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$500,000+
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$350,000+
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$100,000+
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$90,000+
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$75,000+
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$70,000+
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$60,000+
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$30,000+
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$20,000+
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$9,000+
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$290,000+
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$50,000+
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$27,000+
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$15,000
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$10,000+
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$5,000
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$4,500
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$2,000+
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$2,000
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$1,000
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$600
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$500
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$175,000+
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$10,000
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$1,000
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$1,500
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$1,500
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$1,000
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$1,000
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$250
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$250
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$200
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$10,000
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$200+
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The Net Loft
$50+
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Will Mans
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Anonymous
Anonymous
PWSSC Campus
(Calendar year 2024. Anchor funding for the new campus was provided by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Revenues are received on a cost-reimbursable basis after expenses are incurred. This is a multi-year project and work is ongoing.)
$600,000+
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
(Administered Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council funds)
$100,000+
MJ Murdoch Charitable Trust
$100,000
Denali Commission
$45,000
Matson
$250
Rachel Barnes
Caitlin McKinstry & Rob Campbell
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AC Value Center
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Adrift Prints
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Mike Anderson
Arctic Haven Studio
Baja Taco
Barnacle Foods
Signe Baumann
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Blue Raven Handcrafted
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Marsha Burns
Cascadia Cross-Border Law Group
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Erin Cooper
Copper River Fleece
Copper River Seafoods
Cordova Historical Society and Museum
Cordova Telecom
Gloria Cunningham
Dogwood Studio
Kate Dugan
Growler Bay Brewing
Happy AK
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Learn To Survive, Inc.
LFS Marine
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Prince William Sound Salt Co.
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Ann Reynolds
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
SHARING OUR IMPACT & RESULTS
MARY ANNE BISHOP, PH.D.
PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
M.A. Bishop and A. Schaefer. 2024. Marine Bird Hotspots in Prince William Sound. Final Report to the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (Contract 9110.24.01). Cordova, AK.
Hoepfner, S. A., A.L. Schaefer, and M.A. Bishop. In review. Shifts in marine bird abundance and species composition collowing the 2014-2016 Pacific Marine Heatwave. Frontiers in Marine Science.
PRESENTATIONS
Bishop, M.A. and A. Schaefer. 2024. Marine Bird Hotspots in Prince William Sound. Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council Board. Cordova, AK.
Schlener, J., M. Arimitsu, J. Moran, J. Straley, B. Witteveen, A. Schaefer, C. Marsteller, M.A. Bishop, and J. Piatt. 2024. Integrated Predator Prey Surveys in Prince William Sound: Relating acoustic prey densities to humpback whale foraging behavior. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
Warnock, N., M. Drever, S. Flemming, S. Bliss, M.A. Bishop, J. Takekawa. 2024. Differential site use by northward migrating Western Sandpipers: 1992-2022. 10th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting. Sackville, Canada.
OUTREACH
2024 Delta Sound Connections
Bishop, M.A. and A. Schaefer. Avian Flu Super Spreaders
Bishop, M.A. and A. Schaefer. Galapagos is for the Birds!
Bishop, M.A. Skip Spawners or Kayak Island Herring Spawners?
Schaefer, A. and M.A. Bishop. Seabird Flocks Ring the Dinner Bell for Hungry Humpbacks
PUBLISHED DATASETS
Gorman, K., Bishop, M., Schaefer, A. 2024. Resolving the annual pelagic distribution of Tufted Puffins in Alaska: field data from 2018-2021. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.24431/rw1k8g9
Gorman, K., Bishop, M., Schaefer, A. 2024. Resolving the annual pelagic distribution of Tufted Puffins in Alaska 2018-2021: unprocessed geolocator data. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.24431/rw1k8ga
ROBERT W. CAMPBELL, PH.D.
PUBLICATION
Traiger, S.B., Bodkin, J.L., Campbell, R.W., Coletti, H.A., Esler, D., Holderied, K., Iken, K., Konar, B., McKinstry, C.A.E., Monson, D., Pretty, J.L., Renner, M., Robinson, B., Suryan, R. and B.P. Weitzman. 2024. Planktonic to Sessile: Drivers of spatial and temporal variability across barnacle life stages and indirect effects of the Pacific Marine Heatwave. Journal of Plankton Research 46(6)604-618. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbae059.
POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS
Campbell, R.W. 2024. Recent changes in the near-surface oceanography and productivity of Prince William Sound. Poster. ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Campbell, R.W. 2024. Recent changes in the near-surface oceanography and productivity of Prince William Sound. Poster. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
Traiger, S., Bodkin, J., Campbell, R.W., Coletti, H., Esler, D., Holderied, K., Iken, K., Konar, B., McKinstry, C., Monson, D., Pretty, J., Renner, M., Robinson, B., Suryan, R. and B. Weitzman. 2024. Does larval supply matter? Meroplankton as drivers of intertidal invertebrate abundance. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
Mearns, A., Pegau, S., Janka, D., Campbell, R.W., Robinson, B. and B. Lydon. 2024. Volunteer photos tracking oscillations in Prince William Sound rocky intertidal biota for 34 years. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
Ertz, R., Cunningham, C., and Campbell, R.W. 2024. High throughput digitization of salmon scale imagery. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
REPORTS
Campbell, R.W. 2024. Temperature trends in Prince William Sound. pp 156 in: Ferris B., and S. Zador (Eds.). Ecosystem Status Report 2024: Gulf of Alaska. North Pacific Fishery Management Council.
Campbell, R.W. 2024. Monitoring the Oceanographic Conditions of Prince William Sound. Report to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Gulf Watch Alaska project.
OUTREACH
2024 Delta Sound Connections
Campbell, R.W. Recent Marine Heat Waves in Prince William Sound.
ALYSHA D. CYPHER, PH.D.
PUBLICATIONS
Harsha, M. L., Salas-Ortiz, Y., Cypher, A. D., Osborn, E., Valle, E. T., Gregg, J. L., and Podgorski, D. C. 2024. Toxicity of crude oil-derived polar unresolved complex mixtures to Pacific herring embryos: Insights beyond polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Science of the Total Environment, 957, 177447.
PRESENTATIONS
Cypher, A. D., Carpenter, K., Hammer, L., Den Adel, S., Steritz, S., Thomas, T. Seaweed processing projects in Prince William Sound: Establishing a processing line at a fish processor and using diesel-generated waste heat to dry seaweed. 2024. Mariculture Conference of Alaska.
OUTREACH
Pacific Northern Academy Science Week: The Power of Water, Cypher, A. D., The World’s Most Powerful Waters. Anchorage, AK.
2024 Delta Sound Connections
Cypher, A.D., Science With Your Neighbors
SCOTT PEGAU, PH.D.
PUBLICATIONS
Donnelly, D., M. Arimitsu, S. Pegau, and J. Piatt. 2024. Quantifying spatiotemporal variation of nearshore forage fish schools with aerial surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science, 16: e10283 https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10283
Pegau, W.S., T. Nedwed, T. Thornton, K. Stone, J. Cho, J., N. Kalimov, P. Schuler, and P. Taylor. July 2024. Remotely Operated Surface Vessel for Oil Spill Response. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1). Allen Press.
Josset, D., S. Cayula, S. Sova, J. Cho, and S. Pegau. July 2024. LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1). Allen Press.
Lambert, W., L. DiPinto, N. Kinner, O. Garcia, and S. Pegau. July 2024. Effect of Water and Air Temperature and Light Levels on Thermal Sensing of Oil Slick Thickness. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1). Allen Press.
Pegau, W. S., H. Hoover, and R. Suryan. 2024. Forage fish: Pacific herring in Alaska. Open Access Government. https://doi.org/10.56367/OAG-041-10703
REPORTS
Morella, J., W. S. Pegau, and J. Zhaner. 2024. Prince William Sound Herring. In. Ferriss, B. E., 2024. Ecosystem Status Report 2024: Gulf of Alaska, Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report, North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Anchorage, AK. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/data/ecosystem-status-report-2024-gulf-alaska
PRESENTATIONS
Pegau, W. S. 2024. OSRI remote sensing. Oil Spill Remote Sensing Workshop, University of New Hampshire.
Pegau, W. S. 2024. Changes in in-water oil spill response. Alaska Forum on the Environment.
Arimitsu, M. D. Cushing, J. Durban, S. Hatch, R. Kaler, C. Matkin, J. Moran, D. Olsen, S. Pegau, J. Piatt, J. Straley, S. Whelan, and L. Wild. 2024. Changes in marine predator and prey populations in the Northern Gulf of Alaska: Gulf Watch Alaska pelagic update 2023. Poster. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
Mearns, A., D. Janka, R. Campbell, S. Pegau, B. Robinson, and B. Lydon. 2024. Volunteer photos track oscillations of rocky intertidal biota in Prince William Sound, 1989-2023. Poster. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
Thyng, K., K. Holderied, and S. Pegau. 2024. Cook Inlet Ocean model tools for climate-informed resource management. Poster. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
PETER S. RAND, PH.D.
PUBLICATIONS
Rand, P.S. and G.T. Ruggerone. 2024. Biennial patterns in Alaskan sockeye salmon ocean growth are associated with pink salmon abundance in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 81(4): 701-709. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae022
Sayer, C.A. et al. [P.S. Rand coauthor]. One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction. Nature 638, 138-145. One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction | Nature
McMahon, J., S. May, P.S. Rand, K.B. Gorman, M. McPhee, and P. Westley. Phenotypic sorting of pink salmon hatchery strays may alleviate adverse impacts of reduced variation in fitness-associated traits. Ecology and Evolution 15(1):e70781. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70781
PRESENTATIONS
Rand, P.S. and K.B. Gorman. Consequences of variation in body size, condition, physiological state, and in-river conditions for spawning migration success by Alaskan salmon: a three-year telemetry study of Copper River sockeye salmon. World Fisheries Congress. Seattle, WA. March 2024.
K.B. Gorman and P.S. Rand. Spawning migration success by Copper River sockeye: Body size, physiology, and environment. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. September 2024. Honolulu, HI (presented by K. Gorman, UAF).
Rand, P.S, R. Campbell, K. Gorman, and R. Heintz. 2024. Salmon-herring interactions project. Virtual presentation to the EVOSTC Public Advisory Committee. October 2024.
Rand, P.S. 2024. Overview of EVOSTC GWA salmon-herring interactions project. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Homer, AK. November 2024.
REPORTS
Hansen, T., M. Piche, and P.S. Rand. Run timing, spawning distribution, and inriver survival of Copper River sockeye salmon – 2024-2025. Interim report to Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund. November 2024.
Rand, P.S., R. Campbell, K.B. Gorman, and R. Heintz. 2024. Ecological interactions between Pacific herring and Pacific salmon in Prince William Sound. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Report. Project Number: 24220111-I.
OUTREACH
2024 Delta Sound Connections
Rand, P.S., and K. Gorman. 2024. Who’s Eating Who in Prince William Sound
Rand, P.S. 2024. North Pacific Pink Salmon are True Competitors
ANNE SCHAEFER, M.S.
REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS
Schaefer, A. Mariculture with Biological Communities: Marine Birds. Included in: Eckert, G., K. Hoffman, J. Whissel, and H. Wilson. 2024. Sustainable mariculture development for restoration and economic benefit in the EVOS spill area. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Report. Project Number: 23220302.
A. Bishop and A. Schaefer. 2024. Marine Bird Hotspots in Prince William Sound. Final Report. Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (Contract 9110.24.01)
Hoepfner, S. A., A. L. Schaefer, and M. A. Bishop. In review. Shifts in marine bird abundance and species composition following the 2014-2016 Pacific marine heatwave. Frontiers in Marine Science.
PRESENTATIONS
Bishop, M. A. and A. Schaefer. 2024. Marine Bird Hotspots in Prince William Sound. Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council Board. September 2024. Cordova, AK.
Schlener, J., M. Arimitsu, J. Moran, J. Straley, B. Witteveen, A. Schaefer, C. Marsteller, M. A. Bishop, and J. Piatt. 2024. Integrated Predator Prey Surveys in Prince William Sound: Relating acoustic prey densities to humpback whale foraging behavior. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK.
OUTREACH
2024 Delta Sound Connections
Schaefer, A. and A. Cypher: The Mar Recon Project
Bishop, M. A. and A. Schaefer. Avian Flu Super Spreaders
Bishop, M. A. and A. Schaefer. Galapagos is for the Birds!
Schaefer, A. and M. A. Bishop. Seabird Flocks Ring the Dinner Bell for Hungry Humpbacks
PUBLISHED DATASETS
Gorman, K., Bishop, M., Schaefer, A. 2024. Resolving the annual pelagic distribution of Tufted Puffins in Alaska: field data from 2018-2021. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.24431/rw1k8g9
Gorman, K., Bishop, M., Schaefer, A. 2024. Resolving the annual pelagic distribution of Tufted Puffins in Alaska 2018-2021: unprocessed geolocator data. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.24431/rw1k8ga
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Pacific Seabird Group, Regional Representative (Alaska and Russia)
Reviewer for Movement Ecology
Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Todd Telesz (2017-20, 2020-23, 2023-26)
Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Tri-State Generation and Transmission
Parker, Colorado
Robyn McGhee (2021-24)
1st Vice Chair
Conoco Phillips Alaska, Inc.
Anchorage
Katherine Dugan (2021-24)
2nd Vice Chair
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Valdez
Mead Treadwell (2023-26)
Secretary
Owner, Treadwell Development
Anchorage
Thea Thomas (2017-20, 2020-23, 2023-26)
Treasurer
Area E Drift Gillnetter
Cordova
Katrina Hoffman
President and CEO, Ex-officio
Prince William Sound Science Center
Cordova
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS
Chuck Meacham (2007-10, 2010-13, 2013-16)
President, Capital Consulting
Gig Harbor, Washington
Meera Kohler (1998-2008, 2011-14)
CEO, Retired
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
Anchorage
ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS
Craig Tillery (2017-20, 2020-23, 2023-26)
Deputy Attorney General, Retired
Alaska Department of Law
Anchorage
Peter Andersen (2021-24)
Chief Operating Officer, Chugach Alaska Corporation
Anchorage
Robin Reich (2023-26)
President
Solstice Alaska Consulting
Anchorage
Scott Hicks (2023-26)
Retired
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Belgrade, Montana
Douglas Causey (2023-25)
Professor, Dept Biological Sciences
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage
Walt Wrede (2023-2026)
Retired
Anchorage
Jacques White (2023-2025)
Chief Executive Officer, Long Live the Kings
Seattle, Washington
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