COASTAL AMERICA 2007 AWARDS PROGRAM
PARTNERSHIP / SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATION FORM
1. Name of Nominated Team:
Salmon in the City – a sustainable salmon stewardship initiative in Anchorage, Alaska.
2. Nomination Submitted by :
Alaska Regional Implementation Team (co-chair information as follows)
Name / Doug Mutter / Jon KurlandTitle / Regional Environmental Assistant / Assistant Regional Administrator
Agency or Organization / U.S. Department of the Interior / NOAA fisheries, Alaska Region
Address / 1689 C Street, Room 119
Anchorage, Alaska 99501 / PO Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802
Telephone / (907) 271-5011 / (907) 586-7638
FAX / (907) 271-4102 / (907) 586-7358
E-mail / /
3. How did the team demonstrate the “value added” of a partnership effort? (i.e., How did this project or process accomplish what a single agency could not accomplish alone?)
The Salmon in the City stewardship initiative truly epitomizes the value of a diverse partnership in addressing evolving natural resource challenges. Key project sponsors and supporters are identified in #8, below. This initiative could not succeed on its own. As part of this initiative a multi-stakeholder team of the key project sponsors and other supporters, with the leadership of the Municipality of Anchorage are instrumental in implementing a collaborative process to leverage resources and pool expertise to accomplish the goals of the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. Interpretative outreach is an exceptional resource management tool and is proven to positively influence public awareness and attitudes. The importance of public engagement cannot be understated, and it is absolutely necessary for building support for local salmon restoration projects. An informed public, inspired to partner with federal, state and local agencies and community groups, is central to accomplishing the strategic salmon sustainability goals of the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.
4. Describe the process or project you are nominating. How is it creative or novel?
The Salmon in the City stewardship initiative is designed to: 1) improve the public understanding of actions residents can do to achieve salmon sustainability in Anchorage, 2) build strong public support for rejuvenating and maintaining local salmon populations, 3) enhance resident and visitor fishing and recreation experiences and 4) demonstrate City leadership in the protection and the restoration of salmon resources in Anchorage.
The team has identified two primary work components, thus taking advantage of well-established outreach strategies having a history of success. The first component produces the tools and materials necessary to deliver salmon habitat and outreach programs. The second component executes sustainable salmon community outreach, interpretation, and visibility events, in partnership with local residents, businesses, and state and federal resource agencies. The initiative currently targets the Chester, Ship and the Campbell Creeks Watersheds.
The first component will increase the capacity of the Municipality of Anchorage to sustain salmon at all life stages by producing the tools and the partnerships necessary to deliver the Salmon in the City™ message and outreach services.
The second component of this initiative focuses on conducting outreach and visibility events. Achieving salmon stewardship in Anchorage requires that the message be repeated frequently, highly visible and inoculated into local organizations, institutions and popular community events. Work plan Component Two builds upon the products developed under work plan Component One. Activities described below focus on “getting the word out” through a series of visibility events and strategic sponsorships. All activities will drive residents to existing web-based information about Alaska salmon and opportunities to get involved in the City’s efforts. Public support for sustainable salmon recovery efforts will be enhanced as these efforts create a community of sustainable salmon stewards. This type of outreach is critical, given that close to 50% of Alaska’s population base resides within the Municipality of Anchorage
5. What are the most significant achievements of the process or project?
First Component activities include:
· Salmon in the City ™ branding through production of logo and outreach materials.
· Mobile outreach displays to be used at community and other visibility events.
· Salmon Habitat/Stewardship Awareness Video Public Service Announcements are being produced and will be used during public presentations and made available to ADFG public information staff, science classrooms and other teachers to augment their natural science lesson plans. The video productions will also be posted on the Salmon in the City website and made available to post on other websites and distributed to news and other media outlets. (http://www.muni.org/salmoninthecity/)
· Salmon in the City Website design.
· A Salmon in the City Public Awareness Poll to help create a baseline indicator for community understanding of and attitudes toward urban salmon issues. The City will incorporate survey results into future outreach activities.
. Second Component activities include:
· Neighborhood Sustainable Salmon Seminar Series: Using the mobile outreach display and other materials produced under work plan Component One, the Municipality of Anchorage Creeks Community Development Manager is working with the City’s Watershed Division and other departments to organize and facilitate presentations to community councils or other requesting organizations within the Anchorage Bowl.
· Campbell Creek Interpretive Trail: Interpretation is a proven technique for influencing behavior and attitudes among people of all ages. The Campbell Creek Watershed provides an excellent venue for increasing public understanding of the relationship between salmon, water quality and a healthy and vibrant community. The interpretation products produced under this task will be transferable to Ship and Chester creeks, helping to reduce production costs of the salmon restoration and outreach displays for these creeks. The Campbell Creek greenbelt has 19 trailheads and four fish viewing platforms (currently without interpretation information). Users include, local residents and families, students, resource agencies, nature-based tour operators, local outing groups, military personnel, to name just a few. Resources agencies currently incorporate part of the trail into annual salmon and fishery education programs with the Anchorage School District.
· The goals of the Pacific Coastal Sustainable Salmon Recovery Fund and City’s salmon restoration program can be leveraged through strategic sponsorship of high profile and community supported events to increase the visibility of salmon restoration and stewardship in our community and strengthen sustainable salmon partnerships. The City intends to sponsor community salmon celebrations, youth-centered activities, and salmon stewardship matching grants to facilitate homeowner/community group involvement in salmon stewardship and outreach activities.
Related projects include:
· Ship Creek fish viewing and access
· Chester Creek fish passage and creek restoration
· Little Campbell Creek cleanup
6. Explain how the process/project contributes Coastal America’s mission to protect, preserve, and restore coastal resources?
The Salmon in the City initiative encompasses a suite of projects that address three primary objectives, which dovetail with Coastal America’s mission to protect, preserve, and restore coastal resources.
· Projects that improve fish passage. Salmon require easy access into and out our creeks.
· Projects that maintain and restore creek corridors. Undisturbed creek reaches have the highest quality salmon habitat. Salmon need clear, cool water, gravel creekbeds to spawn, and stream banks with healthy vegetation - providing shade, preventing erosion, and offering a place to hide from predators. These projects can also help protect private property by improving our ability to mitigate flood hazards.
· Projects that build long-term stewardship and provide public access. Interpretive trails, citizen water quality monitoring, volunteer creek clean up activities, public education and outreach programs and fishing access improvements are important aspects of Anchorage's Salmon in the City initiative.
7. Has the project/process been endorsed by the Coastal America Team?
Yes, the Alaska Regional Implementation Team has endorsed the project/process.
8. Identify the team members, the team leader, and their agency affiliation. Provide their mailing addresses.
Team Leader: David Wigglesworth
Creeks Community Development Manager
Municipality of Anchorage
Office of Economic & Community Development
PO Box 196650
Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6650
(907) 343-7116,
Federal Government
USFWS
Ann Rappoport
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
605 West 4th Ave., G-61
Anchorage, AK, 99501
907-271-1798
William Rice, P.E.
Hydologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
605 West 4th Ave., G-61
Anchorage, AK, 99501
907-271-1798
US EPA
Heather Dean
United States Environmental Protection Agency
222 West 7th Avenue #19
Anchorage, Alaska 99504
907-271-3490
NOAA
Erika Ammann
Fisheries Biologist
NOAA Restoration Center
222 West 7th Ave. #43
Anchorage, AK 99513
907- 271-5118
Jeanne Hanson
NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region
Habitat Conservation Division
222 West 7th Ave. #43
Anchorage, AK 99502
907 -271-3029
NPS
Cassie Thomas
NPS Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program
240 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-644-3590
US Army
Christopher D. Garner
Natural Resources Specialist
Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
U.S. Army Alaska, Fort Richardson
Army Corps of Engineers
Hank Baij
Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 6898
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506-0898
Phone: 907-753-2776
Maureen McCrea, Ph.D.
Project Manager
Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 6898
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506-0898
Mary Plumb-Mentjes
Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 6898
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506-0898
U.S. Air Force
Mary Weger, GS-11, DAF
3 CES/CEVP
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506-0898
907-552-0190 (Mon, Wed, Fri)
907-552-3865 (Tue, Thur)
NRCS
Crystal Leonetti
Statewide Native Liaison
District Conservationist
Anchorage NRCS Field Office
510 L Street, Ste. 270
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-271-2424
Chet Fitzgerald
District Conservationist
Anchorage NRCS Field Office
510 L Street, Ste. 270
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-271-2424
State Government
ADF&G
Robert A. Clark, Fisheries Scientist I
ADF&G, Sport Fish Division
Research and Technical Services
333 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518-1599
907-267-2222
Sue Aspelund
Special Assistant to the Commissioner
ADF&G/Sustainable Salmon Fund
PO Box 25526
Juneau, AK 99802-5526
Phone: 907-465-6139
Matt G. Miller, Area Management Biologist
Anchorage/North Gulf Coast/Prince William Sound
ADF&G, Division of Sport Fish
333 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
907-267-2415
Steve Albert, Biologist
ADF&G, Division of Sport Fish
333 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
907-267-2146,
Cecelia Curtis
ADF&G/Sustainable Salmon Fund
PO Box 25526
Juneau, AK 99802-5526
Phone: 907-465-6139
Eleanor Oydna
ADF&G/Sustainable Salmon Fund
PO Box 25526
Juneau, AK 99802-5526
907- 465-6134
Lisa Olson
ADF&G, Division of Sport Fish
Southcentral Region Information Officer
333 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518-1599
907- 267-2219
Stacie Hall, Fishery Biologist
Instream Flow Outreach and Education
ADF&G, Division of Sport Fish-RTS
333 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518-1565
907- 267-2533
Dean Hughes, Area Management Biologist
ADF&G
333 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518-1599
ADEC
Tim Stevens
ADEC, Water Quality Division
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99510
AKDNR
Bill Kiger
Natural Resource/Interpretive Manager
Alaska State Parks
550 West 7th Ave, Suite 1340
Anchorage AK 99501
907-269-8747
Cindy J. Anderson, Habitat Biologist
OHMP
550 West 7th Ave, Suite 1420
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
907- 269-6995
Meg Anderson, Publications Specialist
DNR Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1340
Anchorage, AK 99501-3565
907- 269-8752
Megan Piersma
DNR Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
Interpretation& Education
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1340
Anchorage, AK 99501-3565
907- 269-8746
Matt Green
Natural Resource TechnicianII
Alaska State Parks
Interpretation and Education
550 W. 7th Ave, Suite 1340
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-269-8742
Local Government
Municipality of Anchorage
Thede Tobish, Senior Planner,
Department of Community Planning
Municipality of Anchorage
P.O.Box 196650
Anchorage, AK 99519
907-343-7918
Kristi Bischoberger,
Watershed Administrator
Municipality of Anchorage
P.O.Box 196650
Anchorage, AK 99519
907- 343-8058
Bradley Dunker, Associate Park Planner
Municipality of Anchorage
Parks & Recreation Department
120 Bragaw Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-343-4504
Monique Anderson, Park Superintendent
Municipality of Anchorage
Parks & Recreation Department
120 Bragaw Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-343-4427
Tammie Wilson, Environmental Specialist
Municipality of Anchorage
Watershed Management Division
4700 Bragaw Street
Anchorage, AK 99519
907-343-8008
Russell Oswald, PE, LS
Project Management & Engineering
Municipality of Anchorage
P.O.Box 196650
Anchorage, AK 99519
907-343-8196
Brooke Blessing
Project Management & Engineering
Municipality of Anchorage
P.O.Box 196650
Anchorage, AK 99519
907-343-8387
Lori Schanche
Project Management & Engineering
Municipality of Anchorage
P.O.Box 196650
Anchorage, AK 99519
907-343-8368
Non-governmental Organizations
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
Terry Thompson, Education Coordinator
ADF&G, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
95 Sterling Highway Suite 2
Homer, AK 99603
907- 226-4656
Catie Bursch
Education Assistant/ Illustrator
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
95 Sterling Highway, Suite 2
Homer, Alaska 99603
907-226-4661
Kevin Co, Videographer
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
95 Sterling Highway, Suite 2
Homer, Alaska 99603
907-226-4661
Anchorage Waterways Council
Holly Kent, Executive Director
Anchorage Waterways Council
P.O. Box 241774
Anchorage, Alaska 99524-1774
907-272-7335
ConocoPhillips - Alaska
Ms Caryn Rea
Sr. Staff Biologist
Earth Energy Partners Program
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc
700 G Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99510
Roger Belman, Counsel
Earth Energy Partners Program
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc
700 G Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99510
Alaska Railroad
Bruce Carr
Alaska Railroad Corporation
P.O. Box 107500
Anchorage, Alaska 99510
907-265-2468
Barabara Hotchkin
Alaska Railroad Corporation
P.O. Box 107500
Anchorage, Alaska 99510
907-265-2468
Jim Kubitz
Alaska Railroad Corporation
P.O. Box 107500
Anchorage, Alaska 99510
907-265-2468