Who is TVWA?

Authors: Nelson, Cynthia B. Tanana Valley Watershed Association; Everett, Christy TVWA Board Chair

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Abstract

Tanana Valley Watershed Association grew out of the Noyes Slough Action Committee and was formally established as a non-profit in 2006, with the mission to promote and improve the health of the Tanana Valley watershed through education, restoration, collaborative research, and diverse community involvement. Since then, it has collaborated with the members of the Fairbanks Stormwater Advisory Committee, the Alaska Railroad Corporation, the Alaska Departments of Environmental Conservation, Fish and Game, and Natural Resources, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service on education, citizen science, research, planning and restoration projects in the Tanana River watershed. This presentation will describe many of the past and present programs and projects, as well as plans for the future. We are particularly proud of our work to detect Chinook salmon in tributaries of the Chena River where they had not previously been known to occur, and our ten-year collaboration with Salcha Elementary School and Alaska Railroad Corporation to monitor changes in Piledriver Slough resulting from the railroad extension and flood control levee.

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