Programs

Crooked Creek Information Site Bank Restoration RAC Project

Affiliated Organization:  Chugach National Forest

Affiliated Organization Contact

Program Contact

  • Jeannie Kirkland
  • (907) 835-4680

Program Type

  • Activity Guide
  • Calendar
  • Classroom Visits
  • Curriculum-based Programs
  • Demonstrations
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Field Trip
  • How to Manual
  • Internet Activity
  • Interpretation
  • Lesson Plan/Activities
  • Map
  • Poster Brochure
  • Presentation
  • Residential and/or Camp
  • Resource Guide/Catalogue
  • Service-Learning
  • Supplemental Curriculum
  • Traveling Trunks

Description

The Crooked Creek Restoration Project is to reestablish native vegetation on the banks of Crooked Creek for the control of erosion and sustainability of habitat for anadromous salmon. Students from the 8th grade Earth Science class of the Gilson Middle School worked alongside the Forest Service ecologists on the restoration project.

Subjects

  • Alaska Ecology
  • Archeology
  • Arts
  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Employability
  • English/Language Arts
  • Environmental Education
  • Forest Service
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Health
  • History
  • Invasive Species
  • Math
  • Paleontology
  • Recycling
  • Social Studies
  • STEM
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Wilderness
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Safety
  • World Languages

Audience

  • K-12
  • Elementary
  • Junior High/Middle School
  • High School
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • Teachers/Educators
  • Adults
  • Public

City/Town/Village

Anchorage

Pay to Participate

  • Yes
  • No

Program Evaluation

None

Partners

Valdez City Schools