Chapter 1 Introduction

Example of airborne thermal infrared imagery showing temperature contrast in a stream near a road crossing

Figure 1.1: Example of airborne thermal infrared imagery showing temperature contrast in a stream near a road crossing

This document contains data and analysis related to the Kenai River Thermal Imagery project. This work is a collaborative effort between three Kenai Peninsula Nonprofits: Cook Inletkeeper, Kachemak Bay Heritage Land Trust, and Kenai Watershed Forum.It is funded by the Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund (project #53003).

A two-page project summary titled, “Science Based Land Conservation: Cold Water Stepping Stones” is outlined below. A full size version of this information sheet is accessible at this link: Project Summary Sheet Link.

All code used to generate this report is available in the project’s GitHub repository at https://github.com/Kenai-Watershed-Forum/kenai_thermal_imagery.

Project summary sheet

Figure 1.2: Project summary sheet