Completed in 2001
For more information contact
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fairbanks Fisheries Resources Office
101 12th Avenue, Box 17
Fairbanks, AK 99701
| Project Description: |
This project had been identified
in the recovery plan for arctic grayling and was a high priority
for the City of North Pole, Friends of Chena-Badger Slough, and
the North Pole Soil Conservation District. The project had also
been advocated in the Army Corps of Engineers Chena River Watershed
Study (1997).
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| Project Outcome and Benefits: |
The project removed a gravel causeway
constructed on Beaver Creek in the 1960's, opening 2 stream miles
of historic spawning and rearing habitat for arctic grayling and
salmon.
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| Partners: |
Alaska Department of Natural Resources,
City of North Pole, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Department
of Fish and Game, Williams Petroleum, the Santa Claus House, and
USFWS-Northern Alaska Ecological Services.
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