Birch Foster
468:00 - 468:48
“we have found that specifically to the last 4 years of returns, the 2019 and 2020 July air temperatures, and then resulting in, resulted in very high water temperatures, over 20 degrees Celsius in Karlik River during the spawning time of the kings.”
- Speaker
- Birch Foster
- Timestamp
- 468:00 – 468:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 28, 2026
From the transcript
Uh, excuse me, uh, Birch Foster Fishing Game. Through the chair, Mr. Wood, um, yeah, the commissioner pointed out the water temperatures. One of the things, um, that the department is doing, and also outside entities, are monitoring the water on Karlik River, for instance. And, um, we have We have found that specifically to the last 4 years of returns, the 2019 and 2020 July air temperatures, and then resulting in, resulted in very high water temperatures, over 20 degrees Celsius in Karlik River during the spawning time of the kings. And so, And so that's data we're collecting.
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