Whether providing the best salmon habitat or best opportunities for fishermen, these rivers, creeks, canals, and bays are some of the wettest, wildest, and most valuable ones we’ve got. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has long identified the following special places as the most valuable waters for our fish runs. Year after year, they significantly contribute to Southeast Alaska’s economy and our unique way of life. Potential road construction and timber sales, however, put them at risk.
 
These valuable wild watersheds include Berners Bay, north of Juneau; Upper Tenakee Inlet (Seal Bay, Long Bay, Goose Flats); Port Houghton and Sanborn Canal, north of Petersburg; Neka River, Hoonah; Ushk Bay, Sitka; Kadake Creek and Port Camden, Kuiu Island; Castle River, southwest of Petersburg; Navy Creek, Etolin Island; Thorne River, Eleven Mile Creek, and Sunny Creek, Prince of Wales Island; Spacious Bay, Cleveland Peninsula.
 
In Southeast, we share with Canada three of the greatest salmon-producing rivers: the Alsek, Taku, and Stikine Rivers. Potential mining developments threaten both the Taku and Stikine Rivers.