (907) 733.5432. www.arrialaska.org July 2007 Acknowledgements This project was completed with support from the State of Alaska, Alaska Clean Water Action Plan program, ACWA 07-11. Laura Eldred, the DEC Project Manger provided support through comments and suggestion on the project sampling plan, QAPP and final report. Nick Ettema from Grand Valley State University assisted in data collection. ARRI—Little Susitna River July 2007 Table of Contents Summary............................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 3 Methods............................................................................................................................... 4 Sampling Locations ........................................................................................................ 4 Results................................................................................................................................. 6 Riparian Development .................................................................................................... 6 Index of Bank Stability ................................................................................................... 7 Chemical Characteristics and Turbidity.........................................................................