Kaxdigoowu Héen watershed scoping
Resource materials for Montana/McGinnis watershed Scoping document from the 2007-2010 CBJ Natural history project. Download pdf here (22MB).
2010 updated 2020 | Richard Carstensen | 55 pages
Geopdf for lower Kaxdigoowu Héen watershed. Our 2013 LiDAR didn’t extend far enough to include upper McGinnis basin (noTN?)
Kaxdigoowu Héen, going back clearwater (Montana Creek)
Healthiest habitat of greater Áak’w Táak (Mendenhall watershed).
I first began using this valley to teach bird classes in the early 1990s, when my ears could still detect the high notes of songbirds. During wetland assessment transects in the mid 1980s, I’d noticed that the logged-over swamp behind Community Gardens was full of beaver-drowned snags. Sapsuckers had drilled them, and once abandoned, these became home to chickadees, pewees and small owls. Those rotting snags didn’t last long, but the swamps and marshes are still chock full of fish and critters. And beaver are still at work, drowning more future sapsucker trees.
Kaxdigoowu Héen is where I first noticed that logging isn’t always “bad” for wildlife. It’s also where I first realized environmentalists don’t usually like it when I say that. (Sorry!)
Northwest over Community Gardens. Today, the snags have rotted and toppled, but wildlife habitat is if anything even richer.
In this section
Exploring middle Kax̱digoowu Héen
Going back clearwater (Montana Creek) In late May, 2019, Discovery naturalist Steve Merli and I explored the middle reaches of…
2019 | Richard Carstensen | 5-minute slideshow
Kaxdigoowu Héen (Montana Creek): presentation for SEAL Trust
Slideshow in two parts Kaxdigoowu Héen, going back clearwater has been one of my favorite places since I first explored…
2019 | Richard Carstensen & John Hudson | slide show in 2 parts: 38 & 22 minutes
GeoPDFs Kaxdigoowu Héen (Montana)
High-resolution GeoPDF pair for field navigation at Kaxdigoowu Héen, going back clear water (Montana Creek). In apps such as Avenza, on…
2018 | Richard Carstensen | 2 geoPDFs
Supplement to the CBJ wetlands surveys, 2016
In summer 2014, Koren Bosworth, Cathy Pohl, Andrew Allison and I surveyed wetlands throughout the CBJ. Although we were not…
2016 | Richard Carstensen | 31 page excerpt (of 512p)
Area descriptions for CBJ wetlands surveys, 2014
Supplement to the 2016 Juneau Wetlands Management Plan In summer 2014, Koren Bosworth, Cathy Pohl, Andrew Allison and I surveyed…
2018 | Richard Carstensen | 8 separate pdfs, 2 to 5 MB
Montana Creek trailhead signs
In 2010, on contract with CBJ Parks and Recreation, Discovery designed 3-panel sign arrays for 10 trailheads on (or leading…
2010 | Richard Carstensen | 3 pages
Kaxdigoowu Héen: Three days on clear water
In 2013 I participated in a 3 day teacher’s conference called STREAM: a Pedagogy of Place. During this “place-based” conference…
2013 | Richard Carstensen | 7 pages
Montana Creek Map Series
This document assembles aerial imagery and other GIS-based maps of Montana Creek for use by teachers in class and field.…
2013 | Richard Carstensen | 22 pages
Montana Creek brochure
Four-fold brochure created for the CBJ Natural History Project describes 11 interpretive stations along the lower Montana Creek Trail. On…
2013 | Richard Carstensen | 2 pages