Fairbanks Fish & Wildlife Field Office
Habitat Restoration

Beaver Springs/Chena Slough at the Doughchee Road
Fish Passage Project completed in August 2003

This Partners for Fish and Wildlife project is located at Doughchee Road near North Pole south of Fairbanks, Alaska. The orignial culvert that was placed under the road steepened as the road settled over Beaver Springs Creek. This crushed culvert moved water at such a steep angle that fish could not move upstream. Beaver Springs Creek habitat affects the downstream environment of Chena Slough and the Chena River, both anadromous fish streams. Resident and anadromous fish, including chinook and chum salmon, Arctic grayling, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, long-nose sucker, and sculpin use the Chena Slough and River downstream of the proposed project.

Using funds from The Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, a new bridge was installed to allow for fish passage.

Last updated: August 1, 2008