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Chena Salmon Project Summary

October 27, 2012

Project Highlights

• 124 people helped with this sampling project
• Participants included a diverse mix from the

Fairbanks community including:

• Homeschool families
• Local landowners
• Military families
• UAF Upward Bound
• UAF Watershed Management Class
• We caught 1,511 fish in minnow traps, 849 of which

were Chinook salmon

• We talked to over 2,000 people about salmon and

the Chena River at our outreach events

Sampling sites

Moose Creek B Moose Creek A Nordale Rd Ft Wainwright Housing Chena Cove Noyes Park Carlson Quality Pike’s Pump House Boat Shop Parks Highway Peger Chena Rec

Below Downtown Downtown Above Downtown

Tanana River

University Ave

Our goal was to sample 12 sites each week; we sampled an average of 13 sites each week!

How many of each species were caught at each site?

Site name Chinook salmon slimy sculpin burbot lake chub longnose sucker blackfish Arctic lamprey Moose Creek Dam A 272 62 6 2 Moose Creek Dam B 511 18 2 Nordale Rd 6 35 1 FTWW Housing 5 28 Chena Cove 3 35 Noyes Park 3 69 1 1 Quality Sales 11 52 2 Carlson Center 2 37 1 Peger Rd 121 Chena Rec 12 9 Parks Hwy (Loftus) 5 28 15 1 5 Pikes Landing 2 27 21 Pump House 2 12 19 Boat Shop 15 39 6 7 total number caught

• f each species

849 572 16 63 2 5 4 % of total amount

• f fish caught 56%

38% 1% 4% <1% <1% <1%

We caught a total of 1,511 fish!!!! Highest species diversity at the Parks Highway site (5 species)

Chinook caught at each site

(From dam to mouth)

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550

Moose Creek Dam B Moose Creek Dam A Nordale FTWW Housing Chena Cove Noyes Park Quality Carlson Center Peger Chena Rec Parks Hwy Pikes Pump House Boat Shop

92%

Chinook caught each week

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total number of Chinook Week

Chinook size at the Moose Creek Dam

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 7/9 7/16 7/23 7/30 8/6 8/13 8/20 8/27 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 Chinook salmon length (in mm)

2011 compared to 2012

Lower species diversity in 2012 (9 species in 2011, 7 in 2012) More fish caught in 2012 (825 in 2011, 1,511 in 2012) More Chinook salmon (3x more) because of Moose Creek Dam site

Alaska blackfish Arctic grayling Arctic lamprey Burbot Chinook salmon Lake chub Longnose Sucker Round whitefish Slimy sculpin Site Name 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 Moose Creek B 2 2 4 80 511 32 18 Nordale 2 6 1 42 35 FTWW Housing 1 5 10 28 Chena Cove 1 6 3 34 35 Noyes Park 5 15 1 29 3 2 1 2 142 69 Quality 5 2 21 11 1 1 62 52 Peger 1 12 1 45 121 Chena Rec 1 5 12 1 1 16 9 Parks Hwy 132 5 4 16 2 7 15 6 16 28 Pikes 8 2 3 21 26 27 Pump House 2 17 19 8 12 Total each year 132 5 2 6 2 33 3 177 557 29 56 9 1 4 433 434

Outreach events

Event Name Date(s) Estimated number of

• utreach recipients

Chena Riverwalk Festival 6/9 85 Midnight Sun Solstice Festival 6/24 600 Downtown Monday Market 7/25, 8/13,8/27, 9/24 250 Farmer's Market 6/27 75 UAF Upward Bound 6/19, 6/21 34 Golden Days Parade 7/22 1,000 UAF Watershed Management Class 9/17 6

Outreach events

Golden Days Parade Midnight Sun Solstice Festival Project Training

Chena Riverwalk Festival

Downtown Markets

What happens next?

• Submitting article to FWS webpage for region
• Working on “data series” so others can use data
• Applying for Yukon River Panel Research &

Management Grant to continue the project next year but won’t know if awarded until March

Thank you for your help!!!! We couldn’t have done the project without you!