Inspiring Girls Expeditions invites applications for its summer 2021, tuition-free, wilderness science education programs.
The expeditions are open to 16- and 17-year-old girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply, and expeditions target minoritized youth who may have experienced barriers accessing science- and outdoor-focused programs. Participants are selected through a competitive application process focusing on passion for science, art and the outdoors, rather than academic grades or past achievements.
The program is run through the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center.
Alaskaâs 2021 expeditions will include mountaineering on Gulkana Glacier, sea kayaking in Resurrection or Kachemak bays, and packrafting on the Chena River. Teams of nine girls spend 12 days exploring glacier terrain, icy fjords or boreal forests, while gaining a greater understanding of ecosystem connections in each of these envir
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Storm Highlights - December 02, 2020
Southeast Alaska: Governor Declares 2020 December Southeast Storms a Disaster Posted and Edited by MARY KAUFFMAN - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has signed the Disaster Declaration for the storm that caused damage in multiple communities in Southeast Alaska.
The Disaster Declaration activates the State of Alaska Public Assistance program which is designed to help communities, government organizations, and certain non-profits make repairs to utilities, public buildings, roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure damaged by the declared event. In addition, the Public Assistance Disaster Declaration will reimburse communities and agencies for eligible response costs associated with the disaster event.
December 16, 2020 at 9:00 am
Arctic ground squirrels can survive harsh winters with below-freezing temps by holing up for some eight months without eating. These hibernators “live at the most extreme edge of existence, just barely hovering over death, and we don’t fully understand how this works,” says Sarah Rice, a biochemist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
By snooping on what’s going on inside these squirrels, researchers now have a better idea. Nutrients recycled from muscle breakdown help the animals get by during hibernation, Rice and her colleagues report December 7 in
Nature Metabolism.
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Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking Pacific salmon are returning to freshwater smaller and younger than they used to. Austin Price
December 15, 2020
A fisheries ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Krista Oke has heard it time and again from fishermen up and down Alaska rivers: Salmon just aren’t as big as they used to be. This is especially true on the Yukon River, she says, where Chinook salmon is a cultural touchstone and staple food for Indigenous people in both the US and Canada.
Sockeye salmon migrate up a small stream in Southcentral Alaska. Researchers have found that Alaskan salmon are spending fewer years at sea than they used to. The ecological and food security implications of smaller salmon could be significant. Photo by Katrina Liebich/USFWS.