WISE Science Lectures


Upcoming Science Lectures can be found on the WISE home page
Questions?  Contact WISE (907) 822-3575  www.wise-edu.org  [email protected]

Science Lecture Recordings:  




Wolf Pack Monitoring:  Range, Distribution, and Diet in Ahtna's Eastern Territory with Sterling Spilinek, Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission
March 6, 2026
Recording Link

Nelchina Caribou Herd Update with Heidi Hatcher, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
February 20, 2026
Recording Link

Food Security and Protected Areas: Reflections of a Fulbright Global Scholar Project Experience
with Ben Bobowski
February 13, 2026
Recording Link


Recent Surface Variation and Ice Dynamics of Sit'Tlein (Malaspina Glacier)
with Victor Devaux-Chupin, UAF PhD Candidate
November 14, 2025
Connecting Language to Landscape:  Ahtna/Dene Place Names Surrounding Glacial Lake Atna with Dr. James Kare, Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
September 2, 2026
​See Recording Below
"Pacific Crest Coddiwomple" documentary video by Ray Voley
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWAvNRH-eo
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The WPA Poster Art of our National Parks with Doug Leen
Watch:  Click Here to Access Recording

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.