Salmon symposium event set for Nov. 9-10

WASILLA — The fourth annual Science and Conservation Symposium is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nov. 9-10 at the Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building. The symposium is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership, this year’s keynote speaker is David Montgomery, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He also is the author of “King of Fish: The Thousand Year Run of Salmon,” and will speak at 9 a.m., Nov. 9 about the fate of wild salmon in Alaska and the history of salmon runs throughout their former range.

Partnership organizations sponsoring the event include the Mat-Su Borough, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Conoco Phillips Alaska Inc. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

This year’s agenda includes more than 20 presenters covering topics such as salmon spawning distribution, habitat restoration, storm-water management and water quality.

For more information, contact Corinne Smith at corinne_smith@tnc.org (907) 276-3133 Ext. 121 or Frankie Barker at fbarker@matsugov.us or 746-7439.