Instream Flow Protection: Southeast – Phase 15

Water flow data was collected via stream gages and at discharge measurement stations at 17 locations in Southeast Alaska for the purpose of developing reservations of water (Davies Creek, Eva Creek, Freshwater Creek, Control Creek, Luck Creek, Dangerous River, Italio River, Lake Eva inlet, Cowee Creek upstream of Davies Creek, Freshwater Creek above the gage, North Fork Freshwater Creek, Kennel Creek, Pavlof River, Luck Lake drainage, Log Jam Creek, Windfall Creek, and Ratz Creek). No measurements were taken at Eagle River as expected, but two locations was added to the intended list (Eva Creek and Windfall Creek).

The rivers of SE AK support some of North America’s most viable and productive salmon and steelhead fisheries. Salmon and steelhead depend on sufficient quantities of water to meet their spawning, rearing, incubation, overwintering, and migration habitat requirements. This project will benefit salmon and steelhead populations (including those used for important subsistence fisheries) throughout SE AK by procuring the data necessary to legally reserve water needed to sustain their production.