Category: Meetings

Join us and learn more about refuges and wildlife at our meetings held from 5-6 pm AKT, the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Upcoming Schedule:

January 16: Winter recreation on the Kenai Refuge presented by the Gaia GIrls: Laura Pillifant and Mary King: live at the Kenai Refuge plus zoom

February 20: Archeology of the Aleutian Islands with archeologist and author Debra Corbett; live at the Alaska Maritime Refuge in Homer plus zoom

March 19: Gravel to Gravel Initiative: Saving Pacific Salmon from the river deltas of Norton Sound and the Bering Sea to the headwater streams in Canada with program director Boyd Blihovde; live at the Fish & Wildlife Regional office, Anchorage plus zoom

April 16: Researching the Porcupine caribou herd with Arctic Refuge biologist Willliam Leacock and USGS biologist Heather Johnson; live at the Morris Thompson Center in Fairbanks plus zoomNo matter where you are, you can join us via ZOOM, link will be on the website Meeting Page.

As we are able, we are holding in-person meetings safely along with livestreaming to all who choose to attend via the internet or call in to the teleconference number by phone.

The program and connection info will be available below no later than the morning of the meeting.  Can’t make the meeting time?  Our programs are recorded and posted with the meeting descriptions after the meeting.  You do not need to be a member. 

Every meeting will feature an engaging speaker from one of Alaska’s 16 Refuges or who is closely involved with our Refuges.

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2016 October Membership Meeting

Reminder: Friends’ Membership meeting is Tuesday, October 18th. Please call in a few minutes before 5pm, 866-556-2149, code 8169747# Our presenter will be Tim Plucinski, FWS contaminant specialist for the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. His presentation, “Attu 2016, Steps Towards Island Restoration,” is a photo narrative of the U.S. Army Corps Engineer’s recent efforts to cleanup two contaminated sites on Attu Island, Alaska. Tim’s primary focus has been to work with the various Department of Defense agencies responsible for the addressing legacy contamination on the Refuge following World War II and the Cold War.  His presentation is available here: Watch KTVA’s report here.


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2016 September Membership Meeting

Reminder: Friends’ Membership meeting is Tuesday, September 20th. Please call in a few minutes before 5pm, 866-556-2149, code 8169747# Our presenter, Stephanie Brady, FWS, is presenting an overview of the Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife Final Rule and discuss the implications for specific refuges. She will also be giving an update on the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge court decision. Her presentation is available here:
We’ll also share recent and future volunteer opportunities/events and introduce draft bylaws changes to the membership along with available board positions and other Friends news.
* For those in Homer, join us at Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, in the upstairs conference room. Come a little earlier since the doors are locked by 5pm.


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