Tyonek Tribal Conservation District

Tyonek Tribal Conservation District (TTCD) Is a Tribal Non-profit Organization Formed in 2005 to Conserve,enhance, and Encourage the Wise Use of Natural Resources. TTCD Works With Local, State, and National Partners Toachieve Our Mission Through Community-driven Conservation. Tyonek Is Home to the Tebughna, or Beach People.subsistence Resources, Including Salmon, Are a Significant Component of the Diet and Cultural Identity of Thetebughna. for This Reason, Protecting and Improving Fish and Wildlife Habitat Has Been a Priority for TTCD Sinceour Formation.invasive Species, Including Northern Pike, Elodea, and High-priority Terrestrial Plants, Are Significant Threatsto Subsistence Resources Within the District and to the Surrounding Federal, Private, and State Lands Where Theseinvasive Species Have the Potential to Spread. TTCD Has Worked With the Us Fish Wildlife Service (USFWS) Andother Partners Since 2011 to Address These Threats. Multiple Partners, Including the Usfws, Have Significantlyand Effectively Invested in Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Efforts in the TTCD Area. Early Detectionsurveys, Rapid Response, and Outreach on Invasive Species Are Needed to Secure These Investments and to Preventnew Introductions Into Federal, Private, State, and Tribal Lands.in 2023-2026, the Tyonek Tribal Conservation District Will Expand an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Partnershipacross the Matanuska-susitna Basin to Advance Prevention, Early Detection, and Rapid Response Across the TTCD and the Mat-su Borough. TTCD Will Address Northern Pike Within the District Through Prevention, Early Detectionsurveys, Northern Pike Suppression and Eradication, and Post-treatment Salmon Population Monitoring. TTCD Willaddress Elodea by Advancing an Elodea Waterbody Prioritization Process and Partnership Events to Build Thecapacity for Local Stakeholders to Assist in Prevention, Early Detection Surveys, Containment, Eradication, Andpost-treatment Monitoring. the Prioritization Process and Resulting Tools Will Inform Future Implementationplans, Partnerships, and Funding Proposals. TTCD Will Continue to Lead the Mat-su Elodea Task Force, Conductearly Detection Surveys Throughout the Mat-su and TTCD Areas, and Facilitate Rapid Response of Infestations. Forterrestrial Invasive Plants, TTCD Will Continue to Administer Its Successful Early Detection Rapid Responseprogram to Eradicate Novel Infestations Along the Westside Road System Before Establishment.through These Efforts, TTCD Will Continue to Lead Invasive Species Prevention, Early Detection, and Rapidresponse in Western Cook Inlet and the Susitna Basin to Conserve and Restore Southcentral Alaskas Native Fishpopulations, Vegetation Communities, and Productive Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems.