Taiya Inlet Watershed Council

11/07/2018

06/09/2018

TIWC will be at the Small Boat Harbor until noon! Come say hi and learn about clean boating!

04/19/2018

03/22/2018

Job Opening: Local Foods Director for the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition Job Title: Local Foods Director Application Closing Date: April 20th, 2018 Remuneration: Salary depends on ex…

01/26/2018

Over the past five months Skagway School students have been raising pink salmon from Pullen Creek in the classroom aquarium. In mid-October all of the eggs started developing eyes, then in late November they hatched into alevins. They stayed in this phase getting nutrients from their yolk sacks before hatching into swimming fry in mid-January! Unlike our coho salmon from last year who hang around in the stream for up to 18 months, pink salmon will head out to the ocean to feed after they hatch into fry. On January 24th we braved the cold and had a farewell ceremony for our pink salmon and each student got a salmon to release into Pullen Creek to continue on its journey to the ocean. Hopefully we’ll see them back in the summer of 2019!

Photos: Kate Bauer (Thanks!)

10/19/2017

Our Pink salmon eggs have eyes! In about a month they should be hatching into alevins.

09/22/2017

Yesterday, as part of Salmon in the Classroom, 4th and 5th grade students learned about the external and internal anatomy of our local Pink salmon. We got an up-close look at their different body parts by dissecting a Pink salmon!

09/22/2017

Salmon in the Classroom is starting up again! At the end of August we did an egg take from Pink salmon in Pullen Creek with the Skagway Traditional Council and 4th and 5th grade students. They were transported back to the classroom and fertilized. The eggs now in their tank in the hallway at the school where we can watch them go through the life cycle! In the spring they will be released back into Pullen Creek.

07/10/2017

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Skagway Community W**d Pull on Saturday! Together we pulled 237 pounds of white sweetclover!

07/07/2017

02/22/2017

The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition seeks a dynamic leader with excellent organizational and communication skills to strengthen and advance the Coalition’s programs and services! SAWC is…