We love to do hands-on outreach events to communicate science and get kids excited about biology! Here are some recent examples.
Hands-on, lakeside Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Arctic Grayling outreach activity, North for Science (science camp for middle schoolers), June 11, 2025. 15 participants (est.).
Hands-on Aquatic Macroinvertebrates outreach activity at Arctic Research Open House, UAF, May 15, 2025. 150 participants (est.).
Hands-on streamside activities teaching inclusive environmental DNA research techniques to high school students at George River Internship, remote gravel bar camp and field sites in Kuskokwim River Basin, AK, July 21-22, 2024. 20 participants (est.).
Hands-on lab-based activity teaching inclusive genetics research techniques to high school students at Orutsararmiut Native Council / UAF Science and Culture Camp, Bethel, AK, July 19, 2024. 25 participants (est.).
Hands-on Aquatic Macroinvertebrates outreach activity at Arctic Research Open House, UAF, May 16, 2024. 150 participants (est.).
Hands-on Aquatic Macroinvertebrates outreach activity for 75 2nd and 3rd graders, Pearl Creek Elementary School, May 15, 2024.
Contributor: Thoman, R. and H. R. McFarland, editors. Alaska’s Changing Environment 2.0 (2024). Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks. https://uaf-accap.org/alaskas-changing-environment/
Invited webinar: “Arctic Report Card: Background and Key Findings.” Speakers: Rick Thoman, Zack Labe, Erik Schoen, and Roberta Glenn-Borade. Alaska Climate Webinar series, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy, available at https://uaf-accap.org/event/2023-arctic-report-card/. Jan. 17, 2024.
Bering Science: Spring 2023, Issue 6 [newsletter]. Bailey, A., C. Rosner, and H.R. McFarland, editors. Alaska Ocean Observing System, Anchorage, Alaska. Available at https://uaf-iarc.org/document/bering-science-2023/
Video on watershed-scale climatic drivers of Chinook salmon productivity, available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xSISeNR1ro, 2020.
“Changes Facing Salmon Ecosystems” poster, available at https://tinyurl.com/SalmonEcosystemsPoster, 2017.
Our work has been featured in the Anchorage Daily News, Eos, Newsweek, Alaska Native News, Radio France, New Scientist, Fishermen’s News, Barents Observer, Alaska Public Media, Fairbanks Daily News Miner, (Kenai) Peninsula Clarion, Juneau Empire, KUAC (Fairbanks, AK public radio), KBBI (Homer, AK public radio), Salmon-Net.org, GlacierHub.org, Lake Chelan Mirror.