An article about our citizen science partnership to monitor critically endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales. By Teresa Becher for the Homer News.
Alaska's Wildlife-Inspired Place Names
WATCH: Wildlife Wednesday: Fishers in Southeast Alaska
What habitats are fisher associated with in the area? How might they impact native species? Join Caitlin Kupferman, a research coordinator at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, as she discusses her research examining fisher occupancy, habitat associations, and competition with native species Southeast Alaska.
A larger context to local-scale climate adaptation actions
Publication: Integrating Distance Sampling and Minimum Count Data
Action Alert! Proposed Designations of Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in Alaska
VIDEO: Wildlife of Bristol Bay
VIDEO: Soundscapes and Sounds in Nature workshop
The world of sounds and soundscapes are explored in this free virtual workshop. Presenters cover the breadth of sounds in nature as a discipline, from the appreciation and ecological significance of sounds, to how they are measured and managed, and finally to how human-generated noise can disturb Alaskan wildlife.
VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday - In Wild Trust with Jeff Fair
Climate Change adaptation - Resist? Accept? Direct?
Two new rules that change critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act
Indigenous, allied groups go to court to stop issuance of Arctic Refuge leases
Effects of a Warming Climate on Caribou, Moose and Sitka Black-tailed Deer on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound
Climate envelope models suggest in the near term caribou will likely decrease due to afforestation of alpine tundra; moose will likely increase due to continued colonization of Prince William Sound, afforestation of the Kenai Lowlands and alpine tundra, and increasing fires on the western peninsula; and Sitka deer will likely increase due to colonization of the eastern peninsula.
Winter newsletter: Victories!
VIDEO: Harbor Porpoise Wildlife Wednesday
Free virtual presentation as we host Dr. Deborah Boege Tobin, UAA-KPC Professor of Biology and Coordinator for the Kachemak Bay Campus’ Semester by the Bay program in Homer, for her presentation "Is it a Whale? Is it a Seal? No! It's a Harbor Porpoise!" Dr. Tobin will teach us about harbor porpoises, focusing on those in Cook Inlet.
