• Nonprofit organization formedin 1995

• Mission: Protect the Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains

• 9 staff, contractors, volunteers, members

• Offices in Homer and Anchorage

Cook Inletkeeper

Lower Kenai Peninsula Watershed Health Project

• Five year project to inventory baseline water quality in four lower Kenai Peninsula salmon streams in response to community concerns

• Two strong partners with discreet roles

• Community support through land owner access and field help

CEMP Partnership of Southcentral Alaska

• CEMP: Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program was designed to actively engage citizen volunteers in the collection and distribution of important habitat and water quality data.

• The Partnership is made up of watershed-based organizations following a common Quality Management Plan (QMP).

• Each organization has its own QAPP and local volunteers but the Partnership comes together annually for training and discussion.

QMP

Stream Temperature Monitoring Network

• Collect 5-year water temperature data sets in Cook Inlet salmon streams.

• Identify watershed characteristics with the greatest potential to buffer stream temperatures from climate and land-use change

• The Network is made up of Tribal, federal, state and local partners with project coordination by Cook Inletkeeper.

The Nature Conservancy of Alaska

Kenai Watershed Forum

Wasilla Soil and Water Conservation District

Upper Su Soil and Water Conservation District

Anchorage Waterways Council

Aquatic Restoration and Research Institute

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

National Park Service

U.S. Forest Service

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Native Village of Tyonek

Seldovia Village Tribe

Nanwalek Traditional Council

The Wildlifers

Denali Trekking Company

Community volunteers