Baby Salmon Live Here Sign Installation Events

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust, Cook Inletkeeper, Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, and Kenai Watershed Forum are working together to install up to 40 new BSLH signs during the 2022 summer months. The sign installation kick off will take place during the month of May. Below is a list of the sign installation events in order by the organizing group. More information about each installation event can be found on the lead organization’s website:
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Kenai Watershed Forum – email Ben to get involved: ben@kenaiwatershed.org
May 11 — Adopt-a-Stream volunteers - Slikok Creek
May 25 — Slikok Creek near Kenai Peninsula College
Additional Dates/Location TBD

Cook Inletkeeper – Email Sue to get involved: sue@inletkeeper.org
May 16 — Highway Cleanup - Stariski Creek way side at Sterling Highway Bridge - 1:00 PM

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust – Email Carson to learn more: carson@kachemkaklandtrust.org
May 25 — Kids Science Field Trip - Seldovia Fish Creek Dam

Kachemak Bay Conservation Society & Kachemak Heritage Land Trust – Email Carson to get involved: carson@kachemkaklandtrust.org
May 28 — Homer Harbor - 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Volunteer Opportunity - Mayday Tree Removal

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust is looking for 15 volunteers who are ready to do some serious physical labor! On Saturday, May 21st, KHLT is working with Homer Council on the Arts and Homer Soil & Water Conservation District to physically remove the invasive Mayday trees (European Bird Cherry) growing along our Calvin & Coyle Nature Trail. Although these trees do have beautiful spring buds, they are poisonous to moose and are invasive which means that they out-compete native plants. We are choosing to remove them physically so that no chemicals are used on our protected land. Once we've downed the trees, we are saving some trunks for a very special series of art classes in partnership with Homer Council on the Arts which will take place over the fall and winter this year.

We are looking for folks who are ready to haul trees along uneven and wet terrain, back-and-forth, along the .5 mile trail. If you are interested in being one of the 15 volunteers helping remove the trees on Saturday, May 21, please contact KHLT's Stewardship Coordinator, Dan Marsden at dan@kachemaklandtrust.org or 907-235-5263.

Where: Meet at the Paul Banks Elementary School Trailhead for the Calvin & Coyle Trail
When: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Saturday, May 21. Please arrive 15 minutes early to be ready for the 10:00 am safety training and work orientation.
What: Invasive Mayday tree removal
Bring: Water bottles, snacks, work gloves, knee-high rubber boots, rain gear, layered clothes, and safety glasses if you have them
*Lunch will be provided*
Pack You Pantry! Local Food Raffle
Enter to win a bounty of Homer's finest food, a fishing charter trips, a chest freezer, and a Traeger smoker! All proceeds support KHLT's work to protect land for people, salmon, and everything in between.

The winner will receive:
  • Alaska Fish Factory - 10+ pounds of fresh Halibut
  • Alaska Salt Co. - Basket of assorted salt products
  • Alaska Stems - $60 gift card for fresh flowers
  • Baycrest Greenhouse -  $50 gift card for starts/plants/seeds
  • Blood, Sweat and Food Farms - 1 whole, frozen turkey
  • Bridge Creek Birch Syrup & Lamb - 1 quart of birch syrup, 3lb leg of lamb roast and 2lb package of lamb chops
  • Homer Hilltop Farm - $150 gift card
  • Jakolof Oyster Co.- $50 gift card
  • Quickwater Adventure - Fishing charter trip for two people ($500 value)
  • Seafoods of Alaska - $100 box of scallops
  • Spenard Builders Supply - Chest freezer
  • The Classic Cook - Assorted Kitchen Items
  • Twitter Creek Gardens - $40 gift card
  • Two Sisters Bakery - $50 gift card 
  • Ulmer's Drug & Hardware - Traeger smoker
  • Will Grow Farm - $150 gift card

Call Carson at 907-235-5328 or email carson@kachemaklandturst.org to buy tickets today.
Shorebird Festival - Guided Birding Outing
Join Kachemak Heritage Land Trust, Independent Learning Center TRAILs Program, and the City of Homer for a grand opening of the Poopdeck Platt Community Park Trail. A local birding expert will guide us along the public trail, right in the heart of town, pointing out sights and sounds of resident and visiting birds. This outing will include Birdability approved features and will be accessible to folks of all abilities. Join us for a neighborhood cookout on the KHLT lawn following the birding outing.

Friday, May 6 2022
5:00 pm
Free event - 20 attendee maximum
Poopdeck Platt Community Park Trail - Independent Living Center Trailhead

See trail details from Birdability here

More information on the Shorebird Festival can be found here
Fish Need Land Too Field Trips
Join KHLT and Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) to learn, on the ground, how land feeds salmon. We will explore the importance of land to salmon and examine how healthy land habitat, and the conservation efforts that protect them, help to provide room and board for juvenile fish. In this field trip, the group will witness first-hand salmon in their terrestrial habitat and see a demonstration of electrofishing.

2022 - TBD