Alaska Department of Fish and Game Activities
The 2025 field season brings exciting developments for the ADF&G restoration team. We will be launching our 3-year Yukon River Drainage culvert survey project. This project will inventory and assess fish passage conditions on roads in the North Star Borough and adjacent major highways including the Elliot, Dalton, and Steese Highway corridors. The data collected will be entered into the Fish Passage Improvement Database and reports and photographs will be made available on the ADF&G Fish Resource Monitor to allow anyone to locate fish passage barriers, view photographs, and read and print survey data and notes. In addition, a report that prioritizes culverts for replacement will be produced. We are currently looking to hire two seasonal technicians to be based out of Fairbanks. The openings can be found online at Workplace Alaska.
Important Dates and Events
Fairbanks Streambank Restoration Workshop: July 16 (classroom) and July 17 (Hands-on), 8:30 am-5:00 pm. Email DFG.DSF.StreambankRehab@alaska.gov to register.
Each year, ADF&G staff teaches a two-day Habitat and Rehabilitation Workshop in each of the project locations throughout the state. This workshop is offered at no charge to an audience that includes landowners, agencies, non-profit organizations, consultants, contractors, students, and others. The first day of the workshop provides education on fish habitat, hydrology, plant materials, construction materials, and construction techniques for streambank rehabilitation projects. The second day of the workshop involves the hands-on installation of a rehabilitation project by workshop participants. Workshop participants are introduced to a supportive network of restoration professionals who are available for further consultation, and they learn how to avoid or minimize impacts to salmon rearing habitat
Fairbanks Fish Passage Surveying Workshop: a one-day class to be held during the week of June 2nd-June 6th. Email grace.fahrney@alaska.gov for information.
The ADF&G Fish Passage team will be hosting a workshop in Fairbanks. The workshop will cover the requirements for effective fish passage, the ADF&G culvert classification and ranking system, and assessment protocol and techniques used by our field crews with the goal of building local capacity and engagement with his new project.
Arctic Beringia Fish Ecology 