Event Series Fireside Lectures

Fireside Lecture “Brown landscapes and mangled trees: Bad haircuts in the forest…we’ve all been there!”

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau, AK, United States

The forests of Southeast Alaska have undergone several defoliation events over the past 5 years leading to questions about the health of our iconic trees. Forestry scientists Elizabeth Graham PhD and Michelle DesLauriers will speak about their study on the insects and other organisms that cause forest defoliation, the short- and long-term impacts, and how […]

Event Series Fireside Lectures

Fireside Lecture-Clams in Southeast…delicious or dangerous?

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau, AK, United States

Clams in Southeast Alaska have been harvested for time immemorial, but toxins associated with harmful algal blooms pose a significant risk.  John Harley, UAS professor, will give an overview of the history, ecology, and science of shellfish toxins in the region and the future of shellfish harvesting in a changing climate.

Event Series Fireside Lectures

Fireside Lecture-The secrets of ice: are answers to the greatest mysteries of the universe frozen in ice?

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau, AK, United States

This talk is your backstage pass to the thrilling tales of polar research that could change the world. University of Maine's Seth Campbell will spill the icy secrets of the Arctic, Antarctic, and even some chilly planets beyond our solar system. He'll also dish out some cool stories from right in Juneau's backyard...the Juneau Icefield!

Event Series Fireside Lectures

Fireside Lecture-The fish that saw the 20th century: an exploration of history during the life of a rockfish.

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau, AK, United States

In 2021, a yelloweye rockfish was caught near Yakutat that was aged at 121 years old! ADF&G biologists will explore some of the major events in human history that occurred starting from when this fish hatched in 1900, as well as provide an overview of the Statewide Rockfish Initiative.

Fireside Lecture-Arctic Terns at the Mendenhall Glacier-their past and future in the face of climate change

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau, AK, United States

Join Gwen Baluss and Lynn Wilbur (USDA/FS) for an update on the Arctic Tern colony and highlights from seven years of monitoring with a remote camera. Gwen will talk numbers, arrival dates, and the challenges these birds face as well as an emergent local threat: the spread of invasive plants.

Event Series Fireside Lectures

Fireside Lecture-Co-stewardship in the Tlingit Aaní

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau, AK, United States

Jeremy Timoth from Tlingit and Haida Central Council manages the Cultural Ambassador Program at Áak’w T’áak Sít’ (Mendenhall Glacier), and he will share with us the history of the Tlingit people and their co-existence with other governments on their ancestral Tlingit Aaní (land). Jeremy will then describe the new co-stewardship agreement between Tlingit and Haida […]