Posts Tagged ‘Petersburg’
Why are salmon shrinking? UAF professor tackles the topic at Rainforest Festival
When you hear the word rainforest, people often associate it with something tropical. Residents of Southeast Alaska might think differently though, since they’re surrounded by the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest, a temperate rainforest. In Petersburg, the gifts of Alaska’s coastal rainforest were celebrated this month in a festival organized in part by Sunny Rice, Alaska…
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Sunny Rice Marine Advisory Agent, Petersburg (907) 772-3381 Contact Sunny Bio page Marine Advisory Program Box 1329 Petersburg, AK 99833 Sunny Rice Focus Commercial fisheries Marine mammal and fishery interactions Rural development Fisheries business Experience I have worked in the Petersburg MAP office since 1998, and as the MAP agent there since 2004. Prior to…
Read MorePetersburg kids get close-up look at sea creatures, courtesy of Alaska Sea Grant and Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Kids in Petersburg, Alaska, had a sea animal touch tank come right to their doorstep this week. The dockside activity was part of a summertime science lesson offered by Alaska Sea Grant’s Sunny Rice in partnership with the Petersburg Public Library and Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A few days earlier, Fish and Game…
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