National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Bring Back the Natives / More Fish 2015 - Submit Final Programmatic Report (New Metrics) Grantee Organization: Kenai Watershed Forum Project Title: Stream Watch Volunteers: Protecting Alaska's Native Fish Project Period 4/01/2016-10/27/2017 Project Location Description (from Proposal) Project Summary (from Proposal) This proposal is specific to Alaska's popular Kenai Peninsula. Volunteers complete hands-on river protection projects and share educational messages across the peninsula but focus predominately on the Kenai, Kasilof and Russian Rivers. The Kenai Peninsula is approximately the size of West Virginia. Support a staff person to help implement Stream Watch, a volunteer-driven program that provides fish habitat education while completing restoration projects on Alaska s Kenai Peninsula. The project will leverage agency efforts by monitoring popular fishing sites, installing plant protective fencing, removing litter, completing restoration projects, and educating the general public. Project Status and Accomplishments Project Summary: The Stream Watch is a volunteer-driven program that provides peer-to-peer cold water fish habitat education while completing on-the-ground fish habitat restoration projects on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The benefits of the Stream Watch program for fish are vast in both proactive and reactive capacities for both long and short-term cold-water fish habitat protection. Stream Watch Volunteers monitor popular fishing sites, install and maintain riparian plant protective fencing, remove riverside litter, remove fish passage barriers, complete erosion control projects and provide riverside educational messages on fishing regulations and cold-water fish habitat protection to create life-long, knowledgeable habitat stewards. Stream Watch volunteers can participate as an Ambassador by committing to at least 24 hours of time each season, or through participation in a Stewardship Work Day where individuals, groups or businesses help with a one-day, river protection projects. Thanks to the support of NFWF funds, the Stream Watch Coordinators were able to leverage agency efforts and facilitate volunteers throughout the summers of 2016 and 2017. During this time frame, volunteers donated 2,700+ hours (equivalent to $75,000+ in match) to the Stream Watch Program. Utilizing the program s two-pronged approach to volunteer management (i.e. through our Ambassador Program and Stewardship Work Day Program), Stream Watch Ambassadors, organizations, and individual community members worked together to educate 6,800+ river users on fishing regulations and cold-water fish habitat protection and remove 5,500+ lbs. of trash and 150+ lbs. of fishing line from our rivers as can be seen below: Table 1: 2016-2017 Season Combined Statistics Volunteer Contacts Trash(lbs.) Fishing Line(lbs.) Ambassadors Stewardship Days Hours 2016 1282 2870 2413 75 62 17 2017 1504 3962 3110 81 57 22 Total 2786 6832 5523 156 119 39 Stream Watch Ambassador Program: In June of 2016 and 2017, the Stream Watch coordinators, funded through this grant, advertised and facilitated two orientations per season. During these orientations, volunteers were trained and oriented to be Stream Watch Ambassadors. Throughout the summer months, many of these Ambassadors scheduled shifts at our Stream Watch sites and came out for Stewardship Days. While volunteering at a Stream Watch site, Ambassadors complete a variety of tasks and track specific metrics to help assess the effectiveness of the program. With the assistance of a coordinator, Ambassadors will visit sites in groups of two or larger to provide riverside educational messages on fishing regulations and cold-water fish habitat protection to river users. While doing so, Ambassadors will also maintain riparian plant protective fencing, remove riverside litter, remove fish passage barriers, and manage our monofilament line recycling program. For more specific details, please see Table 2 and Table 3 which depict the collected seasonal metrics. Stream Watch Stewardship Day Program: While the Stream Watch Ambassadors are the core of the program, Stream Watch could not complete many projects without the assistance of organizations and community members. For many of the fencing, beach clean-up, and miscellaneous projects, Stream Watch Coordinators organize Stewardship Days to involve the broader community in our conservation efforts. During 2016 and 2017 Coordinators facilitated a total of 39 Stewardship Days where
Ambassadors, organizations, and community members alike worked together to protect and preserve sensitive Trout habitat. Due to these Stewardship Days, Stream Watch volunteers seasonally installed and removed 3.1 miles of habitat fencing, shared river stewardship information with 825 river users, and effectively prevented 4,792 lbs. of litter from entering fish habitat and potentially poisoning or entangling wildlife including trout. Many of these Stewardship Days were dedicated to installing and removing our temporary habitat fencing. Through the Stewardship Day Program, Stream Watch seasonally installed 3.1 miles of protective fencing along various sections of the Russian and Kenai Rivers during the spring of 2016 and 2017, which helps provide and protect habitat for thousands of Rainbow Trout. During the summers Stream Watch Coordinators maintained all of this fencing, along with the help of several volunteers and Kenai Watershed Forum interns, by checking for tears in fencing weekly and making repairs as needed in order to ensure that human foot traffic did not destroy riparian plants that protect trout habitat. During the fall Stream Watch Coordinators facilitate more Stewardship Days to remove the habitat fencing so materials are not damaged by the river freezing and river break-up come spring. Lessons Learned While the Stream Watch Program accomplished many things during the summer of 2016 and 2017, including but not limited to: preventing erosion into fish habitats, increasing the success of riparian plants for bank stabilization, and increasing the environmental awareness of the public, there is always room to improve. Based on feedback from volunteers, community members, and staff, the 2018 season will work towards improving the following: Increasing our advertising and educational reach through traditional and creative public engagement to facilitate an increase in Ambassadors for 2018 (specific strategies include tabling at Wednesday Music in the Park in Soldotna and creating educational videos including information of how to volunteer). Improving our interpretive materials by updating existing materials to ensure effective communication of river stewardship information. Improve our online presence by updating our website, continuing to improve our Facebook statistics, and creating an Instagram account. Thanks to the support of organizations like National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Stream Watch volunteers have been making a difference on the Kenai Peninsula since 1994. On behalf of the Stream Watch volunteers and our rivers, thank you for your generous support for the 2016 and 2017 seasons
Activities and Outcomes Funding Strategy: Planning, Research, Monitoring Metric: BBNMF - Monitoring - Miles being monitored Required: Recommended Description: Enter the number of miles being monitored Starting Value 4.00 Miles being monitored Value To Date 2.00 Miles being monitored Target value 2.00 Miles being monitored Note: Funding Strategy: Capacity, Outreach, Incentives Metric: BBNMF - Volunteer participation - # volunteers participating Required: Recommended Description: Enter the number of volunteers participating in the project. Use the notes section to highlight if there are specific groups like fisheries associations, youth, veterans that are targeted for participation. Starting Value 61.00 # volunteers participating Value To Date 85.00 # volunteers participating Target value 85.00 # volunteers participating Note: Funding Strategy: Capacity, Outreach, Incentives Metric: BBNMF - Outreach/ Education/ Technical Assistance - # people reached Required: Recommended Description: Here people include landowners, community members, and students. For volunteers, select Volunteer Participation activity. Starting Value 3500.00 # people reached Value To Date 3500.00 # people reached Target value 3000.00 # people reached Note: Funding Strategy: Capacity, Outreach, Incentives Metric: BBNMF - Economic benefits - # jobs sustained Required: Recommended Description: Enter the number of jobs sustained Starting Value 2.00 # jobs sustained Value To Date 2.00 # jobs sustained Target value 2.00 # jobs sustained Note:
Funding Strategy: Habitat Restoration Metric: BBNMF - Erosion control - Miles restored Required: Recommended Description: This metric includes streambank stabilization. Starting Value 0.01 Miles restored Value To Date 0.02 Miles restored Target value 0.02 Miles restored Note:
Stream Watch Volunteers: Protecting Alaska s Native Fish Final Programmatic Report Prepared for: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grantee Organization: Kenai Watershed Forum Project Title: Stream Watch Volunteers: Protecting Alaska's Native Fish Project Period: 04/01/ 2016-10/28/ 2016 Project Location: This proposal is specific to Alaska's popular Kenai Peninsula (Project Congressional District 1). Volunteers complete hands-on river protection projects and share educational messages across the peninsula but focus predominately on the Kenai, Kasilof and Russian Rivers. The Kenai Peninsula is approximately the size of West Virginia. Project Description: Support a staff person to help implement Stream Watch, a volunteer-driven program that provides fish habitat education while completing restoration projects on Alaska s Kenai Peninsula. The project will leverage agency efforts by monitoring popular fishing sites, installing plant protective fencing, removing litter, completing restoration projects, and educating the general public. Project Summary: The Stream Watch is a volunteer-driven program that provides peer-to-peer cold water fish habitat education while completing on-the-ground fish habitat restoration projects on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The benefits of the Stream Watch program for fish are vast in both proactive and reactive capacities for both long and short-term coldwater fish habitat protection. Stream Watch Volunteers monitor popular fishing sites, install and maintain riparian plant protective fencing, remove riverside litter, remove fish passage barriers, complete erosion control projects and provide riverside educational messages on fishing regulations and cold-water fish habitat protection to create life-long, knowledgeable habitat stewards. Stream Watch volunteers can participate as an Ambassador by committing to at least 24 hours of time each season, or through participation in a Stewardship Work Day where individuals, groups or businesses help with a one-day, river protection projects. Summary of Accomplishments: Thanks to the support of NFWF funds, the Stream Watch Coordinators were able to leverage agency efforts and facilitate volunteers throughout the summers of 2016 and 2017. During this time frame, volunteers donated 2,700+ hours (equivalent to $75,000+ in match) to the Stream Watch Program. Utilizing the program s two-pronged approach to volunteer management (i.e. through our Ambassador Program and Stewardship Work Day Program), Stream Watch Ambassadors, organizations, and individual community members worked together to educate 6,800+ river users on fishing regulations and cold-water fish habitat protection and remove 5,500+ lbs. of trash and 150+ lbs. of fishing line from our rivers as can be seen below: Table 1: 2016-2017 Season Combined Statistics Volunteer Hours Contacts Trash (lbs.) Fishing Line (lbs.) Ambassadors Stewardship Days 2016 1282 2870 2413 75 62 17 2017 1504 3962 3110 81 57 22 Total 2786 6832 5523 156 119 39 Stream Watch Ambassador Program: In June of 2016 and 2017, the Stream Watch coordinators, funded through this grant, advertised and facilitated two orientations per season. During these orientations, volunteers were trained and oriented to be Stream Watch Ambassadors. Throughout the summer months, many of these Ambassadors scheduled shifts at our Stream Watch sites and came out for Stewardship Days. While volunteering at a Stream Watch site, Ambassadors complete a variety of tasks and track specific metrics to help assess the effectiveness of the program. With the assistance of a coordinator, Ambassadors will visit sites in groups of two or larger to provide riverside educational messages on fishing regulations and cold-water fish habitat protection to river users. While doing so, Ambassadors will also maintain
riparian plant protective fencing, remove riverside litter, remove fish passage barriers, and manage our monofilament line recycling program. For more specific details, please see Table 2 and Table 3 which depict the collected seasonal metrics. Stream Watch Stewardship Day Program: While the Stream Watch Ambassadors are the core of the program, Stream Watch could not complete many projects without the assistance of organizations and community members. For many of the fencing, beach clean-up, and miscellaneous projects, Stream Watch Coordinators organize Stewardship Days to involve the broader community in our conservation efforts. During 2016 and 2017 Coordinators facilitated a total of 39 Stewardship Days where Ambassadors, organizations, and community members alike worked together to protect and preserve sensitive Trout habitat. Due to these Stewardship Days, Stream Watch volunteers seasonally installed and removed 3.1 miles of habitat fencing, shared river stewardship information with 825 river users, and effectively prevented 4,792 lbs. of litter from entering fish habitat and potentially poisoning or entangling wildlife including trout. Many of these Stewardship Days were dedicated to installing and removing our temporary habitat fencing. Through the Stewardship Day Program, Stream Watch seasonally installed 3.1 miles of protective fencing along various sections of the Russian and Kenai Rivers during the spring of 2016 and 2017, which helps provide and protect habitat for thousands of Rainbow Trout. During the summers Stream Watch Coordinators maintained all of this fencing, along with the help of several volunteers and Kenai Watershed Forum interns, by checking for tears in fencing weekly and making repairs as needed in order to ensure that human foot traffic did not destroy riparian plants that protect trout habitat. During the fall Stream Watch Coordinators facilitate more Stewardship Days to remove the habitat fencing so materials are not damaged by the river freezing and river break-up come spring. Lessons Learned: While the Stream Watch Program accomplished many things during the summer of 2016 and 2017, including but not limited to: preventing erosion into fish habitats, increasing the success of riparian plants for bank stabilization, and increasing the environmental awareness of the public, there is always room to improve. Based on feedback from volunteers, community members, and staff, the 2018 season will work towards improving the following: Increasing our advertising and educational reach through traditional and creative public engagement to facilitate an increase in Ambassadors for 2018 (specific strategies include tabling at Wednesday Music in the Park in Soldotna and creating educational videos including information of how to volunteer). Improving our interpretive materials by updating existing materials to ensure effective communication of river stewardship information. Improve our online presence by updating our website, continuing to improve our Facebook statistics, and creating an Instagram account. Thanks to the support of organizations like National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Stream Watch volunteers have been making a difference on the Kenai Peninsula since 1994. On behalf of the Stream Watch volunteers and our rivers, thank you for your generous support for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Activities & Outcomes: Funding Strategy Activity / Outcome Required Description Planning, Research, Monitoring BBNMF - Monitoring - Miles being monitored Recommended Enter the number of miles being monitored Miles being monitored - Current 4.00 Miles being monitored - Grant Completion 2.00 Notes Funding Strategy Activity / Outcome Required Description Capacity, Outreach, Incentives BBNMF - Volunteer participation - # volunteers participating Recommended Enter the number of volunteers participating in projects # volunteers participating - Current 61.00 # volunteers participating - Grant Completion 85.00 Notes Funding Strategy Activity / Outcome Required Description activities Capacity, Outreach, Incentives BBNMF - Outreach/ Education/ Technical Assistance - # people reached Recommended Enter the number of people reached by outreach, training, or technical assistance # people reached - Current 3500.00 # people reached - Grant Completion 3000.00 Notes Funding Strategy Activity / Outcome Required Description Capacity, Outreach, Incentives BBNMF - Economic benefits - # jobs sustained Recommended Enter the number of jobs sustained # jobs sustained - Current 2 # jobs sustained - Grant Completion 2 Notes Funding Strategy Activity / Outcome Required Description Habitat Restoration BBNMF - Erosion control - Miles restored Recommended Enter the number of miles restored Miles restored - Current 0.01 Miles restored - Grant Completion 0.02 Notes
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Attachment 1: List of Tables Table 1: 2016-2017 Season Combined Statistics Volunteer Hours Contacts Trash (lbs.) Fishing Line (lbs.) Ambassadors Stewardship Days 2016 1282 2870 2413 75 62 17 2017 1504 3962 3110 81 57 22 Total 2786 6832 5523 156 119 39 Table 2: 2016 Stream Watch Ambassador Activities Bings Landing Centennial Park Moose Range Meadows Russian River Recreation Site Kenai-Russian River Ferry Total Ambassador Hours 0* 128.75 49.5 483.5 52.8 714.55 Public Contacts 0* 469 196 1965 240 2870 Trash Collected (lbs.) Fishing Line Recycled 0* 67.76 30.3 138.08 32.24 268.48 0* 6.77 13.36 39.503 15.17 74.803 : increase from 2015, =: same as 2015, : decrease from 2015 *No Bings landing due to construction Table 2: 2017 Stream Watch Ambassador Activities Bings Landing Centennial Park Moose Range Meadows Russian River Recreation Site Kenai-Russian River Ferry Total Ambassador Hours 42.5 134.5 26 418 56 677 Public Contacts 125 272 200 2691 299 3587 Trash Collected (lbs.) Fishing Line Recycled 57.75 69.76 31.08 213.9 90.75 463.3 8.29 7.6 4.95 37.1 18.38 76.3 : increase from 2016, =: same as 2016, : decrease from 2016 *No Bings landing in 2016 due to construction
Attachment 2: Stewardship Day Data 2016 2016 Stewardship Days The following 17 Stewardship Work Days were held during the 2016 season: Russian River Fence Installation (A): U.S. Forest Service Staff and youth from the McLaughlin Youth Center installed 1.5 miles of fencing and learned about stream bank protection (11 youth + 6 staff for 6 hours). Russian River Fence Installation (B): U.S. Forest Service Staff and staff from Alaska Wildland Adventures installed 0.5 miles of fencing and learned about best management practices (9 Volunteers + 6 Ambassadors + 1 staff for 4 hours). Moose Rage Meadows Fence Installation (C): Youth Conservation Corps and Kenai Watershed Forum installed 0.5 miles of fencing and learned about best management practices (8 Volunteers + 3 staff for 7 hours). Kasilof Beach Season Preperation (D): A Stewardship day at Kasilof Beach focused on good signage and fencing maintenance for the upcoming dip net season (1 Volunteer + 3 staff for 2 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (E): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river (3 Volunteers + 2 staff for 3 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (F): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river (3 Volunteers + 1 staff for 2 hours). Middle Kenai River Float Cleanup (G): Volunteers and Staff rafted the river stopping at sites to pick up trash and made public contacts on the middle Kenai river (3 Volunteers + 3 staff for 6 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (H): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river (7 Volunteers + 2 staff for 2 hours). Russian River & Upper Kenai River Trash Removal/Education Day (I): KIT (Kenaitze Indian Tribe) partnered up with USFS and SW for to educate youth on cultural resources and the historical and current use of native land, remove trash and fishing line from the river system and learn river ecology and Sustainability. (14 youth/chaperones + 3 staff for 3 hours) Kasilof Beach Cleanup (J): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river North Shore (3 Volunteers + 2 staff for 2.5 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (K): Mclaughlin Youth Center and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river North Shore ( 12 Youth + 3 staff for 6 hours). Youth Education Day (L): Soul river, a group from Oregon that gets veterans and inner city youth outside and fishing together, Visited the Russian river to learn about Alaska s river ecology and salmon lifecycle (15 youth and chaperones + 3 staff for 2 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (M): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river North Shore (7 Volunteers + 2 staff for 3 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (N): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river South Shore (17 Volunteers + 3 staff for 2 hours). Moose Range Meadows Fence Removal (O): Volunteers were invited to join U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Staff to remove temporary plant protection fencing from the riverbank along the Kenai River. (1 Volunteer + 16 staff for 3 hours) Quartz Creek Cleanup (P): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at Quartz Creek (5 Volunteers + 3 staff for 2.5 hours). Kenai River Cleanup(Q): SW partnered with AWA and Alaska Fly Fishers to assist in river clean-up efforts along the Upper Kenai River. (3 staff + 3 community members + 17 ambassadors for 5 hours.)
Attachment 3: Stewardship Day Data 2017 2017 Stewardship Work Days The following 22 Stewardship Work Days were held during the 2017 season: Russian River Fence Installation (A): U.S. Forest Service Staff and youth from the McLaughlin Youth Center installed 1 mile of fencing and learned about stream bank protection (9 youth + 2 staff for 6 hours). Russian River Fence Installation (B): U.S. Forest Service Staff and staff from Alaska Wildland Adventures installed 0.5 miles of fencing and learned about best management practices (7 Volunteers + 3 Ambassadors + 1 staff for 4 hours). Early Season Float Cleanup (C): U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Kenai Watershed forum brought together SW ambassadors and volunteers to do a season opener cleanup on the upper Kenai River. (17 Volunteers + 3 staff for 4 hours). Moose Rage Meadows Fence Installation (D): Kenai Watershed Forum + volunteers installed T-bar for fencing at both MRM sites (5 Volunteers + 5 staff for 5 hours). Moose Rage Meadows Fence Installation (E): Kenai Watershed Forum + Boy Scout Troop installed fencing and boardwalk at both MRM sites (12 Volunteers + 1 staff for 3 hours). Moose Rage Meadows Fence Installation (F): Kenai Watershed Forum + Youth Conservation Corps + SW volunteers installed fencing at both MRM sites (8 Volunteers + 2 staff for 5 hours). Bings Landing Site Establishment & Cleanup (G): A Stewardship day at Bings Landing focused on Reestablishing our stream watch site there after recent construction (7 Volunteer + 1 staff for 3 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (H): Youth Conservation Corps + Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river both North and South Beaches. And visited the Kasilof museum (9 Volunteers + 1 staff for 8 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (I): Stream Watch Ambassadors and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the North mouth of the Kasilof river (3 Volunteers + 1 staff for 3.25 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (I): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river (2 Volunteers + 2 staff for 4 hours). Outreach and Education day (J): Volunteers and Staff attended the Soldotna Progress Days Fair and made public contacts (6 Volunteers + 1 staff for 2.5 hours). Moose Range Meadows Stewardship day (K): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and repaired fence at the moose range meadows sites (4 Volunteers + 1 staff for 2 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (L): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river (12 Volunteers + 2 staff for 7 hours). Kasilof Beach Cleanup (M): Youth Conservation Corps + Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at the mouth of the Kasilof river (7 Volunteers + 1 staff for 8.5 hours). Fish Carcass removal from MRM (N): Volunteers and Kenaitze Indian Tribe Staff Removed angler produced fish waste from the Moose range meadows site (1 Volunteers + 3 staff for 8 hours). Fish Carcass removal from multiple sites (O): Volunteers and staff removed angler produced fish waste from the Moose range meadows, centennial, and Morgan s landing sites (2 Volunteers + 1 staff for 8 hours). Quartz Creek Cleanup (P): Volunteers and Staff picked up trash and made public contacts at Quartz Creek (6 Volunteers + 2 staff for 2 hours). Kenai River Cleanup (Q): SW partnered with AWA and Alaska Fly Fishers to assist in river clean-up efforts along the Upper Kenai River. (1 staff + 1 community members + 15 ambassadors for 4 hours.) Kasilof Beach Cleanup (R): Soldotna boys and girls club and Staff picked up trash and learned about river systems on the north Kasilof beach (17 Volunteers + 2 staff for 2 hours). MRM Fence Down (S): Work Release Inmates from Wildwood Correctional Complex and staff from KWF and USF&WS took down fence at Moose Range Meadows and cleaned up trash at the Kasilof Beach Sites (7 Volunteers + 3 staff for 7 hours). Beach Debris Cleanup (T): Stream Watch volunteer cleaned out abandoned couch from the beach near Cannery road to prevent extreme high tides from taking it out to sea (1 staff + 1 Volunteer for 1 hours.) End of Season Cleanup Float (U): Community members floated from Isaak Newton to Keystone collecting derelict fishing gear and trash from public use fishing sites (5 Volunteers + 3 staff for 5.5 hours). Russian River Fence Down (V): Volunteers worked together to remove habitat fencing from Russian River (6 Volunteers + 3 staff for 4 hours).
Attachment 4: Advertising and Outreach Data Advertising and Outreach Data Outreach Opportunities: Alaska Wildland Adventure Employee Orientation: An outreach area was on display to recruit volunteers while sharing program messages. Audience: 25 adults. Alaska State Parks Campsite Host Volunteer Orientation: An outreach area was on display to recruit volunteers while sharing program messages. Audience: 30 adults Kenaitze Indian Tribe Fish Camp: An outreach presentation by program staff on fishing regulations, leave no trace and salmon habitat. Audience: 14 youth and 3 adults. Area Rotary Club Meetings: Staff provided a presentation for recruitment and educational purposes. Audience: 50 adults City of Soldotna Water Safety Day: Staff hosted an outreach table to engage river users on river stewardship and ways to be involved in our program. Audience: 20 youth and 50 adults. Kenai River Festival: Staff and volunteers worked alongside community volunteers to host the Kenai River Festival meanwhile promoting the Stream Watch Program. Audience: 4,000 Salmon Fest: Staff interacted with festival attendees during the festival to promote the Stream Watch program. Audience: 50 adults Kenai River Clean-up: Program staff assisted with student clean-ups along the Kenai River. Audience: 100 adults. Kenai Guide Academy: Outreach presentation at two sessions to incoming Kenai River Guides for recruitment as well as ethical angling information. Audience: 50 adults. Website Postings: National Forest Foundation, Friends of National Forests, VolunteerMatch, Indeed, Facebook (various pages), Alaska Women s Environmental Network What s Up newsletter, Chugach National Forest website, Volunteer.Gov, Department of Natural Resources--State Parks, CraigsList, City of Soldotna Events Calendar, Dan Sullivan press release (view here) Newspaper Articles: Kenai Peninsula Clarion (view here) Social Media: Statistics for the Stream Watch Facebook Page (view here) are described below: Facebook Stats Winter 15/16 Summer 16 Winter 16/17 Summer 17 Total Page Likes EOS 684 786 804 7/1636 Avg./top Reach per day 76/ 1,343 374/ 4,126 91/ 573 3,711/ 130,512 Avg./top shares per day 1/11 3/19 2/13 20/592 Avg./top reactions per day 3/81 7/94 1/13 69/2,133 Reach: How many people s Facebook loaded and scrolled by the post. Shares: Another Facebook using our post for their page Reactions: Reaction are likes, or sad/angry/wow/laughing clicks on our post Summer: May 1st - September 30 th, Winter: October 1st - April 30th Stream Watch Flyers were posted in a variety of locations including public spaces in Anchorage, Seward, Girdwood, Cooper Landing, Homer, Soldotna and Kenai. Radio Messaging: KRSM Radio and KBBI Radio. Interpretive sign: Located at the Russian River Campground s Pink salmon parking lot year-round.