WISE Science Lectures

Questions?  Contact WISE (907) 822-3575  www.wise-edu.org  [email protected]

Science Lecture Recordings:  

Recent Surface Variation and Ice Dynamics of Sit'Tlein (Malaspina Glacier)
with Victor Devaux-Chupin, UAF PhD Candidate
November 14, 2025


Mercury in Lake Trout- How does it get there? With Krista Bartz, National Park Service and Sarah Laske, U.S. Geological Survey.
Recording: alaska.zoom.us/rec/share/a2mPisHCYwKJS8qbok2O2XJ09b7gCgMWxblFYB0cGokquOSRLeUxVZutkm2KSRUS.6g8d_WI2n6qosbng
Passcode: Z4SV2$xR

Glacier Research in Southern Alaska  with Mike Loso, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Recording: alaska.zoom.us/rec/share/LBrHzklKJ8i4itQhML1iWSCkHDHQZLDtBB_eCBGnsZjCJ7XRdKldaMOfwY4N1LCm.ZOD1-WEc6cyEwlPq
Passcode: Xt%0xHn6
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"Pacific Crest Trail Coddiwomple" Part 2 documentary video with Ray Voley
Recording: alaska.zoom.us/rec/share/3jsiQmZ2h_GTXEpvwEh0qNH9l76D-Uzvn0ZSaIkXIlyqVdEhhkrJOn4rD1vLOghT.driS1fQ7Dp8QVyae
Passcode: *hFP0B5Q 

Gulkana River Arctic Grayling with Corey Schwanke, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
https://alaska.zoom.us/rec/share/6lai_pXB4JOnfWiPSEyl_ugQKUjLyYHlsTnnffEVXZrmOHOmpd8PI4n_LnWf9rsS.2mU8R6UiFB0bBLHi
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"Pacific Crest Coddiwomple" documentary video by Ray Voley
Watch: 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
Watch: 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
Watch: 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
Watch:  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. 
Watch:  https://alaska.zoom.us/rec/share/d5L9BBDWmWNu8inAwOX-ds0jEikwps3UYlOebe616IbkJbqQ32FNBxSU5Vn0zTAN.bYjTXr-Y6mu3vKCC 
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Introduction to Ahtna Place Names Lecture by Marce Simeon, Native Village of Tazlina
Watch: 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
Watch: Click Here to Access Recording





 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.