Partnering for Alaska’s wild, native fish and their habitats.
If you are looking for information about Alaska’s Fish Habitat Partnerships and how they bring people together to conserve fish habitat in Alaska you have come to the right place!
Partnering on behalf of Alaska’s wild, native fish and their habitats.
Operating under the banner of the National Fish Habitat Partnership, Alaska’s recognized fish habitat partnerships are working on behalf of Alaska’s wild, native fish and their habitats.
These six recognized partnerships are part of a national network of locally-driven, voluntary, and non-regulatory collaboratives. Active partnerships made up of diverse interests are increasingly necessary to sustain Alaska’s locally and globally important fisheries – especially in geographic areas where habitat overlays a mosaic of private, state, tribal and federal lands.
Explore Our Partnerships
Support Habitats
Through Donations
Support Habitats
Through Donations
Fish habitat in apply named “Fish Creek” USFWS/K.Mueller
Apply for Funding
Funding is available to support on-the-ground projects that result in the conservation of fish habitat. Each Partnership has a different way of working with partners to identify projects for funding.
Youth Fishing
Join the Cause
We’re always looking for more volunteers! You can help develop regionally-relevant conservation strategies, engage in on-the-ground projects, aid in restoring key habitats, and much more.
Why It Matters
Climate change, habitat fragmentation, and invasive species are already changing and degrading the vast Alaska landscape that shapes the diversity of habitats from which Alaska’s precious fisheries originate.
Habitats at Risk
Habitats at Risk
Tens of thousands of Alaskans and non-Alaskans have jobs, interests, and tastes directly or indirectly linked to the well-being and conservation of Alaska’s fish and their habitats. Naturally-functioning landscapes form the foundation of the fisheries central to the Alaskan way of life and attract visitors and interest from around the world. They feed our nation and our economy. We aim to protect these habitats.
Alaska is fortunate not to have any fish listed under the Endangered Species Act — yet. Our state suffers from the outside perception that Alaska is pristine, not at risk of habitat threats, and immune to the stressors and rapid landscape changes impacting native fish elsewhere..
For more information, download ‘Through a Fish’s Eye: The Status of Fish Habitats in the United States’ below.
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For additional information or requests.
Our Partnerships
Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership
Melissa Smith, Coordinator
Email: fishhabitat@kenaiwatershed.org
Phone: (907) 260-5449 ext. 1210
Matanuska-Susitna Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership
Jessica Speed, Coordinator
Email: jessica.speed@tu.org
Phone: (907) 575-7818
Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership
Deborah Hart, Coordinator
Email: coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org
Phone: (907) 723-0258
Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Partnership
Tim Troll, Coordinator
Email: bbheritagelt@nushtel.com
Phone: (907) 842-2832
Western Native Trout Initiative
Therese Thompson, Coordinator
Email: tthompson@westernnativetrout.org
Phone: (208) 331-9431 x105