WISE Science Lectures

Sunday, June 4, 1pm
Plants and Their People:  An Ethnobotanical Exploration
With Lisa Strecker, University of Alaska Fairbanks.  Come join us for a guided walk to learn more about the plants of the Copper River Valley and some of their relationships to humans. No prior plant knowledge required, but please bring your curiosity along. Lisa Strecker lives in Interior Alaska, is fond of plants and teaches for the UAF Ethnobotany Program.
Location:  Kenny Lake School trails, mile 4.5 Edgerton Highway

Questions?  Contact WISE (907) 822-3575  www.wise-edu.org  contact@wise-edu.org

Science Lecture Recordings:
Watch the "Pacific Crest Coddiwomple" documentary video by Ray Voley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWAvNRH-eo

Bi-Polar Microbiology:  Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs on the Ice  With Dr. Brandon Briggs, Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Alaska Anchorage 
​ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jRCmgOfResFrh-p3RWucW1SoeWbclDjz/view?usp=share_link

Migratory Connections: Using Genetics to understand why birds migrate, and how they influence conservation across a continent  With Taylor Bobowski, Colorado State University
  drive.google.com/file/d/1dJ03tQsPMqTDPwucyVSXV3_iHGk7skoB/view?usp=sharing
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The WPA Poster Art of our National Parks with Doug Leen  Click Here to Access Recording

The Shape of Melt:  Investigating Feedbacks between glacier melt and topography on the Kuskulana Glacier  with Ryan Strickland, University of Arkansas -Fayetteville. 
Recording:  https://alaska.zoom.us/rec/share/d5L9BBDWmWNu8inAwOX-ds0jEikwps3UYlOebe616IbkJbqQ32FNBxSU5Vn0zTAN.bYjTXr-Y6mu3vKCC 
Passcode: ?26Sz7ED

Pollinators and Other Insects in Alaska's Gardens with Derek Sikes and Jozef Slowik  Click Here to Access Recording  Passcode: 69.@eYp#

Migration Patterns and Energy Use of Returning Adult Sockeye Salmon in the Copper River with Pete Rand and Kristen Gorman   Click Here to Access Recording   Passcode: LmW%r6Pc

Malaspina Glacier with Anna Thompson Click here to Access Recording Passcode: 2i@t^Gb0
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Introduction to Ahtna Place Names Lecture by Marce Simeon, Native Village of Tazlina
Click Here to Access Recording
Part One:  Geolinguistic Evidence of Ahtna/Dene Presence at High Water Levels of Glacial Lake Atna with Richard VanderHoek, Alaska State Archaeologist
Click Here to Access Recording
Part Two:  Geolinguistic Evidence of Ahtna/Dene Presence at High-water Levels of Glacial Lake Atna with Jim Kari and Gerad Smith of University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Click Here to Access Recording  Password ​Passcode: E9Q^W#%@




 WISE, in partnership with Prince William Sound Community College, Copper Country Alliance,  and the Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., hosts a public science  lecture series beginning in the fall of each year. Venues vary depending on lecture. Past lecturers have included professional storytellers, biologists, seismologists, and historians.
WISE would like to thank our partners and sponsors for the science lecture series: US National Park Service, University of Alaska's Prince William Sound College, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, and the Copper Country Alliance. With their support. WISE is able to continue to provide this informative and engaging service to the Copper River Basin.