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5
8
8
20
20
21
21
25
25
27
• 27
31
35
56
Destina ions •••
Transportation.
Talkeetna.. • .. ..... ~ ~ •.• • .. ........ ~ .. • • • • • • • .. • ........ .
Visits ••••••• •c••~•
60
60
70
70
" 70
Willow Creek*'. 4 •• ill. • 4 ..... e 0. • ••••• 41 ••••• 0 8 e ••• & • 0 G •• It • 70
Age o •••••••• ., •••
Sex & o 0 • • • • o • .,. "' ~a e ••••• ;. • •
Resid~nce ••••••• o.
Visits ....
70
70
71
72
74
75
5.
6 ..
7.
LIST
.f>..l.aska ••••• 3 •••• ,, ••
at Susitna
or
First d~stinations for boaters exiting
locati.on ••
... u.,C4o .... ,."''"'' Alaskii... • •••• ,, •• 37
fishing
per boat
use exit location ••
First destinations exit location for boats
Table 20. and month for boats
c:rr
by activity and month boats exiting
at the Talkeetna boat launch or airstrip ••••••••••••••••• 55
Table 22. Percent of boats activity month for boats exit in~~
at Creek. • • • • • • • • • . • . • • • • .• " , • . • •••••••••• .,, •• 57
23. Number of boats activity and month for boats exiting
by exir location •• ,.... • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
boaters exit location. •
Number of people residence groups by exit location •.•
Number of visits by exit location •••••••••••
i
LIST OF
Susit:na
location of the
and
location......... .67
day
each
3
Lower Susit. River shO\dng the rela o'" the
interview sites Talkeetna lau1ch and airstrip.
Susitna Land • and llrnv Creek.
4
From 16 June to 6 a day was 0000-2400 hours E,ach r.r!I:>Aif.l1t~v
Willow Creek:
20 hours, with the remaining time allocated to
the
the
similar to the 2 June
was 0800-2000 hours.
15
were scheduled each week for interviewing
Creek. From 2 June to 8 JunE~ and 2
0600-2200 hours. Each
time allocated tO W~,p~:n~IV~
From 9 June to hours each weekend
, with the remaining to weekdays. A on
was 0600-2200 hours.
For September, the was 0800-2000 hours. Each weekend
was 12 hours, with the remaining time allocated to
values were to estimate
factors were based on the known amount of versus
number of hours. Corrections were made in tbe expansion
factor for interview time missed. Estimates are not inclu1ied in this
report for those to have insufficient data. 'I"he
estimates are for boaters at the three silt.:es
for total use of the Susitna River. Stratification was by weekend
we:eli~<i!LYS s with For
was hours. 20 hour
boaters e:Kiting
4 hours) • We 7 5% of the The
expansion factor for this would be
number of boats exiting during the 0400-2400 hour period would
Three interview forms this
used by Harza-EL&sco
1 June~ revised
June 8 June before
used for the remainder of study. Due
data form, certain va:riaL~es were collected in a different manner over
time. For , boat was recorded using codes on
form, wnereas on the fir al form an actual boat length
Also, put in or startin1 location, first and second destinations, and
whether remained at their first or second destinations
original form. These differences
5
the manner in which data were collected will make the
report easier the data were
"Boat Information" (see
As one recorded under the
category were collected for each a boat (e.g. , sex, t
l~Thereas data recorded under the category (e.g., boat class,
were collected O':l a boat or party basis. This is
important to understand for the various activities. If any one pe~rson
in the boat was in an sctivity, then a "Y" for yes was reco1rded
for that there could be one main (i.e. the
for the entire boat. in the
presentation of results for activities~ the information will be
as boats rather than in each
Two seasons were defined for use in of the data.
salmon season', and 'other salmon season' or what may
referred to in this report as 'other f:llsh season'. The salmon
season was defined as 19 MaJ to 6 and the other salmon season was
defined as 7 30 September. Since the season was
the m.onth of September. no separate season for hunting was included.
Several were encountered data collection and
Since evolved during the first month, certain data
collected later in the study tnat had not been collected earlier. An
exampl1e of this is put in location mentioned above.
Also, since some people did not respond to all in the sur11ey,
there exists This is not a clarified. For
example, assume of 100 boaters interviewed did not indicate their
destination~ yet the other half all had the same destination, x. It
would be to state 100% of the boats had x their
destination. In reality, 50% of the boats went to destination x, and
50% did. not list destination. In this report the sum of the number of
boats for one variable may not equal the sum of the number of boats for
anott.er variable, because not all data were available for all boats.
resulted from differences in how data were
motor size. Some boats engines
operators a cubic inch rather than a
While there nwy be some actual
values of 240 and
6
to relate navigational
this task difficult.
navigational
of
Table 1 Boat class by exit location, l984.a .~. .
....,., _____ .. __________ ..,..._. ______ """'~---------------------------------..... ---------'""""-----------------------
Air Inboard Outboard Outboard
Boat Canoe Jet Jet Prop Other
Exit Month/ --------------___ .._ ___ ----------------------
L0cation Season Boats % Boats Boats % Boats % Boats % Boats % Total
·----------------------------~-----------------------------------------------------------------
Susitna t1ay 4 1 4 1 153 '38 216 53 27 7 0 0 404
Landing Jun 8 1 6 1 333 36 500 53 78 8 9 1 934
Jul 7 2 ") 1 205 47 191 44 27 6 0 0 432 ..
Aug 7 2 0 0 150 42 172 49 25 7 0 0 354
Sep 22 4 2 1 167 33 253 51 56 11 1 0 501
Overall 48 2 14 1 1,008 38 1,332 51 213 8 10 0 2,625
Kings 15 1 10 1 532 37 761 53 107 7 9 1 1,434
Other fish 32 3 4 0 476 39 512 47 105 9 1 2 1~190
Talkeetna Jul 0 0 0 0 135 72 52 27 1 1 0 0 188
Aug 0 0 0 101+ 72 39 27 1 l 0 0 144
Sep 0 0 0 0 45 70 19 30 0 0 0 0 64
Overall 0 0 0 0 284 72 110 28 2 1 0 0 396
Other fish 0 0 0 0 284 71 110 28 3 L 0 397 v
Willow Jul 131 60 1 I 22 10 64 29 0 n 0 0 218
Creek Aug 131 58 0 0 26 12 66 29 3 0 0 226
Sep 100 81 0 0 0 0 21 17 2 2 0 0 123
Overall 362 64 0 48 8 151 27 5 1 0 0 567
Other ftsh 350 62 0 0 48 9 149 26 5 1 0 2 552 __________ _,_ .. --------------------------------------------------------· .,. ---------------------------
numbers are estimates.
0 ass
70-
362:
Vlflllow
O.J
'~i~ure 2. Boat class bv exit location 19!:!4. The estimated number of boats are noted
above each bar. AJ3::airboat. JJ=i.nboarcl jet, OJ=outboard jet, ou=outboard prop.
Table 2. Boat length (feet) by exit location, 1984.8 --------"""'·---.._ ________________ _... ______ _.. _______________________________________________ ,_
Under 16 16-17 18-19 20-21 Over 21
Exit Month/ -------------------------------------
Location Season Boats % Boats % Boats % Boats % Boats % Total
--------~t __ .,. _________________________________________________ .., ... _______________________
Susitna May 12 4 12 3 294 86 17 5 6 2 .341
Jun 53 8 157 24 191 29 158 24 103 15 662
Jul 22 5 82 19 116 26 131 30 87 20 438
Aug 16 5 78 22 86 24 102 29 70 20 352
Sep 44 9 •'lO .i.JO 28 126 25 117 23 75 15 500
Overall 147 6 467 20 813 35 525 "'l i!..J 341 15 2,293
72 7 182 16 515 47 200 18 128 12 1,097
fish 74 6 285 24 298 25 324 27 213 18 1,194
Talkeetn<l!lt Jul 0 0 56 30 18 9 53 28 62 33 1
l 1 30 20 4 3 81 56 30 20 146
Sep 1 2 2 3 16 25 8 13 36 57 163
Overall 2 1 88 22 38 10 142 36 128 32 398
Other fish 2 88 22 38 9 1'•2 36 127 32 3;7
Willow Jul 47 21 56 25 '•0 18 64 28 l7 8 224
Creek 53 23 63 28 53 23 I 18 17 8 227
27 22 _;;:; 10 36 29 22 18 l 1 124
127 22 157 27 129 22 127 22 35 515
Other 125 22 147 127 23 126 23 35 6 5,60
... 'tilolt4$illl------·-.. ~---...,.,.-------------------------------------·--------------------------,-----
are estimates.
Table 3. Boat draft by exit location, 1984.8 ~'b
----------------~------------------------------------------Shallow Medium Deep
Exit Month/ ---------------------
I.ocation Season Boats % Boats % Boats % Total
----------~------------------------------------------------Susitna 203 54 146 39 29 7 378
Jun 426 48 372 42 ~0 10 888
Jul 224 '53 147 35 53 12 424
189 56 1'"' .I. I 35 30 9 336
201 46 207 47 33 7 441
Overall 1,243 50 989 40 235 10 2,467
676 50 549 41 128 9 1,353
fish 566 51 439 40 105 9 1,110
Talkeetna Jul 98 52 89 47 1 1 188
88 60 56 39 1 1 145
55 87 8 13 0 0 63
Overall 241 61 153 39 2 1 396
Other fish 241 61 154 38 3 398
Jul 159 72 62 28 0 0 221
Creek 181 82 38 17 3 l 222
107 86 15 12 2 2 124
447 79 115 20 5 1 567
Other f:f.sh 418 80 102 9 5 525 ------------------------------------------------------------
under 4.1" Medium: 4 0" 8.0"
numbers are
12
1 17 1
Figure 3. Boat length bv exit location 1984. The esti:nated number of boats are noted
._:hove each har.
1
Figure 4. Boat draft bv
above each
loc.::.t
Shallm.;r~
estimated number
4. 4' 1-8. 0'''
Jul
15
5.
load
Location
Susi na 37
38
,057 40 2
37 535 37 533
fish 25 522
Talkeetna Jul 15 89 72 38
16 108 14
37 32 so 8 13 63
t ~rall 229 58 94 24
Other fish 74 228 57 94 24
33 35
37 45
5L 45 2
45 210
208 99 18 548 -----------""""""'""""' ___ ....., _______________ ., __________________________ .. ,,. _____
mir~'!:>ers
Figure Boat load eYit location. estimat•d number of boats is
above e;::~ch bar.
at least
L,anding also put in there.
data for put in locations. For Jum!
of the boat:s that exited at Susitn~l
River:
interviewed at the Talkeetna sites
Based on the above interviews, thE!
of boaters at Talkeetn.:t
estimated 400 boats and 1000 boaters exited at the Talkeetna sites:
the July to Septcember Of these, 284 were inboard jets:
were outboard (Table 1, Fipure 2). While large boats were!
C4::~mmon with 142 at feet and 128 over 21 feet in length, 241 hadl
shallow drafts (Tables 2, 3, 3 ~ 4) • The over 240 cubic inch
mt[)tors (143 boats) were most (Table , Figure 5) The majorit;v'
of boaters (58%) considered their loads medium (Table 5, Figure 6).
Inboard jets (70-72%) and outboard jets (27-30%) were the dominant boat
classes exiting at the Talkeetna s:ttes over the July to September
Orable 1). Boat shifted from the near equal freqency for the
115··17~ 20-21, and over 21 foot in July, to the
August and September 2). The number of boats
drafts decreased 98 in July to 55 in September, while the
medium declined 8 over the same
3). There was a trend toward the over 240 cubic inch
motors, with in September at 53% (Table 4). Boats heavy
loads declined from 72 in July to 8 boats in (Table 5).
Iru:mfficient data were available for
During other salmon season 71% of the
inboarc jets and 28% were outboard jets
salmon season at Talkeetna.
boats were 20 feet and longer had shallow
397 boats exiting were
1). the
drafts (Tables 2. 3).
The over 240 cubic inch motors (38%)
boat loads (57%) during the other salmon
In July, 100% of the boats
started there. There was
lemnch and airstrip as the
put at the airstrip,
j 55% had shallow drafts,
as were
• 5).
Talkeetna exit sites
between the Talkeetna boat
the boats
outboard
The split between inboard and outboard jets was 44% at!.d 52%
Some 57% of these boats had medium drafts, while the
remaining boats had shallow drafts.
In August of the boats put in at the airstrip, 19% the boat
launch, and 4~ at Willow Creek. Some of the boats that put in at
airstrip i.nboard jets and 24% were outboard j
55% of boats at the airstrip had shallow draft1;. those
that put in at the Talkeetna boat launch, 66% were inboard jets
were outboard jets, and 75% had shallow drafts@
During September 62% of the boats exiting at the Talkeetna sjltes had put
in at the boat launch versus 38% at the airstrip. All of tht~ boats that
in at the were inboard with shallow drafts,
with inboard jets at the boat launch. The remaining boats
boat launch were outhoard jets. 80% of the bo~tts that put
in at the boat launch had drafts.
Willow Creek:
Some 426 boat operators were interviewed at Willow Creek
September Based on the above interviews, the
estimates for the of boaters at Willow Creek l7ere
calculated.
estimated 600 boats and 1800 boaters exited at Willow Creek
the to September Airboats accounted for of all boats
with outboard jets being the second most frequent class at 29% (Table 1,
Figure 2). The 16-17 foot boats ~"-re most common 31% (Table 2,
3). Willow Creek 72% of L•e boats had shallow drafts and an
46% of the boats had over 240 cubic inch motors (Tables 3,
Figures 4, 5). At "'allow Creek of the boat loads were light and 36%
were medium (Table 5, Figure 6).
The number of outboard jets was stable during July and August (64-66)
but decreased to 21 in September. There were an estimated 100 or more
airboats exi.ting at Willow Creek during every month sampled (Table ) .
~~ile most boat groups were stable, the 18-19 increased and
the over 21 group decreased in percent over time 2). The
main trends in boat drafts were the increase in shallow draft boats from
in July to 86% in September. and the decline in medium draft boats
from 28% in July to 12% in September (1 able 3). The percent of boats
with over 240 cubic inch motors from 39-58% over the July to
September period (Table 4). The percent of boats in each load class was
stable over time (Table 5).
Insufficient data were available salmon season Creek.
other salmon season 62% were airboats, and
1) • All groups were of near
except the over 21 foot group (Table 2). While
most (418 boats), 49% of the boats had over 240 cubic inch
motors 3, 4). Approximately 82% of all boats had light or
medium loads {Table 5).
All 100% of the boats exiting at: '\tlillow Creek during also put in
there, and 72% had shallow drafts. In 89% of the boats:
at Willow Creek also put in there, while 10% put in at the Susitna
Of those that put in at W:Ulow Creek 64% were airboats, 29%
were outboard jets, and 84% had shallow drafts. In 99% of the
boats exiting at Willow Creek also put in there, 81% were airbetats, and
87% had shallow drafts.
Susitna Landing:
An estimated 99% of all boaters exiting at the Susitna had
destinations downstream of the gauging station at Sunshine
(Table 6). The most frequent destinations were the Desbka River (1473
boats), and the Yentna River (633 boats) (Table 7). The other
first destinations listed by at least 2% of the boaters were Alexander
Slough, Creek, and Willow Creek. Overall, an estimated 1700 boats
at their first destination. While many more locations
were listed ae: second destinations than first destinations, nt>
location was mentioned with any great frequency. The Deshka River
boa=s) and Yentna River boats) were the main second destinations
followed Willow Creek (28 boats). 69 boats stayed at
their Sl~ond destinations.
There was a decline in the Deshka RivE~r as a. f:.L·st destination from 79%
in May to 18% in increase in th~~ Yentna
River from 15% to 41% over the same ) • The Deshka River
as a first destination increased from 316 boats in May to a peak of 685
boats in June, while the Yentna in September with 211 boats
(Table 7). The number of boats that stayed overnight at thej~r first
destination varied from 198 to 584. Second destinatior:ts were
the king salmon season the Deshka River was the first desltination
of the boats exiting at Susitna , while 17% indicated the
Ye11tna River. In addition only the first destinations of Willow Creek
(68 boats), Suaitna Landing (10 boats), and Alexander Slough (34 boats)
21
Table 6. boats and their destination relative to the discharge
__ ., _________ ..... _.....,. ________________________ ..,_ ___________________________________________ . ____ . _____________ ,_
Act:Lvity Susitna Landing Talkeetna
Response -------------------------___________ .. ______________
--·-------·----~·--------·----
Season Cat4egory Down Up Both Sum Down Up Both Sum
stream stream stream stream stream
------------~---------------------------------------------------~·,. ------------------.. ----·--------------
May Main 326 0 2 328
Yes 21 0 0 21
59 0 2 61
Blank 2 0 0 2
408 0 4 412
Jun Mabt 781 0 1 782
Yes 83 0 0 83
73 0 1 74
Bla11k 1 0 0 1
938 0 2 940
Jul Main. 251 0 1 252 0 33 0 33 ]
Yes 81 0 0 81 0 31 0 31 27
No 99 0 3 102 0 118 0 118 23
Blank 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 3
437 0 4 441 0 182 0 182 227
Aug Main 215 0 0 215 0 85 104 160
Yes 67 0 67 0 1 1 20
No 73 0 0 73 0 10 40 46
Blank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
355 0 0 355 0 116 29 145 227
First destinations for boaters exiting at Susitna Landing 19:84. a
-------------·---------------------------------------------------------·----·, .... ____
May Jun Aug Sep 0\ierall ----------------------------------------·----
Boats Boats Boats Boats Boats % Boatts --------------------· ·--------~----~-----------------------------· ______ , _____ , _____
14 3.5 19 2.0 15 3. 6 1.7 3 0.5 57 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3.7 19 0.
0 0 4 0.4 3 0.6 1 0.3 12 2.4 20 0.8
2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.1
0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 o. 2 0.1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.0 10 o.
316 79.0 685 74.0 241 55.0 141 40.3 90 17.8 1,473 56.2
2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.
0 0 0 0 0 0 l 0.3 l 0.2 2 0.
0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 0.3 1 0.1 0 0 3 0.9 13 2.6 18 0.7
2 0.5 6 0.7 l 0.3 3 0.9 4 0.7 16 0.6
0 0 0 0 2 0.5 2 0.6 3 0.6 7 0.3
0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 40 7.9 41 l.
0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.3 10 2.0 12 0.5
Creek 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 2 0.
Creek 0 0 0 0 l.O 39 11. 1 20 • 1 63 2 •
0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 3 0.6 4 0.
Susitna 0 0 1.2 0.2 4 1 1 26 5.2 42 1.
Susitna Station 4 0.9 3 0.3 4 0.9 1 0.3 11 2 1 23 0.
Talkeetna River 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.6 3 0.
Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1
Creek 0 0 51 5.5 • 2 55 15.7 24 4.7 166 6.
River 59 14.9 145 15.7 125 28. 93 26.6 211 41.7 633 24.2
Total 400 100 926 100 100 350 100 506 100 2,620
.,....,.., .. _____________________ ----------------------.. ------------------~--------,·--------
numbers presented are estimates.
had estimated of at least 10 boats. second
destinations were me>.1tioned: the Deshka River (44 boats),
the Yentna River (38 boats), and Willow Creek (11 boats).
During the other salmon season there were more first destinations. but
the Deshka River (433 boats) and the Yentna River (391 boats) were the
most , followed by Willow Creek (98 boats), and Sheep Creek (64
boats). Willow Creek (16 boats), the Deshka River (10 boats), and
the Yentna River (10 boats) were listed as second destination by 10 or
more boats.
Overall, 97% of the boats at Susitna also put in th,ere.
A similar pattern existed for second destinations, with 94% of the boats
second destinations put in at Susitna ~a.no~n.g
There were three major boat classes exiting at the Susitna Landing:
outboard jets (1332 boats), inboard jets (1008 boats), and outb1oard
props (213 boats). All other classes had an estimated of less
than 50 boats. Of the outboard jets, 60% had the
first destina~ion while 19% listed the Yentna River.
the next most important first destination, but was :isted by only 8:t of
the outboard jets. The Deshka River was the first destination for 54%
and the Yentna River for 33% of the inboard jets. Some 45% of the
boaters using outboard props indicated the Deshka River as their first
destination, 20% the Yentna River, followed by Susitna Landing (1 L%),
Willow Creek (8%), and Creek (5%).
few boaters had second destinations.
94 outboard jets with second destinations.
their second destination as the Deshka River,
20% Willow Creek. Only an estimated 64
destinations. Of these 33% were the Deshka
There were an estimlated
Of these, 30% listed as
29% the Yentna River, and
inboard jets had second
River and 28% the Yentna
River.
Talkeetna:
Approximately 89% of the destinations for boats exiting at the TalkeE!tna
sites were Uf.'Stream of the gauging station at Sunshine (TI!blc
6). Some 63% of the boats exiting at the Talkeetna sites listed the
Talkeetna River as their first destination (Table 8). The second u1ost
first destination was Gold Creek (47 boats). Overall. only 111
boats stayed at their first destination. The number of boats
second desti!lations \:vas insignificant ( 12 for the July through
September
25
Table 8. First destinations for boaters
at the Talkeetna boat launch or airstrip,
Jul Aug Overall
First
Destination Boats % Boats % Boats % Boats %
Birch Creek
Chase
Chulitna N.iver
Indian River
Mi 232 AK RR
Creek
Talkeetua River
Trapper Creek
Whiskers Creek
6 3.0
0 0
7 3.7
1 0.7
1 0.7
33 17.4
0 0
16 8.6
0 0
1 0.7
122 64.4
0 0
1 0.7
18 12.3
6 4.0
0 0
0 0
0 0
10 6.9
1 0.9
0 0
1 0.9
3 2.0
99 69.2
3 L
3 1.9
2 3.3
10 16.8
4 6.9
1 1. 7
0 0
4 7.1
0 0
4 7.1
5 8.7
2 3.5
24
0
3
39.7
0
5.2
26 6.6
16 4.1
11 2.8
2 0.5
1 0.3
47 12.0
1 0.3
20 5.1
6 1 5
6 1.5
245 62.7
3 0.8
7 l. 8
Total 188 100 144 100 59 100 391 100
numbers presented are estimates.
26
in September.
Insufficient available for at
For other salmon season
Talkeel:tla River, 12% Gold
destination There were
destinations.
a~d Creek
insufficient observations for
74% of the esti~ated boats exiting at
put Talkeetna airstrip. Of these,
River as their first 25% of
had
their
the Talkeetna sites, boat launch.
Boaters who put in at th~ boat launch selection
first Gold was ">f
boaters, follo~"ed by Chase at , BirC'h Creek and the Chulitna
River at 12% each~ ~nd Whiskers Creek, Sunshine, Creek and mile
232 Alaska Railroaj at 7% each. Percentages under 7 represent less than
boats. Of th~ 10 boats with second destinations that the
Talkeetna site~, 100% put in at the Talkeetna boat launch.
{284 boats) and outboard jets 110)
classer.. representef with any great For the
were three main first destinations: Talkeetna
Creek 11%), 232 Alaska Railroad (6%).
p~ttern was different River as a first
destination estimated 47% of the boats Birch
20%, followed Gold Creek at at and
Railroad 4%.
Willow Creek:
Over 99% of the destinations f;Jr boatet's exiting Creek
downstream of the discharge gauging station at Sunshine
first destinations Creek and the
(Table 9), second destinations
, and Ri.ver Overall 277
first destinations, 5
overnight at second destinations.
Table 9. First for boaters exiting at
Willow Creek, 1984. --·------«!11111!------------------------------------------------
Jul. Overall
First -------------------------
Destination Boats % Boats *"" ________________________ " ________________________________
Alexander o. 3.6 4 3.5 3
Caswell Creek 0 0 1 o. 1 0.2
River 81 36.7 55 55 .2 191 33.
Flat horn 0 0 0 1 0.8 1 0.2
0 0 5
0 0 5 19 24
Portage Creek 0 0 0 1 1
Creek 0 0 4 0 4
Susitna Landing 0 0 0 1
Susitna Station 0 0 2 1 0.8 3
Willow Creek 138 62.4 136 27 21.7 301
Yentna River 1 .5 1 22
Total 221 100 222 100 124 .)67 100 ______________________________________ .., _________________
numbers
28
to those for
or
were insufficient.
e:::t
Jul
31
7
------------~------t..---------------------------------------'"'--------·------------------~--------
Private
Sight
Susitna Study
Category
No
Yes
No
Yes
Main
No
Yes
Main
No
Yes
Main
No
Yes
Main
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Main
Yes
by
328
61
21
0
406
15
393
3
0
3
408
0
9
0
42
271
138
8
15
0
10
383
2
2
2
0
0
354 503 2 353
0
2 5
35 322
3
83 50
1 18
35
33 39
9 10
7
2
------------------------------------------------------------
pre~·,ted .reestimates.
Commercial
Fishing
Supply
Sight
Susi ttn Study
Other
15
Yes 5
No
Yes
No
Yes
Main
No
Yes
No 98
Yes
1
89
Yes
0
Yes
Yes
Yes L)
0
Yes 0
5
Yes
5 5
5
G
3 3
------------------------------------------------------·--
numbers presented est
""_, ________ .._ ............ _________ ....,. ________________________________________________________ ._ .. ·-
Landing
------------------------------------""""·---
Secondary Main Secondary Main -----------------
___ ..., _____ ------------------------·~--
Boats Boats % Boats Boats % Bo.ats
------------·----· ... ______________________ ·--------------------------------------------·----·~---Q!IO>
0 0 5 lJ 8 42 0 0 l 13 5
2 3 43 16 40 0 0 0 0 4 50 32
10 2.5 0 0 1 100 3 38 5 26
4 0 0 6 15 10 53 0 0 0 0 32
1 l 1 5 0 0 0 0 5
5 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 J 0
1 35 3 9 8
2 364 31 51 44
346 30 26 23
259 22 21 18
82 7 3 3
Over 5 74 6 5 4
6 19 l 8 5 0 0 17 j 11
57 32 7l 20 63 83 ~5 19 29
28 42 24 30 1 3 74 /1 1" 4,. 18
4 24 35 20 26 l7 1 3 74 23 26
5 49 l2 7 4 i 9 28 46 ~~ 6
5 15 7 10 0 0 3 33 10 9 ____________ 1..., __________________ _, __________ ...,._, _______ ..,.,. _ _... ____ ~ .. -----·------""""'""""'--""""-------.... ,,. _______
sample data are indicated by --.
412 2
June 940 10
1 4 llB9
355 0 U6
511 0 64
14
1210 2 398 88 39
are values.
are
45
3
0
_______ , ___________ .. _______________ ~~----------------------------------------
1
5
Susitna l .. and:tng Talkeetr.c~
or
Season --------
Se.1son 597
0
0
7
Fish 412
0
0
2
99
0
1
0
66
0 0
3
72 0 0
0 5
0 147 28
0 0 0 0
6 0
are estimates. Mis~ing data are indicated
main activity~ 'Yes' indicates
0 5 ..!
15 0 0
85 0
0 65
0
imrolvement in
exit locati...tn
Boat
Class
Jet
Jet
prop
80
116
5
13
0
1
bocts
20
2
7
0
0
0
57
30
J
sport
0
c
--"'""'--------... ~-------·-----------------·-------------...... ----...... -------....... -----------------------~·----------
Susitna Landing Talkeetna
---------------------.. ·---------------------IUI'·----,.----"""""'-·---1i~Vi!iri<-
Main
Class --~ -------------------------------____ .. !lj<,_ __
Boats Boats Boats Boats
------------o~~·---------------------------------------------... -------------------------.... ,. ... ---~·------------
2 29 41 19 100 0 0 0
13 32 0 1 100 3
3 43 2 5 0 0 0 5 63 13 65
1 14 8 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
385 33 S9 61
669 57 31 27
10 1 l
Outboard prop 77 7 13 ll
l 0 0
19 2 0 0
Jet 166 40 92 52 93 59 31 94 36 2
Jet 209 50 62 35 63 40 1 3 107 32
Air boat 11 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 181 55
Outboard prop 25 6 20 11 1 1 1 3 2 1 0
Canoe l 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 ---------·-----,, ... ________________ __..,_ _____________________________________________ .. ,, .. .....,. ..... _____ ..--------
presented are estimates. data are indicated by --.
was the main activity. ' indicate.,; sport 'ii7SS a
While camping was the main
secondary one for an estimated
17 boats, a
number of boa1ts that
were involved in camping activities was
number in September was similar at 3!2
352, yet the
·ralkeetna:
Due to the insuffic:hmt data available for the salmon sedlSon at
Talkeetna, the estimates here are lower than the actual lervel
of use. Care should be used to indicate this, should any of the
estimates be cited.
160 boats and 500 were involved
additional 30 boats ~nd
the
60% of the 33
of 2
with main of sport
iO 19 boats had parties of
other salmon seasonlP 90% of the 157 boats
their main had parties of 2 to 5
of the
in the
(Table
with sport
(Table 15).
as
Guides. During July 29 boats that sport fished used a guide, while in
49 boats used a During the other salmon season. an
estimated 88 boats in sport used (Table 16).
Destinations. The first destination for those boats with sport
as their main declined from 100% of .33 boats for Talkeetna
River in July to 79% of 104 boats in For those with sport
as a activity, 91% of boats listed the Talkeetna
River as their first dew~:.Lnation in During the other salmon
season 86% (134 boats) of those w:tth the main activity fishing
listed the Talkeetna River as a first destination (Table
100% of the boats with sport as their main activity put
airstrip. In August 92% of the boats with the main
in at the airstip~ while 8% put in at
In July 100% of the boats with sport as their main
activity were outboard jets. In August 71% of the boats with main
activity of sport were inboard jets and 28% were outboard jets.
the other salmon season 59% those boats with main activitv
sport ~ere inboard jete and 40% were outboard jets (Table 19). •
53
Table ' iercent of boats
at the
and month
launch. or
Overall __________________ _.._ __ • ____ • _________________ co:-_____
Sport Main 17 72 30 39
No 66 28 69 53
Yes 16 1 2 8
TrappiLlg 1>1ain (; 0 0 0
No 100 100 100 100
Yes 0 0 u 0
Main 0 1 0 0
No 100 99 69 95
Yes 0 0 jl 5
Commercial Main 0 0 0 0
No 100 100 100 'i')O
Yes 0 a 0 0
r.ommercial Main 0 0 0 0
No 100 100 100 100
Yes l' 0 0 0
Private Main 7 0 2 4
Supply No 93 98 95 95
Yes 2 3 2
Main 16 13 14 !5
No 65 86 86 76
Yes 19 1 0 9
Main 0 0 0
No 99 103 100 110
Yes 0 c 0 0
Sight Ma;in 8 1 s.7 7
No 8lt 79 78 Bl
Yes 8 21 5 12
Main 0 0 (' 0
No 100 99 IOC. 100
Yes 0 1 0 0
Susitna Main 15 14 10 14
No 84 86 90 86
Yes 2 0 0 1
Other Main 0 0 0 0
No 96 100 100 98
Yes 4 0 0 2
_____ ..,. __________ ....,. _____ O'OD _____ """"' ___ ..,.. ___ .. ,.,.,.._....,... ___ ...,..,""""" ____
numbers presented are :stimates.
indicated whether an activity was the
main activity (Main), a activity engaged
in (Yes), or an did not participate
in (No).
')4
Table 21. Number of boats
for boats at the
~---------------------~--------------------------
Activity July tg Overall ____ ... """ ___________________ _, _____________ ...,.. __________
Main 33 104 19 156
No 125 40 44 209
Yes 31 1 1 33
Trapping Main 0 0 0 0
No 189 146 64 399
Yes 0 0 0 0
Main 0 1 0 1
No 189 144 44 377
Yes 0 0 20 20
Commercial Main 0 0 0 0
No 189 146 64 399
Yes 0 0 0 0
Commercial Main 0 0 0 0
No 189 146 64 399
Yes 0 0 0 0
:'rivate Main 13 0 1 14
No 174 143 60 377
Yes 1 3 2 6
Transportation Main 31 9 59
No 122 125 54 301
Yes 36 1 0 37
Main 0 0 1
No P37 146 64 397
Yes 0 0 0 0
Seeing Main 15 1 11 27
No 159 115 50 324
Yes 15 30 ~ 48
Main c 0 0 0
No 189 144 64 397
Yes 0 l 0 1
Susitna Main 28 20 6 54
No 157 126 57 340
Yes 3 I) 0 3
Activity 1-lain 0 0 0 0
No 181 146 61 388
Yes 8 0 0 8
--------------------------------~-------~--------
numbers presented are esti1nates.
indicated whether an activity was
(Main), secondary activity
• or did not
in (No).
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Based on data obtained from the exit interviews, only a boat was
hunting as their main activity and an estimated 20 boats ~rere engaged in
hunting as a secondary activity (Tables 20. 21).
There were an estimated 59 boats involved in transport!ltion as their
main , and another 37 indicated it was activity
(Tabl£S 20, 21).
Overall an estimated 27 boats had this as their main ,activity, with
another 48 noting it as a activ:l.ty (Tables 20, 21).
An estimated 54 boats indicated that this was their main activity.
and August had the most involvement with 31 and 20 boats,
20,
Willow Creek:
Due to the insufficient data available for salmon season at Willow
Creek: the estimates here are lower than the actual level of
use. Care should be taken indicate this sJwuld the
estimates be cited.
There were
Party
The
season
At Willot~T Creek
in sport
addition,
as a
in July consisted of 2··5
different in August and other
Guides. The use of those who sport fis~ed, but
insufficient data were availablE! for fishing period in June. In
24 boats used guide. Du·ring other salmon season an estimated 39
boats usej
Destinations. For July
boats with the main activity
their first destination.
Septembt.!r never more thatl 30% of those
sport indicated the Deshk.a
first destination 68-75% of the
)6
Table 22. Percent of boats by month
for boats exiting at Willow Creek,
~-------------------~-----------------------------
July Aug Sept Overall
------------------~ ... ---------o1111111 ..... ---~-------........... --------
Main 78 71 6 60
No 10 20 77 29
Yes 12 9 16 12
Main 0 0 0 0
No 100 100 100 100
Yes 0 0 0 0
Main 0 1 22 6
No 100 99 33 8~
Yes 0 0 58 13
Cormnerc:f.al Main 0 0 0 0
No 100 100 100 100
Yes 0 0 0 0
Commercial Main 0 0 1 0
No 100 100 99 100
Yes 0 0 0 0
Private Main 3 9 3 6
No 95 90 94 95
Yes 2 0 3 2
Transportation Main 8 9 13 10
No 82 83 84 83
Yes 9 8 3 8
0 1 0 1
No 72 80 35 67
Yes 28 19 65 32
Sight Seeing Main 3 2 3 3
No 88 91 93 90
Yes 7 4 7
Mining Main 0 0 0 0
No 100 100 100 100
Yes 0 0 0 0
Susitna Study Main 0 1 0 0
No 100 99 100 00
Yes 0 0 0 0
Other Activity Main 7 3 3 5
No 92 95 95 94
Yes 1 2 2 2 _________________ ...,. ________ .., _____________________________
numbers presented are estimates.
indicated activity was the
activity (Main)» a secondary activit~' engaged in
, or an activity th.:-y in (No)
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Table 23. Number of boats oy month
for boats exiting at Willow Creek,
------·----(---------------------------------------
July Aug Sept Overall ______ .,lilt-__________________________________________
Main 174 160 8 342
No 23 46 96 165
Yes 27 20 20 67
Main 1 0 0 1
No 223 22·'} 125 572
Yes 0 0 0 0
Hunting Main 1 2 29 32
No 223 222 26 471
Yes 0 0 75 75
Commercial Main 1 0 0 1
No 223 224 125 572
Yes 0 0 0 0
Commercial Main 1 0 1 2
No 223 223 124 570
Yes 0 1 0 1
Private Main 7 21 4 32
No 213 202 118 533
Yes 4 1 4 9
Transportation Main 19 21 16 56
No 184 185 104 473
Yes 21 18 4 43
Main 1 2 0 3
No 161 lJl 4!~ 386
Yes 62 42 80 184
Sight Seeing Main 7 5 4 16
No 198 203 115 516
Yes 19 16 5 40
Mining Main 0 0 0 0
No 224 224 125 573
Yes 0 0 0 0
Susitna 3tudy Main 0 2 0 2
No 224 222 125 571
Yes 0 0 0 0
Other Activity Main 15 7 4 26
No 206 215 119 540
Yes 3 4 2 9
------------~------------------------------~-~-numbers are estimates.
indicated whether
(Main)
' or activity
in (No).
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salmon season, Willow Creek 71% (234 boats) and Ri"<~Jrer 25%
(83 boats) were the major first destinations. For the additional 63
boats that 'lrt fished!} an estimated 47% had Deshka River as first
destination, 41% Willow Creekg and 11% Little Willow Creek.
Se1ptE!mt1er, an estimated 78-100% of the boats
had put
all boats that sport fished,
Of those boats in tdth the .:>f sport
were airboats 32% outboard jets, and 12% inboard jets ..
58% were airboats and 11% were outboard j t!.'ts. For the
330 boats the main activity of
an estimated 32 boats were
additional 75 boats
was the main month for
23).
and outboard jet:s (32%).
!ts their main
in the
a total of 104
Overall 35 boats indicated this their main
The majority of additional also
occurred in (Tables 22,
There 66 with t
activity, and another 43 boats noted tr
(Tables 22, 23).
their
activity
Few boats indicated
210 it
':>9
their main activity, but an
activity. There MO boats
63 boats (Tables 22,
this the-:lr main
activity.
steady over June
to only
of
at
22
Susitna Landing:
Overall, 82% of the interviewed were in the 16-49 year age g1:·oup.
There was some variation in percent of in the 16-49
over time, with a high of 90% in June and a low of 77% in May
11).
Overall, 79% of the
while 19% were females.
Figure 12).
at the Susitna
at 90% during
were males,
(Table 25,
About 1900 (66%) who exited at the Susitna reside1d in the
and another 800 (28%) lived in the Mat-~musk.a and
26).
Overall, 46% of the making 11-20 visits to the
Susitna River this season. May 22% of the!
indicated more than 20 visits, but in no other month ''!Vas this
The 11-20 visit group was at a low llith 148
May, but for the June to period it from 229
(Table 27, Figure 13)
Overall, 85% of the boaters indicated a trip time of three or l~ess days
on the river. Some 29-40% of the boaters indicated a trip time of
1 the to (Table 28,
Talkeetna:
For the entire June
the 16-49 year age
{Table 24~ Figure
86% of the
at
four times as m;o,-males as females exiting at the
the June through September The percent
Boaters each site asked to estimate their number of
the 1984 boating season.
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Table 24. Age groups exit location$ 1984.8
---------------------~---------~-----------------------------Under 16 16-49 Over 49
Exit
,... _________
-------------------Location Month % %
-------~--~----------~-~--~-------~~----------~--------------Susitna 71 16 339 71 33 7
Jun 48 8 522 90 12 2
Jul 69 14 393 78 39 8
60 14 336 78 33 8
35 7 454 86 41 8
Overall 283 11 2,044 82 158 6
Talkeetna Jul 7 13 l~ 1 77 5 9
4 7 46 85 4 7
Se;' 2 4 53 95 1 2
Overall 13 8 140 86 10 6
Willow Jul 47 14 256 74 42 12
Creek 43 14 228 73 4 ... 13
13 7 145 81 20 11
103 12 629 75 103 12
------~--------------------------------------~--~-~----------numbers presented are values.
61
<1
Figure 11. Boater a~e by exit location
above each bar~
The number of People sam~led is
25. of
the of au adolescent was not apparent,
recorded as 'Juvenile'.
63
Figure 12. Boater sex bv exit location 1084. The number of neonle samnled is noted
above each bar.
26. Number of people for residence by location, l a lib groups -----·---------------------...--------------------------"""""'"""""'"""' _________________________ ,. __
Residence Groups _a _______________________________________________ ,,.._......, ___ .,., _____ ,._
Inte~oriew
Locat:lon Month 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 ll 12
-----~---------------..------------------------------------------..,...----------·---·· ... ----,.--
May 149 261 3 2 0 0 0 15 0 0 u~
Jun 226 560 8 8 1 0 6 0 :t:6 1
Jul 157 370 5 7 l 0 0 3 0 14 0 3
Aug 116 3ll 1 6 0 0 0 8 2 14 3
146 388 0 8 0 0 1 3 5 0
Overall 794 l~R90 17 31 2 1 l 32 5 75 2 2/'
Jul 2 35 0 10 0 0 0 5 0
7 37 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Sep 5 42 0 6 0 0 0 2 2 l 0 2
0'< Overall 14 114 0 24 3 0 0 3 2 10 0 5
V1
Jul 74 220 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 45 0
Creek Aug 48 231 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 9
Sep 23 150 l 0 0 0 0 0 J 0
Overall 145 601 3 11 0 0 0 4 0 70 0 1
----·-----------------------------------------------------------------------,·----·--
are values.
Groups 1 Montana Creek to Palmer/Wasilla 2 to Girdwood
3 Seward, Cooper to Homer 4 Peter's Creek, Talkeetna,, Trapper Creek
5 Cantwell to Nenana 6 Glennallen and Paxson
7 Delta Junction~ Tok, Valdez, Kodiak 8 Juneau, Ketchikan
9 Fairbanks 10 Missinr:
11 USA, non-Alaska 12 Non-USA Others
Table 27. Number of anticipated visits by exit location, 1984. a
------------------~---~-----------------------------------------------
Under 2 2-5 6-10 11-20 Over 20
Exit -------------------------------------------
Location Month People % People % People % % People %
--------------------------------------------------------~ -------------
Susitna May 69 16 66 18 48 11 148 35 93 22
Jun 117 14 218 36 190 23 297 36 0 0
Jul 31 6 88 19 130 24 299 55 0 0
Aug 51 11 105 30 71 16 229 50 0 0
Sep 58 11 104 23 109 20 278 51 0 0
Overall 326 581 27 548 20 1,251 46 0 0
Talkeetna Jul 11 22 1 2 5 10 32 65 0 0
Aug 23 43 10 23 2 4 19 35 0 0
Sep 17 31 24 80 2 4 11 20 0 0
Overall 51 32 35 29 9 6 62 39 0 0
Willow Jul 17 6 31 12 55 19 56 19 134 46
Creek Aug 26 8 62 25 58 19 78 25 85 28
Sep 10 6 24 16 15 9 35 20 90 52
Overall 53 7 117 15 128 16 169 22 309 40
---------------------------------------e-------------------------------numbers presented are samole values. Boaters were asked to
estimate the number of visits 1984.
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n i i r
Figure 13. Anticinated number of visits hv exit location 1984. The number of neonle
samnled is noted above each bar
of trins.
Peon le were asked to 1::-st imate the number
Table 28. Days on the river by exit location, 1984.8
-------------------------~--------------------------------------------------May Jun Jul Aug Sep Overall
Exit ----------------------------------------____ .. ____ ,.
Location Days Boats % Boats % Boats % Boats % Boat a % Boat:s ~:
---------------------~-----~---------------------~-----------------------~~-
Susitna 1 154 38 378 40 129 29 135 38 64 13 860 3"' .:.
Landing 2 85 21 328 35 157 36 111 31 120 24 801 30
3 109 27 170 18 107 24 75 21 144 28 605 23
4 35 9 28 3 27 6 9 3 68 13 167 6
5 10 2 10 1 9 2 9 3 50 10 88 3
6 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 28 5 36 1
7 6 1 11 1 2 0 4 1 17 3 40 2
8-14 2 0 9 1 6 1 8 2 16 3 41 2'
Ovr:c 14 0 0 5 1 0 0 3 1 3 l ll 0
405 100 940 100 440 100 354 100 510 100 26~.9 HlO
Talkeetna 1 138 73 127 88 45 71 310 78
2 0 0 4 3 1 2 5 1
3 22 12 3 2 10 16 35 9
4 1 1 0 0 3 4 1
5 13 7 4 3 4 21 5
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 9 5 6 4 0 0 15 4
8-ll• 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 2
Over 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 __ ...... ---
189 100 145 100 63 100 397 100
Willow 1 156 70 169 75 43 34 368
Creek 2 48 21 41 18 30 24 19 21
3 16 7 12 5 20 16 48 8
4 1 0 2 1 14 11 1 7 3
5 0 0 1 0 7 6 8 1
6 1 0 0 0 5 4 6 1
7 0 0 1 0 4 3 .5 1
8-14 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 1
Over 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 __ .. _ ---
224 100 226 100 126 100 57~& 100
--~~--~---------~--------------~~-------~--~---------~--~---~-------~~-~----
numbers presented are estimates. Missing data are indicated
e t iv a
>5
Figure 14 Trip duration bv exit location 1984. The estimated number of boats is
noted above each bar.
males
(Table
of 64% in June tc a of 92% in
Over t:b~ July to 114 people (65%) exiting at the
Talkeetna sites in the Anchorage area. The srcond g·roup
with 24 (14%), was the Talkeetna area towns (Table 26).
Some 39% of the 11-20 visits this
seasons while less than 2 visits. The percent
in the 11-20 visit group declined from 65% in July to 20% in
the the 2-5 visit group increased from
27,
At Talkeetna, 78% of the
indicated their trip was
over the June to
only one duration.
trips
ll).
Willow Creek:
from a low of 71% to a high
At Willow Creek 75% of the people were 16-49 years of age. Thi1s group
was stable 73-Bl% for to Neither the less
than 16 years or greater than 49 year group excee~ed 47 in any
single month (Table 5, Figure 12).
Over the to
exiting at
There were
residences in
the Matanuska
period males accounted for 67-87% Clf the
Creek (Table 25, Figure 12).
600 people (71%) Willow CreE!k with
.Another lived in towns of
area (Table 26).
Overall 40% of the more than 20 during
this season, while another 22% responded ll-20 visits. l"or the
to September , the of resp<mdents
anticipated over 20 visits (Table 27~
70
been o!it
river
71
the
21%
had
two
SUMMARY
An estimated 2700 boats and 8600 boaters exited at the Susitna
the May to 1984 , 400 boats and 1000 boaters
July to September at the Talkeetna boat launch or
600 boats and 1800 boaters exited July through
Creek. The major activity of these people was sport
An estimated 1900 boats and 6600 at Susitna
in sport , as were 200 boats and 600
sites, and 400 boats and 1400
Several other activities
supply, and were
were considered secondary. Hunting
with 600 boats all three
boats were uncommon. At and the Talkeetna
£:.lites inboard jets {38% and 71%~ outboard j1~ts (51%
and 28%, respectively) dominated, while at Willow Creek airboats
(64%) and outboard jets (27%) were most At Susitna
the 80 bp and smaller motors and the 81-160 hp motors were most common,
while at Talkeetna and Willow Creek the 80 and sm.aller and the over
240 cubic inch motors were most
The first destinations for boaters at the Susitna wer1e Deshka
(56%) and Yentna Rivers {24%). For the Talkeetna boaters, the Talkeetna
River (63%) was the major destination» while at Willow Creek it was
Willow Creek (53%) followed by the Deshka River (34%). Second
destinations were uncommon. Boaters that exited at Susitna
or Willow Creek had destinations that dowrtstreau:t of the
gauging station at Sunshine, while those exiting at Talkeetna
usually went upstream of Sunshine. While there was a trend tow'ard mcce
diverse destinations in , few were encountered ~ith any great
Over the entire period, no problem was
than 16% of the boats at any one of the three exit
month did more than 28% of the boats
one encounter any one of the
about (i.e. rocks, bars, debris,
boats exiting at Willow Cn!ek were
airboats, on problel!l examined) of all boats
exiting at Willow Creek that had navigational problems were airboats.
All other boat classes and boat draft groups encountered navjlgational
in a proportion similar to their in the population.
While there seemed to exist a threshold of 30,000 cfs at which the
of navigational problems increased, there 'Iivas evidEmce that
site visited may have as much of an effect on the proporticn .• of
boats with navigational problems as There is 11tto clear
of the effect of discharge on navigational prob:le!ms. Too
many factors in the complex relationship could not be controlled.
72
Most people were in the 16-49 year
be
of the sites
indicated that
the 1984 season.
boats exiting at Susitna
................... ,. at Talkeetna or Willow took
73
group, and most were males. As
"'"'" ............ ..., were most prevalent at
at any site
to the Sus:ltna. River
three
ACKNOWLEDGEM»~T
I the perseverance of all the in,terviewers
this project, as well as t~e field
in the l~Ft~G Palmer .,ffice; numerous hours
personnel, Deborah Amos1.
data; the assjsta~ce in preparation
procedures by Mr. and Mr. Dalla:s Ow,ens of
and the efforts of ADF&G Keith WE~bster
Michele Kamenchuk in preparation of this report.
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Data Collection Form
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