The 2019 Salmon Release Party was a huge success. On Thursday, May 16, we had a celebration for the last salmon release of the year. Participants got to release their own coho salmon smolt at the water’s edge. We had…
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…
Join us for the 18th Annual Parade of the Species, just before Earth Day! Make sure to dress as your favorite species for the costume contest. The parade will end at Sitka Sound Science Center, where there will be an…
Join SSSC on Saturday April 20 for the 2019 Coastal CODE Cleanup, sponsored by Alaskan Brewing Co. We will provide bags for garbage and recycling starting at 11am, then you are on your own to cleanup. All garbage and…
Lauren Bell, a Sitka-based PhD student with the University of California Santa Cruz, is wrapping up an experiment that investigates how ocean acidification and warming may affect the development of Pacific Herring embryos. The study compares the relative growth and…
This summer SSSC is excited to be hosting a group of researchers from the University of California Irvine who are conducting a series of studies on how intertidal zone species are responding to changes in the climate. The team, who…
Join us on Saturday, April 20, at 1:00pm for the last Octopus Encounter of the spring. We will see how far Pearl and Kanaloa have come with figuring out their food puzzles. This event is included with your $5 admission,…
