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SUMMARY:Place-Creation: An Invitation to Imagine the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tyra Olstad\, 2024 Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence on the Arctic Refuge \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe “Voices of the Wilderness” program connects artists of all different media and styles to federally managed Wilderness areas with the hope that the artists give voice to what might otherwise seem like remote\, unknowable places. In return for the trip of a lifetime embedded with refuge field crews\, artists provide to the refuge a work of art based on the residency. You will experience Tyra’s art at this presentation.  With her spoken word and visual images\, Tyra Olstad will invite you to envision the Arctic Refuge\, to actively immerse yourself in the landscape\, and to imagine the Arctic from different  perspectives and at different scales. (Think like a tussock!)  It’s intended for audiences who know little about the Arctic\, much less the Refuge\, to experienced Arctic travelers who will be encouraged to consider the place with fresh eyes. An Arctic Refuge staffer described her presentation as “goose-bumpy good.” Come let her take you to the Arctic. \nLearn more about the artist and her work HERE.
URL:https://coalitionofrefugefriends.com/event/place-creation-an-invitation-to-imagine-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/
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SUMMARY:Finding Refuge: Alaska Refuges's gifts to Your Mind\, Body\, and Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Matt Conner supervises the large diverse visitor services programs of the Kenai Refuge. But this talk is the result of his personal transformation as the result of health concerns. Matt is now a certified personal trainer eager to incorporate health benefits in management activities. He was instrumental in adding outdoor exercise equipment to the Kenai Refuge Multi Use Trail tying the exercises to animal adaptations so that wildlife appreciation and exercise can go hand in hand. We will hear how he has combined his lifelong passion for nature and wildlife with his new found passion for healthy living. Matt will discuss how refuges provide opportunities for healing and health through exercise\, nature immersion and as a source for whole foods and spiritual connection. \n\nMatt is speaking at the Kenai Refuge with watch parties in Anchorage and Homer as well as zoom. Details and zoom link here. https://alaskarefugefriends.org/findingrefuge-3-25/
URL:https://coalitionofrefugefriends.com/event/finding-refuge-alaska-refugess-gifts-to-your-mind-body-and-spirit/
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SUMMARY:It Was Worse than We Thought: Half of Alaska's Murres Killed in Heat Wave
DESCRIPTION:Heather Renner\, lead scientist on the team that established the scope and cause of this tragedy\, will be speaking at the Alaska Maritime Refuge in Homer with watch parties in Soldotna and Anchorage and on zoom. The program is at 5 pm Alaska time\, 9 pm East Coast \, etc. For details and Zoom link go to https://alaskarefugefriends.org/murres-2-25/\nAs early as summer 2015\, Refuge biologists could tell something was amiss at common murre breeding colonies in Alaska. Murres were not showing up to breed like they have year in and year out. And then\, the bodies started washing up on the beaches. In winter 2015 – 2016\, half of Alaska’s common murre population\, 4 million birds\, died in the largest single species die-off for any bird or mammal species in recorded history. And they haven’t recovered yet. Hear from Heather Renner\, Supervisory Biologist of the Alaska Maritime Refuge\, on the refuge’s work to document the scope of this unprecedented tragedy.\nWhen birds die at sea\, only a small percentage of the carcasses washes up on shore. What did it really mean in terms of total bird death that 62\,000 carcasses were recovered up and down the coast from California to the Bering Sea? Breeding colony counts were needed to give a clearer picture. Unfortunately\, for a few years after the die-off\, murres didn’t breed successfully\, so biologists couldn’t be sure how many had died and how many just weren’t returning to the colonies to breed. When breeding returned to “normal”\, biologists learned the true scope of the die-off. Heather is one of six coauthors of a paper published in Science in December of 2024 that caused a considerable stir over the magnitude of the tragedy\, the lack of recovery seven years later and the reason – a heat wave in the ocean.\nThe refuge where much of this drama played out\, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge\, is an unusual and unusually remote refuge of 2500 islands\, headlands and rocks stretched across more than 1000 miles of Alaska’s coastline. It is one of the world’s premiere seabird refuges\, with 40 million nesting seabirds. Heather’s team includes biologists working in groups of two to three in field camps on uninhabited islands scattered along the coast. This group of dedicated scientists has been documenting since the 1970’s the status of seabirds\, their numbers and breeding success; it was these data that allowed firm conclusions as to the extent of this tragedy. Data used in this analysis spanned two huge marine ecosystems\, the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. They also included seabird monitoring data collected on Togiak and Alaska Peninsula/Becharof national wildlife refuges\, as well as data collected by Alaska Department of Fish and Game (Round Island) and Middleton Island. Long-term ecological datasets like this are incredibly rare and are urgently needed to understand which species are most vulnerable in our changing ocean.
URL:https://coalitionofrefugefriends.com/event/it-was-worse-than-we-thought-half-of-alaskas-murres-killed-in-hear-wave/
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SUMMARY:Capitol Conversations: A Look At Wildlife Refuge Conservation In 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Refuge Friends webinar where Desirée Sorenson-Groves\, President & CEO\, of the National Wildlife Refuge Association\, will break down what’s happening on Capitol Hill and what it means for national wildlife refuges\, conservation funding\, and grassroots advocacy in 2025. With a new Congress in session\, new players at the Department of Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\, and key policy decisions ahead\, this is a great opportunity to learn how Refuge Friends and supporters can engage in advocacy efforts to protect and strengthen the National Wildlife Refuge System. \nPresenter \n\nDesirée Sorenson-Groves re-joined the Refuge Association in October 2024 as the President and CEO. Her career has been focused on protecting and enhancing the National Wildlife Refuge System\, first as a grassroots organizer for the National Audubon Society\, then as the Vice President of Government Affairs for the Refuge Association. After 14 years at NWRA\, Sorenson-Groves became the Director of the Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign where she managed an Indigenous-led\, multi-pronged effort to stop any development in the Arctic Refuge. She comes back to NWRA after leading Defenders of Wildlife’s public and private lands programs as their Vice President of Land & Habitat Conservation. She has a B.A. in Geography from George Washington University and resides in Fort Valley\, VA with her husband and two Chesapeake Bay Retrievers.\n\nSign Up!
URL:https://coalitionofrefugefriends.com/event/capitol-conversations-a-look-at-wildlife-refuge-conservation-in-2025/
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SUMMARY:Mōlī of Kaua`i - A rare treasure among us
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars! Our Princeville Moʻolelo free lecture series will continue on Tuesday\, February 11th with the return of Hob Osterlund. Hob is a wildlife enthusiast who knows a lot about mōlī! She founded the Kauaʻi Albatross Network and dedicates her time to the preservation\, protection and celebration of our beloved mōlī\, or Laysan albatross\, along with the other endangered wildlife of Kauaʻi. Hob is an award-winning author\, photographer\, birding guide\, Safina Center Fellow\, guest lecturer and more. In this presentation\, you’ll enjoy her amazing photos and delightful stories and learn how you can help protect this important iconic species.\n\n\nThe North Shore of Kauaʻi is the only place in the world where this majestic species nests within a human community. This\, and the challenges they face due to climate change\, make it our kuleana to help protect these birds\, which nested here long before human contact. Be a proud Kauaʻian and learn how you can help protect our mōlī and other endangered wildlife.\n\n\nFree Lecture Series: Tuesday\, February 11\, 2025 5:00-6:30pm in the Princeville Community Center. The presentation will also be available via Zoom. For more information\, visit www.kauairefuges.org/princeville-moolelo.
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SUMMARY:What Really Matters
DESCRIPTION:All welcome on zoom. A great discussion on the value and future of refuges with Andy Loranger\, Kenai Refuge\, 2018 refuge manager of the year and Steve Delehanty\, manager of the Alaska Maritime\, reflect on what their careers have taught them. Both are retiring this week. https://alaskarefugefriends.org/what-really-matters-1-25/ for link and details.
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