Join us in welcoming our September/October Scientist in Residency Fellow, Dr. Annette Patton. As a Postdoctoral Scientist at the University of Oregon, her research focuses on understanding the geology of landslide initiation, including conditions that make a hillslope more susceptible…
We’ve had a productive summer of installing soil moisture sensors and a weather station that may enhance our understanding of when landslides occur. While crucial elements to a landslide warning system (LWS), these sensors aren’t the only…
Read about all the exciting things that happened in August. Click here for the latest newsletter.
August at SSSC marks an exciting time. The return of the salmon. Pink salmon started showing up in the hatchery raceways during the first week of August. Sitka has had an unseasonably dry summer, so it only took a little…
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Summer has already been a time of many milestones for landslide research in Sitka. Our first high elevation weather station is up and running with real-time data collection rolling in this fall. Data receiving antennas were installed at…
The City and Borough Assembly approved a grant to the Sitka Sound Science Center from the Fish Box tax revenue for $25,000. The funds will be used to operate the hatchery which provides fish to the common property fishery in…
Our summer tourist season is in full swing. We saw the first cruise ship of the season on May 8, and it has been non-stop since. This year, Sitka is looking at about a 30% increase in cruise ship passengers,…
To aid in predicting landslide risk for the landslide warning system, Professor Josh Roering is installing several low-cost, low-power soil moisture sensors into the ground. Beginning in mid-June, he and others will be in Sitka on the Mount…
With the dismantling of the Mill Building, we have had to get a little creative about where the Gift Shop and Ludvig’s Chowder Cart were going to go. Both of these entities have been moved into the Sage building, and…
