During Sitka WhaleFest 2018, Ben Hamilton of Pioneer Studios was in Sitka filming a video for our S-Cubed program. This program brings undergraduate students to Sitka so they have the experience of going to a science symposium while still in…
The dismantling of the Mill building is pretty much complete. Right now, there is a large hole in the ground with the old pylons sticking up. The next step will be to fill in the whole and lay a solid…
The second annual Field Science School is open for registration! If you are a high school aged student (or know one) and would like hands-on experience working as a field technician, be sure to sign-up! This free course runs every…
The Sitka Sound Science Center is seeking enthusiastic citizen scientists! We need volunteers, who have access to a car and don’t mind being awake 45 minutes after sunset, to conduct bat driving surveys from your car. These simple surveys provide…
We would like to welcome Dr. J. Andrés López to Sitka as our Scientist in Residency Fellow for April & May 2019. Dr. López is an ichthyologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) where he holds joint appointments as…
A special event Natural History Seminar will be held Tuesday, April 30th at 7:30 PM in UAS Room 229. Researchers working on a landslide warning system for Sitka will introduce themselves and their work during this seminar. Questions about future…
After years of planning and months of delays, the construction project to renovate the Historic Sitka Sawmill building began on Monday, May 8. The building is being dismantled piece by piece, with the intent of reusing as much of the…
