3  Results

Note: All fishing effort and capture results are current as of 2024-11-04.

3.1 Fish capture

During fieldwork in summers 2021 - 2024:

  • Over course of 79 fieldwork days 2021 - 2024 (including the training event), we conducted a total of 135 sampling events at 100 unique sites. See the interactive project map in the Methods section (“Site selection”) for a current map of where nominations have occurred.

  • Table Table 3.1 summarises total sampling events by individual site. We typically sampled a site only one time each.

  • We have captured 4731 fish comprised of 14 unique species. Table Table 3.2 summarizes current fish capture count by species.

  • Table Table 3.3 summarizes total fish capture for each species by site.

Table 3.1: Site visit count 2021 - 2024
Total site visits
site latitude longitude site_visits
Beaver Creek MT #10 60.61714 -151.0923 2
Beaver Creek Trib 1.1 60.57007 -151.1465 1
Beaver Creek Trib 1.2 60.57484 -151.1503 1
Beaver Creek Trib 1.3 60.57522 -151.1508 1
Bernice Culvert 60.69047 -151.3836 1
Bird Lake 60.98049 -150.4137 1
Bird Pond 60.98346 -150.4175 1
Candlelight - Downstream 60.56958 -151.1927 1
Candlelight - Upstream 60.56990 -151.1932 1
Centennial Park Launch 60.47904 -151.1045 1
Clam Gulch Creek 1 60.23948 -151.4002 1
Coal Creek Trib 1 60.38256 -151.1437 2
Coal Creek Trib 2.1 60.34428 -151.2201 1
Colorado Creek 1 60.64451 -149.5009 1
Cooper Creek Mouth 60.48407 -149.8810 1
Crooked Creek Trib 1.1 60.30811 -151.2824 1
Crooked Creek Trib 1.2 60.31038 -151.2829 1
Derks Lake Outlet 60.53088 -150.9716 1
Dolly Varden Way - Downstream 60.52771 -150.9845 1
Dolly Varden Way - Upstream 60.52770 -150.9846 1
Eagle Rock Stream 60.54817 -151.1118 1
East Mackey Lake 60.53527 -150.9913 1
Forestner Culvert - Downstream 60.52387 -150.8068 1
Forestner Culvert - Upstream 60.52383 -150.8069 1
Funny River Rd Trib 1.1 60.45978 -151.0007 1
Granite Creek 1.1 60.80138 -149.2035 1
Granite Creek 4.1 60.78960 -149.2090 1
Isbell 1 60.49506 -150.9683 2
KNWR Trib 1 60.45829 -150.8764 1
Kasilof Trib 1.1 60.33330 -151.2703 1
Kasilof Trib 1.2 60.33295 -151.2707 1
Kasilof Trib 2 60.32300 -151.2925 1
Lief Hansen Park 60.55368 -151.2463 1
Lou Morgan Crossing - Downstream 60.51299 -150.8596 1
Lou Morgan Crossing - Upstream 60.51336 -150.8599 1
Lower Beaver Creek 60.56007 -151.1261 1
Lower Soldotna Creek 60.48335 -151.0577 20
Lower Soldotna Creek 60.48335 -151.0577 5
Mackey Lakes Crossing - Downstream 60.52515 -151.0023 1
Mackey Lakes Crossing - Upstream 60.52515 -151.0023 1
Mackey Lakes Culvet - Downstream 60.52522 -151.0021 1
Makey Lakes Culvert - Upstream 60.52508 -151.0025 1
McLain Lake NE 60.86992 -150.5788 1
Moose River Trib 1 60.56372 -150.7028 1
Moose River Trib 1.2 60.56126 -150.6943 1
Moose River Trib 1.3 60.56302 -150.6974 2
Moose River Trib 1.4 60.56000 -150.6930 2
Moose River Trib 1.5 60.55808 -150.6917 1
Moose River Trib 1.6 60.55702 -150.6917 1
Moose River Trib 1.7 60.55654 -150.6914 1
Moose River Trib 2 60.55982 -150.7092 1
Moose River Trib 2.1 60.55926 -150.7450 1
Moose River Trib 2.2 60.56039 -150.7531 1
Moose River Trib 2.3 60.56094 -150.7467 1
Moose River Trib 3.1 - Downstream 60.54928 -150.7526 1
Moose River Trib 3.1 - Upstream 60.54928 -150.7526 1
Moose River Trib 3.2 60.55289 -150.7606 1
No Name Creek (Shqui Tsaina) 60.56600 -151.2720 1
North Fork Anchor River 59.80044 -151.6368 1
North Nikiski Lake 1.1 60.80209 -150.9956 1
North Nikiski Lake 1.2 60.79753 -150.9860 1
North Nikiski Lake 2 60.79425 -150.9874 1
Otter Trail 1 60.54763 -150.7359 1
Poppy Lane Creek 60.49551 -151.2154 1
Resurrection Pass Bridge 60.48393 -149.9510 1
Salamatof Creek 60.63943 -151.3175 1
Savena Lake Trib 60.55695 -150.9991 1
Seven Egg Creek 60.93470 -150.7131 1
Sixmile Trib 1.1 60.74404 -149.3669 1
Sixmile Trib 2 60.72671 -149.3176 1
Snag Lake South 60.81345 -150.6901 1
Soldotna Creek Mouth 60.48335 -151.0577 5
Soldotna Creek Parcel 1 60.49508 -151.0156 1
Soldotna Creek Parcel 2 60.49537 -151.0150 1
Soldotna Creek Parcel 3 60.49496 -151.0146 1
Soldotna Creek Parcel 4 60.49453 -151.0146 1
South Mackey Pond 60.52231 -151.0076 2
Strawberry Rd Corridor 60.57591 -151.0571 1
Strawberry Rd Corridor 2 60.58944 -151.0624 1
Summit Lake Outlet 60.64234 -149.4940 1
Suneva Lake 60.75166 -151.1941 2
Tree Lake 60.55918 -150.9184 1
Union Lake 1 60.52505 -151.0340 1
Unknown Nikiski Creek 1 60.77920 -151.0813 1
Unknown Nikiski Lake 1 60.77243 -151.0866 1
Unknown Nikiski Lake 2 60.76791 -151.0720 1
Unnamed Kenai Trib 1 - Upstream 60.52016 -150.8649 1
Unnamed Kenai Trib 1.1 60.51832 -150.8653 1
Unnamed Kenai Trib 1.2 60.51828 -150.8619 1
Upper Ohmer Lake 60.45573 -150.2857 1
Upper Savena Lake Trib 60.56934 -151.0366 1
Upper Soldotna Creek 1 60.55580 -150.9228 1
WalMart Creek 60.56560 -151.2213 2
West Beck Lake 1 60.72683 -151.1413 1
West Beck Lake 2 60.72763 -151.1438 1
West Fork Beaver Creek Bridge - Downstream 60.64054 -151.0839 1
West Fork Beaver Creek Bridge - Upstream 60.64064 -151.0840 1
West Mackey Lake 60.52338 -151.0073 1
West Mackey Lake 2 60.52371 -151.0066 1
soldotna_creek2 60.54188 -150.9276 1
NA NA NA 4


Table 3.2: Total fish capture count by species
Total fish capture count by species
species n
Alaska blackfish 9
Chinook salmon 19
Dolly Varden 74
Pacific salmon-unspecified 227
coho salmon 854
lamprey-unspecified 107
ninespine stickleback 46
rainbow trout 74
salmonid, unspecified 3
sculpin-unspecified 160
slimy sculpin 103
sockeye salmon 2
stickleback-unspecified 2924
threespine stickleback 129


Table 3.3: Species count by site
Total fish capture count by species at each site.
site Alaska blackfish Chinook salmon Dolly Varden Pacific salmon-unspecified coho salmon lamprey-unspecified ninespine stickleback rainbow trout salmonid, unspecified sculpin-unspecified slimy sculpin sockeye salmon stickleback-unspecified threespine stickleback
Candlelight - Downstream 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WalMart Creek 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Centennial Park Launch 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Crooked Creek Trib 1.2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Soldotna Creek 0 10 9 1 437 7 3 47 1 101 76 2 16 13
Soldotna Creek Mouth 0 2 0 0 86 0 0 3 0 43 0 0 2 1
Clam Gulch Creek 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cooper Creek Mouth 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
Forestner Culvert - Downstream 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Funny River Rd Trib 1.1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Granite Creek 1.1 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Granite Creek 4.1 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isbell 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KNWR Trib 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 1.2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 1.3 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 1.5 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 2.1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 2.2 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 2.3 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otter Trail 1 0 0 2 0 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sixmile Trib 2 0 0 2 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unnamed Kenai Trib 1.1 0 0 18 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unnamed Kenai Trib 1.2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Ohmer Lake 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Soldotna Creek 1 0 0 5 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
Eagle Rock Stream 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
North Fork Anchor River 0 0 0 225 0 100 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Beaver Creek MT #10 0 0 0 0 15 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Beaver Creek Trib 1.1 0 0 0 0 11 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver Creek Trib 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver Creek Trib 1.3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coal Creek Trib 1 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
Derks Lake Outlet 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0
Dolly Varden Way - Upstream 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Forestner Culvert - Upstream 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kasilof Trib 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Beaver Creek 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mackey Lakes Culvet - Downstream 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 179 0
Moose River Trib 1.4 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose River Trib 3.1 - Downstream 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No Name Creek (Shqui Tsaina) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Nikiski Lake 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0
North Nikiski Lake 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 49
Resurrection Pass Bridge 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Savena Lake Trib 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Tree Lake 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 0
West Fork Beaver Creek Bridge - Upstream 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Mackey Lake 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0
West Mackey Lake 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0
Unknown Nikiski Lake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bird Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
Summit Lake Outlet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
McLain Lake NE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 194 0
North Nikiski Lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
Snag Lake South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 44 0
Bernice Culvert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
Dolly Varden Way - Downstream 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
East Mackey Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0
Mackey Lakes Crossing - Upstream 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
Salamatof Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 445 0
South Mackey Pond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 0
Suneva Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 51
Union Lake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1009 0
Unknown Nikiski Lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
soldotna_creek2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Kasilof Trib 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
West Beck Lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2


3.2 AWC Nominations

Fish capture data was evaluated against the 2024 Anadromous Waters Catalog to identify new stream segment nominations. Complete submission materials for 2021 - 2023 may be accessed in the project Google Drive folder (link), sent to the ADF&G Habitat Division in Anchorage in the fall of each year. In 2024 we submitted all nominations through the Fish Map App smartphone application from the Alaska Conservation Foundation

Total Anadromous Waters Nominations

As of October 2024, a total length of 22.4 miles of stream segments and 173 lake acres were included in our 24 nominations.

Tables Table 3.4 and Table 3.5 below breaks down each stream segment nomination by length and lake by area.

Table 3.4: Lengths of stream segments included in anadromous waters nominations.
AWC Stream Nominations 2021 - 2024
nomination_name nomination total_stream_length_km
Soldotna Creek Parcel 2021 1.01
Beaver Creek Trib 1.3 2022 2.01
Coal Creek Trib 1 2022 5.20
Crooked Creek Trib 1.1 2022 0.19
Funny River Rd Trib 1.1 2022 1.21
KNWR Trib 2022 3.11
Moose River Trib 1 2022 3.06
Beaver Creek MT #10 2023 1.32
Clam Gulch Creek 1 2023 0.47
Forstner Avenue 2023 1.87
Mackey Lakes Culvert 2023 0.48
Moose River Trib 1 2023 0.75
Moose River Trib 2 2023 2.57
Moose River Trib 3 2023 0.74
Savena Lake Tributary 2023 2.38
Unnamed Kenai Trib 1 2023 1.89
Eagle Rock 2024 0.09
Granite Creek 1.1 2024 4.23
Granite Creek 4.1 2024 0.06
Isbell 2024 1.16
Otter Trail 2024 0.02
Sixmile Trib 2024 0.13
Strawberry Rd Corridor 2 2024 2.15


Table 3.5: Lake areas included in anadromous waters nominations.
AWC Lake Nominations 2021 - 2024
nomination_name nomination total_lake_area_hectares
West Mackey Lake 2023 68.32
Granite Creek Trib Lake 2024 2.08


Figure 3.1: Nominated stream segments highlighted in orange, green, turquoise, and yellow. Prexisting documented andromous waters prior to this project colored in light blue.


For general background on nominations, see the slides linked here, presented at Kenai Watershed Forum’s Fireside Chat series held at Kenai River Brewing on November 1, 2023.

3.3 Volunteer participation

Volunteer recruitment efforts resulted in a steadily increasing level of participation from the general public. A total of 350 volunteer hours were documented throughout the project, with an initial higher outlay in 2021 to initiate training.


The level of volunteer participation, along with experience gained, closely tracked the quantity of nominations submitted each year, with a steadily rising number of nominations from 2021 to 2023. 2024 saw very minimal funding resources directed towards fieldwork, thus the number of volunteer hours declined. Despite this reduced funding in 2024, six nominations were submitted. The result speaks to how sustained financial support, even if fluctuating in amount, is important to keep projects such as this in progress.


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3.4 Aquatic Resource Permit

Fish capture data was reformatted each fall in to a csv file for submission to ADF&G in fulfillment of the required Aquatic Resource Permit1; available in the online in this project’s GitHub repo2.

  1. http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=otherlicense.aquatic_reports↩︎

  2. https://github.com/Kenai-Watershed-Forum/tu_awc_expansion/tree/main/output↩︎