This past Sunday, August 7th, the small Sage Beach that sits adjacent to the Sitka Sound Science Center kicked off the 13th annual Change Your Latitude race, the nation’s northernmost open ocean swim race. At a latitude of…
Otoliths, DNA, and scales, oh my! After spending a week in Sitka preparing for our field season start, the 2022 Chum Crew is officially launched. Twelve talented fishery technicians, crew leads, and a bear guard will spend six weeks sampling…
Join Rutgers University Scientists for a free meet & greet event to learn about their upcoming ocean acidification research on Tuesday, July 12! They will be launching the pHOxy Lady glider in the Southeast Gulf of Alaska for a 90-day deployment…
The future is coming to SSSC with the construction of our new Spawning and Incubation Facility, commonly referred to as the SPIFy Project! Plans are in the works to bring our former spawning facility, built by Sheldon Jackson college students…
“I want to give back and participate in our community,” says Rob Allen, a lifelong Sitkan who is something of a nonprofit board member addict. Rob has volunteered and lent his professional expertise as a board member to…
Written by Karl Cranston Simmons As a senior at Pacific High School, I’ve been thinking a lot about my future education and career goals for the past year. I’ve done some journalism work and am thinking about making it my…
What does a soil scientist, a botanist, a fish biologist, and a bird expert have in common? Why Sitka High School’s Field Science class of course! On April 27th, students, local experts, and representatives from the U.S. Forest Service,…
