The Staff of the Sitka Sound Science Center would like to thank the Sitka assembly for their support of science in their decision to require masks in public spaces. Multiple peer reviewed studies, some of which are linked below, have proven the efficacy…
It’s another amazing field season in the books for the Hatchery Wild Salmon Interactions Project. Over six weeks, 12 dedicated field technicians surveyed three streams throughout Southeastern Alaska, experiencing below average chum (Téel’) returns, strong pink salmon returns, and wild…
Join us virtually or at Centennial Hall October 7th at 6:30 PM to hear updates from the scientists working on landslide research in Sitka, with an opportunity for questions and discussion to follow. Bring your questions, comments, and concerns! …
Located 29 miles SE of Juneau, flowing into Mallard Cove in Port Snettisham’s glacial blue waters, Prospect Creek is the third creek surveyed for the CHUM Project. The history of Prospect Creek and Port Snettisham begins with the traditional ownership…
Located in the heart of SE Alaska, the CHUM project crew has spent the summer surveying for chum salmon in three stunning locations. Four SSSC crew members are stationed at Sawmill Creek, 35 miles NW of Juneau. Located 2 miles…
This week Sitka Sound Science Center received a special delivery of salmon frye that were delivered by an amphibous airplane . SSSC has accepted chinook salmon frye from NOAA’s Little Port Walter research facility. NOAA is shutting down its chinook…
It has been a wet windy week for the CHUM crew! With gusts up to 30 mph and over 5 inches of rain in a 48-hour period, crews quickly adapted to soggy salmon surveying. Eventually the weather won out and…
Janet Neilson from the Humpback Whale Monitoring Program Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve recently shared their 2020 findings with SSSC. Janet was a speaker at a Sitka Whalefest and was excited to share about the come back of humpback…
The CHUM project crew has the privilege to survey for chum salmon in three stunning locations throughout SE Alaska. Fish Creek is one such location. Located 7 miles northwest of Juneau on north Douglas Island, Fish Creek originates from…
Student engineers worked to design and then build a smokehouse that resides on the SSSC Campus. Last week, SSSC celebrated an exciting achievement for the 2021 Revolution camp. Student engineers shared a newly constructed smokehouse with families and staff with a ribbon-cutting. “Revolution” is the…
