July 1, 2024
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Copper River Stewardship Program 2024 Just as a river gathers strength from its tributaries, we find strength in the connections we forge with others. ~Paulo Coelho […]
June 25, 2024
While most schools choose a school bus for their field trips, the Chugach School District opted for the ferry! In May, The Prince William Sound Science […]
January 23, 2024
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There are many ways to “experience” scientific data. We see numbers portrayed in charts, arranged in graphs, and transcribed onto maps. These data-sharing methods may provoke […]
December 4, 2023
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By Cristina Reo Youth programming in November included Sea Squirts, Little Dippers, Fun Friday, and Astronomy Night. For our youngest explorers, we hosted our monthly Sea […]
November 3, 2023
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By Cristina Reo This month’s theme was Creatures of the Deep, celebrating the weird and the wonderful! We hosted a “creatures of the deep” Fun Friday […]
September 27, 2023
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By Cristina Reo Fall is upon us, as is the start of a new school year. With that comes fun family programming and entertaining – yet […]
August 17, 2023
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Lydia Shaw, Dr. Pete Rand’s research technician, is looking at juvenile salmon stomachs from western Prince William Sound. She is dissecting stomachs to find out what […]
August 1, 2023
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By Cristina Reo This August, we will be taking a closer look at salmon and learning some of the things that make them so unique. All […]
August 1, 2023
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By Cristina Reo Prince William Sound Science Center staff have been engulfed in research, education, and more amid the summer craze. July’s Discover Cordova was held […]
June 30, 2023
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By Kate Trudeau Ten teens wrapped up an “ed-venture” of a lifetime with the Copper River Stewardship Program. With origins in Cordova, Nebesna, Slana, Kenny Lake, […]
June 30, 2023
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By Cristina Reo June brought forth the first glimpse of summer weather in Cordova and wildflowers were blossoming throughout town. Because of this, we wanted to […]
June 16, 2023
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By Cristina Reo May brought warmer weather and longer days. With shorebirds passing through the Copper River Delta and the school year coming to an end, […]
May 1, 2023
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By Cristina Reo April brought longer days and warmer weather. Let’s look at what the education team at the Prince William Sound Science Center got up […]
March 29, 2023
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By Cristina Reo April is Otter Month at the Prince William Sound Science Center. There are 13 different species of otters found across the world. Otters […]
March 29, 2023
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By Cristina Reo March brought forth sunny weather, longer days, herring spawns, and lots of PWSSC fun. Our theme for March was herring. Dr. Alysha Cypher […]
March 6, 2023
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Follow our social media channels this month to learn about herring in the Prince William Sound and how we are studying them. If you are interested […]
March 2, 2023
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By Cristina Reo February is the shortest month of the year, but that did not stop our education team from providing an abundance of educational opportunities […]
February 6, 2023
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March 16, 2023 at 6:00pm This is the first of many Science Charcuterie Nights. We challenge you to bring your most creative charcuterie board. Make it […]
February 6, 2023
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The Bloodhound Gang said it best, “ You and me, baby, ain’t nothin’ but mammals!”. But have you ever wondered how, say, invertebrates court each other? […]
February 6, 2023
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By Cristina Reo and Kate Trudeau January went by in the blink of an eye for the education staff at the Prince William Sound Science Center. […]
January 27, 2023
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Related posts Lettuce party in second grade December 4, 2023 Education Month in Review: November 2023Read More Photo by Lauren Bien March 16, 2020 Cordova at […]
January 20, 2023
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ADULT FIBER ARTS EXHIBIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE As the months progress we expect the weather to get colder. We hunker down with our tea and […]
December 30, 2022
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By Cristina Reo The education team had a jam-packed December full of learning, fun, and festive cheer. December started with our monthly Sea Squirts program, for […]
December 30, 2022
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January 2023 Prince William Sound is home to many creatures great and small. We, at the Prince William Sound Science Center, are happy to share with […]
December 5, 2022
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December 2022 According to MIT, there are more plankton in the ocean than there are stars in the sky. However, most people can probably name constellations […]
December 5, 2022
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By Cristina Reo November 2022 was a very busy month for the education department. The month started off with a field trip to Power Creek for […]
September 14, 2022
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Related posts Thousands of Tufted Puffins nest on Middleton Island, making this an ideal study area for researchers. Photo by Anne Schaefer. October 10, 2018 Overwinter […]
August 25, 2022
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This summer, kids were knee deep in nature as they flipped over rocks, followed salmon upstream, and stopped to smell the flowers with the Science Center’s […]
August 22, 2022
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Headwaters to Ocean overnight camp, also known as “Mini-DRT (Delta Restoration Team) camp,” went off without a hitch in August of 2022. Our campers had a […]
July 14, 2022
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Related posts March 7, 2022 Pink salmon and herring interactionsRead More October 10, 2018 2018 Tufted Puffin Field Work Photo HighlightsRead More March 15, 2019 Status […]
November 4, 2021
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October 14, 2021 Researchers from the Prince William Sound Science Center (PI Bishop), US Geological Survey, and NOAA recently completed a collaborative research cruise focused on […]
July 23, 2021
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July 23, 2021 Over 300 salmon were radio-tagged earlier this summer as part of the Sockeye Salmon Migration Study in the Copper River. Our goal is […]
May 24, 2021
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5-acre waterfront research and education campus made possible by major grants from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, ConocoPhillips Alaska, […]
May 13, 2021
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Three years of intense field work and years of data analysis and writing has culminated in a published scientific manuscript describing straying of hatchery pink and […]
April 22, 2021
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April 22: On this day in 1989, legal papers for the creation of the Prince William Sound Science Center were filed. The City of Cordova offered […]
April 2, 2021
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Herring update: It’s that time of year again! The herring spawn is sparking a revival in the region after the long winter. Between March 27 and […]
February 19, 2021
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Copper River Stewardship Program: hands-on education during a pandemic By Lauren Bien February, 2021 While the 2020 Copper River Stewardship Program looked very different than year’s […]
May 10, 2020
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2019 data analyzed for preliminary results of migration study By Teal Barmore, May 11, 2020 During the summer of 2015, the commercial fishing community in Cordova, […]
May 6, 2020
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Ideal conditions for a large year class, but don’t get your hopes up…yet. By Lauren Bien, May 6, 2020 PWSSC Research Ecologist, Pete Rand, returned to […]
April 27, 2020
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Science Center’s Focus on Resilience Reflected in New Research Plan By Teal Barmore, April 27, 2020 The theme of resilience emanates from the new research plan […]
April 24, 2020
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Undeterred by pandemic, construction project nears funding goal By Zachary Snowdon Smith, April 14, 2019 for The Cordova Times Feature Photo: Prince William Sound Science Center’s harborside […]
March 31, 2020
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Salmon researchers participate in Copper River Basin Symposium and Copper River Salmon Harvesters Roundtable By Teal Barmore, March 30, 2020 In late February, Prince William Sound […]
March 30, 2020
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Where are the herring going? By Arissa Pearson, March 30, 2020 Implanting Prince William Sound fish with acoustic tags has opened up a new realm of […]
March 27, 2020
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Dear Friends, We are thinking of you and your loved ones, as well as everyone impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. The ramifications within our communities will, […]
March 23, 2020
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Hydroacoustic spawning biomass surveys of Pacific herring By Teal Barmore, March 23, 2020 Every spring, researchers from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the […]
March 16, 2020
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Cordova’s Backstreet Buoys have another great showing at Alaska’s Tsunami Bowl By Lauren Bien March 16, 2020 Cordova’s team, The Backstreet Buoys, made another impressive appearance […]
February 27, 2020
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Discovering ocean habitat use by seabirds during winter thanks to advances in tracking technology By Teal Barmore, February 27, 2020 Researchers at Prince William Sound Science […]
February 10, 2020
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PWSSC and U.S. Forest Service Lead Hikers to Sheridan Glacier By Zachary Snowdon Smith, February 2, 2020 for The Cordova Times Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith For […]
January 30, 2020
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Where have all the researchers gone? By Arissa Pearson, January 28, 2020 Monday mornings are normally full of researchers running around getting prepared for the week, […]
January 28, 2020
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SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS USE SNOWSHOES, TRIPODS, AND CAMERAS TO EXPLORE THE NIGHT SKY By Nicole Webster, January 28, 2020 Earlier this month, despite single-digit temperatures and […]
January 17, 2020
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Field work for Hatchery-Wild has been extended for another year By Arissa Pearson, January 17, 2020 Feature photo by Pete Rand December 2019 brought news that […]
January 16, 2020
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Current facility plagued by cramped lab space, wobbly dock pilings By Zachary Snowdon Smith, October 27, 2019 for The Cordova Times Feature Photo: Oceanographer Rob Campbell […]
January 16, 2020
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Donations from residents will help build new campus By Zachary Snowdon Smith, January 12, 2020 for The Cordova Times Photo by Teal Barmore Prince William Sound Science […]
December 30, 2019
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Top News Features 1) HATCHERY WILD FIELD SEASON 2019 FIELD SEASON MARKED BY LOW FLOW AND HIGH PRE-SPAWN MORTALITY It was a strange summer for the […]
December 27, 2019
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Making a case for herring research: 2019 Synthesis presents disease tracking breakthroughs and environmental correlations By Teal Barmore, December 27, 2019 The Prince William Sound Science […]
December 5, 2019
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New Discovery Room theme connects second grade students to their food By Teal Barmore, December 5, 2019 Second grade students at Mt. Eccles Elementary shifted in […]
November 22, 2019
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PWSSC Research Assistant to use her bird research skills in the Southern Hemisphere By Teal Barmore, November 25, 2019 Photos by Anne Schaefer Prince William Sound […]
November 14, 2019
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Field Season Marked by Low Flow and High Pre-spawn Mortality By Teal Barmore, November 13, 2019 Aerial photo by Brad von Wichman It was a strange […]
October 24, 2019
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Marine Temperatures Anomalies Doubled Previous Records By Teal Barmore, October 24, 2019 A mild winter followed by an abnormally calm and sunny summer this year led […]
October 17, 2019
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Copper River Sockeye Salmon Project Motivated by its Potential to Inform Management in the Face of a Changing Climate By Teal Barmore, October 17, 2019 During […]
September 24, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, September 24, 2019 Last week, Prince William Sound Science Center staff hosted visitors from the Russian Far East. This group of six visitors […]
September 12, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, September 12, 2019 It’s back to school for children in Cordova! The Prince William Sound Science Center is committed to building resilience […]
August 21, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, August 21, 2019 Monitoring and understanding the rich diversity of biological resources in Prince William Sound is an important part of the Prince […]
July 22, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, July 22, 2019 During the summer months, Cordova’s seasonal population grows significantly and not just with people. Each year an influx of Glaucous-winged […]
July 5, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, July 5, 2019 Prince William Sound Science Center scientists Kristen Gorman and Anne Schaefer recently returned from Middleton Island where they were retrieving […]
June 21, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, June 21, 2019 Among the many engaging education programs at PWSSC, perhaps one of the more unique is the hands-on ROV program. An […]
May 16, 2019
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By Kinsey Justa, May 16, 2019 Earlier this month, Dr. Rob Campbell and his team of seasonal research technicians set the lower Copper River sonars […]
April 16, 2019
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Herring Return Earlier and more Abundant than Expected By Teal Barmore, April 16, 2019 Researchers in the Herring Research and Monitoring (HRM) program were caught off […]
March 27, 2019
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High-Pressure Systems Lead to Warm Water in the North Pacific By Teal Barmore, March 27, 2019 Abnormally warm sea surface temperatures across the North Pacific have […]
March 12, 2019
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The Rapid Growth and Decline of the Caspian Tern Colony on the Copper River Delta By Teal Barmore, March 12, 2019 The discovery of a Caspian […]
March 12, 2019
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PWSSC Finalizes Land Purchase for a New Location March 12, 2019 Did you know the Science Center occupies eight rented facilities in Cordova? After nearly 30 […]
March 12, 2019
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Cordova Team Places First in Project Portion of NOSB March 12, 2019 The all-female National Ocean Sciences Bowl team, coached by PWSSC Education Director, Lauren […]
February 25, 2019
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The culmination of another successful year for the Copper River Stewardship Program February 25, 2019 Eight students from the 2018 Copper River Stewardship Program presented at the Alaska […]
February 25, 2019
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Tagging Research Produced Interesting Results By Teal Barmore, February 25, 2019 Deep in the waters of Prince William Sound; large, light gray-brown fish with blotches and […]
February 13, 2019
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Maya Groner Shares All There is to Love About her Ichthyophonus Research By Teal Barmore, February 13, 2019 Icthyophonus is a pathogen that affects the heart and […]
January 25, 2019
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PWSSC researchers benefit from opportunities to present and network at AMSS By Teal Barmore, January 25, 2019 At the end of January, researchers from the Prince […]
January 14, 2019
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Aerial herring surveys show record low biomass By Teal Barmore, January 14, 2019 The white color of herring milt allows researchers to use its prevalence as […]
December 13, 2018
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PWSSC Research Assistant Travels for Seabird Surveys in the Southern Hemisphere By Teal Barmore, December 13, 2018 Seabird survey skills and a Cordova connection are taking […]
December 12, 2018
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***The point of contact for these moorings is Mary Anne Bishop (907) 424-5800 x 228 or Ben Gray (907) 424-5800 x 234 *** To download the […]
November 26, 2018
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OSRI Celebrates 20 years of Funding Research By Teal Barmore, November 26, 2018 If you have been to our location on Breakwater Avenue in Cordova, you […]
November 5, 2018
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New Funding adds Phytoplankton Monitoring to Prince William Sound Oceanographic Monitoring Program By Teal Barmore, November 5th, 2018 With new funding from the North Pacific Research […]
October 25, 2018
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Discovery Room introduces more Cordova students than ever this year to their sense of place. By Teal Barmore For 26 years, Prince William Sound Science Center’s education […]
October 10, 2018
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Prince William Sound Science Center researchers Dr. Kristen Gorman and Anne Schaefer spent two weeks at the end of July and beginning of August on Middleton […]
October 10, 2018
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By Teal Barmore, October 10, 2019 Seventy miles offshore in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska, at the edge of the continental shelf, sits Middleton […]
September 13, 2018
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Dr. Pete Rand publishes work on Prince William Sound Pacific herring’s response to predators. By Teal Barmore The spring spawning event of Pacific herring in Prince […]
August 23, 2018
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[one_third_last] When? Friday, October 5 5:30 to 7:30 PM [/one_third_last] [one_third_last] Where? Simon & Seafort’s Room 49 420 L Street Anchorage, AK 99501 [/one_third_last] […]
August 16, 2018
By Lindsay Phillips Lauren Bien, education coordinator for the Science Center is wrapping up another eventful summer full of programs for children of all ages, including: […]
August 15, 2018
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By Lindsay Phillips and Pete Rand The Prince William Sound Science Center has recently started field sampling for the 2018 season of the Alaska Hatchery Research Project […]
May 28, 2018
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By Dr. Kristen Gorman Photos by Teal Barmore As part of the Herring Research and Monitoring (HRM) Program, a collaborative group of scientists from Prince William Sound Science […]
May 21, 2018
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Photo Highlights by Teal Barmore For the third year in a row, researchers from the Prince William Sound Science Center and Tufts University captured, sampled, and […]
May 21, 2018
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Photo Highlights by Dr. Rob Campbell Dr. Rob Campbell and his two technicians, April Richards and Kevin Absil, installed the lower Copper River sonar station in mid-May, a project […]
May 1, 2018
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By Dr. Mary Anne Bishop Photos by Ben Gray unless otherwise noted. Pacific herring, a small forage fish, has long been considered sensitive to handling. As a result, there […]
April 17, 2018
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David Janka has been doing acoustic biomass surveys with the Prince William Sound Science Center since 2007. This spring during the spawning biomass surveys he covered 713 nautical […]
April 15, 2018
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Last weekend, Dr. Rob Campbell deployed a new weather buoy in western PWS, about five miles due east of Naked Island. The buoy was deployed as […]
March 20, 2018
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From March 27 to 29, researchers and educators from the Prince William Sound Science Center will be presenting their work to other researchers, decision makers, and […]
March 1, 2018
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Join us for some hands-on adventuring that is sure to get your preschooler thinking like a scientist! Who: Kids ages 3-5 (Caregivers must attend) Where: Education Room […]
February 27, 2018
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For the last 10 years, the Prince William Sound Science Center has maintained underwater acoustic arrays, a technology to tag and track marine animals, in Prince […]
February 27, 2018
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Imagine this: You’re sitting at a table with three teammates; the opposing team sits at the table next to yours. Both teams sit quietly, […]
January 31, 2018
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Join the conversation on the future of bird tagging on the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) blog. Representatives from COASST will be in Cordova […]
January 19, 2018
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On Monday January 22, Prince William Sound Science Center staff will join over 700 scientists, educators, resource managers, students, and members of the public for Alaska’s […]