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AWA Presentation: Using genetics to address conservation issues on the Kenai Peninsula

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Click here or scroll below to view AWA Vice President, Dr. John Morton’s, presentation Using genetics to address conservation issues on the Kenai Peninsula for the Exploration Ecology course at UAA Kachemak Bay Campus, Homer, AK.

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Publication: Integrating Distance Sampling and Minimum Count Data

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Publication: Integrating Distance Sampling and Minimum Count Data

In the article, Becker and Herreman (2021) critique the approach of Schmidt et al. (2019), which integrates local minimum counts with landscape‐scale conventional distance sampling (CDS) surveys.

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VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday - In Wild Trust with Jeff Fair

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VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday - In Wild Trust with Jeff Fair

Explore the McNeil experience and learn how Larry Aumiller developed an ecological trust between humans and bears across his 30 years at McNeil.

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Climate Change adaptation - Resist? Accept? Direct?

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Climate Change adaptation - Resist? Accept? Direct?

AWA’s Vice President, Dr. John Morton, co-authored a recently published report on climate adaptation strategies we hope to employ in Alaska. Learn more about this Resist-Accept-Direct framework.

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Effects of a Warming Climate on Caribou, Moose and Sitka Black-tailed Deer on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound

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Effects of a Warming Climate on Caribou, Moose and Sitka Black-tailed Deer on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound

Climate envelope models suggest in the near term caribou will likely decrease due to afforestation of alpine tundra; moose will likely increase due to continued colonization of Prince William Sound, afforestation of the Kenai Lowlands and alpine tundra, and increasing fires on the western peninsula; and Sitka deer will likely increase due to colonization of the eastern peninsula.

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VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday- Hormones and Whales. What tiny molecules can tell us about giants of the sea

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VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday- Hormones and Whales. What tiny molecules can tell us about giants of the sea

Learn how hormones, tiny molecules produced by the body, are the secret to understanding how whales are coping with a changing environment.