Alaska Sea Grant

Alaska Sea Grant is recruiting a?Coastal?Resilience?Specialist?position in Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta region. This?Coastal?Resilience?Specialist?will build trusted collaborations to empower communities to build?resilience?by providing data and decision support tools, expertise, research, and extension services. This position will be located in the regional hub community of Bethel at the UAF Kuskokwim Campus to facilitate close connections with Tribes, Non-profits, and agencies. Applications are being accepted until November 17, 2024.?For the full announcement and to apply, see https://lnkd.in/gikBySNA If you have any questions, contact Davin Holen, Coastal Community Resilience Specialist at Alaska Sea Grant: [email protected]

Alaska Sea Grant welcomes James Crimp as the program’s shellfish mariculture specialist, based in Juneau. James will be fostering the sustainable growth of shellfish farming across the state by supporting industry-driven research and providing education to local farmers. Read more about James. https://lnkd.in/gpaubDVs

At Alaska Sea Grant, we don’t just study and teach people about seafood, we love to eat it. October is National Seafood Month, so we asked some of Alaska Sea Grant’s marine advisory team to share their favorites. Not surprisingly, most usually enjoy seafood fresh and simple, straight from the ocean, allowing it to take center stage. https://lnkd.in/e92TNuRq

Live from Nome, it's Strait Science. October 24th from UAF Northwest Campus in Nome and on Zoom everywhere. We'll review the wild and wacky summer 2024 in western Alaska and see what the upcoming winter might bring.

We are recruiting a Coastal Resilience Specialist to support the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska. The position will be based at the UAF Bethel campus. Please help us spread the word! Apply by November 17, 2024. https://lnkd.in/gExQb3TU

With funding from NOAA, Alaska Sea Grant and the Sitka Sound Science Center are partnering to advance community awareness and scientific understanding of landslides in Southeast Alaska. Please help us spread the word about this post-doc opportunity, which will play a key role in the project.

Alyssa Sanchez is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the NOAA Fisheries Service to help address European green crab encroachment into Alaska. She is developing a multimedia website to track the crab’s spread, and is contributing to a pilot program using K-9 detection dogs. Read the full story... https://lnkd.in/g9ntGZwd

Joi Gross is part of the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship for a second year. This summer, she coordinated marine debris outreach, hosted educational events for kids, and participated in her first cleanup in Kodiak. Through the fellowship, Joi has gained hands-on experience and built a network of support for a future career. ?? https://lnkd.in/gbyn5rBu #marinedebris

International Coastal Cleanup Day?is a chance to participate in a global effort to create a waste-free world, connect with your community, and take action by cleaning up local coastal areas. The campaign strives to encourage others and raise awareness of the importance of a clean and healthy ocean. Alaska Sea Grant also encourages the community to get active and involved during this time. International Coastal Cleanup Day is a great opportunity to preserve the environment and clean up marine debris. Join the effort on September 21, and do your part to clean the ocean and make the world marine debris-free. https://lnkd.in/gBu4dpi

Now in its third year, the Coastal Connection Camps program offers educational summer activities for middle school youth in Valdez and Seward, while training teachers and leaders to conduct these and future camps. The program includes exploring the coastal environment, hands-on science, art, team building, and developing personal resilience. The Coastal Connection Camp is designed to be a “camp-in-a-box” that trains leaders and provides the supplies needed to offer camps in remote locations or smaller communities that may not have the organization or infrastructure to develop and host camps. For the children, it can be the first step towards stewardship and STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art and math) by giving them a positive and memorable experience in their coastal environments and with science. https://lnkd.in/guKDU5Bp