The Alaska Salmon Research Task Force was established in June 2023 to identify data gaps and produce a coordinated science plan for Alaska salmon. It is now in the process of setting up teams and a work group to enlist broader community input in these efforts.
The Task Force is required to convene an Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region Salmon Research Work Group to better understand the historic declines of Chinook and chum salmon runs in that region in recent years.
Work Group Responsibility
Specifically, the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region Salmon Research Work Group is to focus on:
- Research needs associated with salmon returns in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region
- Applied research needed to better understand increased variability and declining salmon returns
Members of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Work Group
| Jacob Ivanoff | Andrew Munro | Adolph Lupie | Dan Gillikin |
| Justin Leon | Bill Templin | Dorothy Shockley | Renae Ivanoff |
| Michelle Stratton | Oscar Evon | Jennifer Hooper | Charlie Lean |
| Tom Carpenter | Caroline Brown | Hannah Heimbuch | Virgil Umphenour |
| Austin Estabrooks | Brooke Woods | Stephanie Quinn-Davidson | Bill Alstrom |
| Steve Reifenstuhl | Michelle Quillin | Daniel Schindler, Co-Lead | Jessica Black |
| Megan Williams | Vanessa von Biela | Curry Cunningham | Pat Barry |
| Megan McPhee | Scott Gende | Joe Spaeder | Martin Andrew |
| Ed Farley | Mark McNeley | Andy Bassich | James Nicori |
| Noelle Yochum | Orville Huntington | Serena Fitka | Marvin Okitkun |
| Kathrine Howard, Co-Lead | Ragnar Alstrom | Courtney Weiss | Todd Sformo |
