Our Projects

The Gulkana River Temperature Monitoring Network represents AITRC's commitment to long-term stewardship of one of the Copper River Basin's most important salmon watersheds. In 2025, AITRC assumed responsibility for this long-standing monitoring program from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ensuring that decades of valuable temperature data continue to be collected for future generations. Today, AITRC maintains 122 remote temperature loggers throughout the Middle and West Forks of the Gulkana River, with field crews rafting the watershed each summer to service equipment and retrieve year-round temperature data. This information provides critical insight into changing stream conditions, supports salmon conservation and habitat restoration, and helps guide science-based management across the Ahtna Territory.