Join us Thursday: Salmon Habitat Panel in Juneau

Enjoy salmon tacos from Juneau’s Taqueria while visiting scientists explain how salmon habitat in Alaska is identified and what that means for public policy.

On Thursday March 1st from 12:00pm – 1:00pm at the Alaska Education Association’s Conference Room (201 Main St, Juneau, AK), UFA’s Salmon Habitat Information Program is sponsoring a panel of experts  called “Defining Salmon Habitat in Alaska: Current Practices and Emerging Technologies.”

Topics to be discussed include:

  • How salmon streams are defined & why that matters for protection and policy.
  • Emerging technologies in modeling.
  • What is eDNA and how it could improve defining salmon habitat.

Experts from ADF&G Habitat Division, USDA Forest Service and the University of Washington will be presenting and taking audience questions on these important topics.