Event

Summer Speaker Series

  • Multiple Days: 06/03/2016, 06/10/2016, 06/12/2016, 06/17/2016, 06/24/2016, 07/01/2016, 07/05/2016, 07/08/2016, 07/12/2016, 07/15/2016, 07/22/2016, 07/26/2016, 07/19/2016, 07/29/2016, 08/05/2016, 08/07/2016, 08/12/2016, 08/18/2016, 08/19/2016, 08/23/2016, 08/26/2016, 09/02/2016 Location: Murie Science and Learning Center (Mile 1.4, Denali Park Road), | Map Time: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Fee Information: free Contact Name: David Tomeo or Stephanie Ford Contact Email: E-Mail Us Contact Phone Number: 907.683.6432
    Join us for our summer speaker series, occurring several evenings a week and featuring scientists and other experts from various fields.The Murie Science and Learning Center is located at Mile 1.2 of the Denali Park Road. All of these presentations take place at 7 pm in the center.

     

    Date

    Topic

    Speaker

    Friday, June 3

    Bid Migration & the Critical Connections Study

    Scott Weidensaul

    Friday, June 10

    Soundscapes

    Richard Nelson
    Sunday, June 12 Dinosaurs in Denali and Alaska Patrick Druckenmiller
    Friday, June 17 Climate Change, Flowers, and You: involing citizen scientists in a floristic study of Denali National Park to better understand the effects of global warming at high latitudes Rebecca Stubbs
    Sunday, June 19 In the Company of Corvids John Marzluff
    Friday, June 24 Boreal Forest and Wildfire in Alaska Scott Rupp
    Friday, July 1 Traditional Ecological Knowledge Film Fest Farthest North Films
    Friday, July 8 Greening and Browning Landscapes in Alaska Dave Verbyla
    Tuesday, July 12 The National Historic Preservation Act at 50 Erik Johnson
    Friday, July 15 100 Years of Denali Geology Denny Capps
    Friday, July 22 Roots Exploit Newly Thawed Permafrost Soils Rebecca Hewitt
    Tuesday, July 26 Can Bears and Humans Coexist? A History of Bear Management in the National Park Service Dave Schirokauer
    Friday, July 29 Butterflies and Moths of Alaska Kathryn Daly
    Friday, August 5 Give a Frog a Hand: From Abnormalites to Conservation measures for Alaska's Wood Frogs Mari Reeves
    Sunday, August 7 Owls and Their Adaptations Denver Holt
    Friday, August 12 Permafrost Carbon Storage: What lies beneath Marguerite Mauritz
    Thursday, August 18 Artists Kindled the American Conservation Movement Kesler Woodward
    Friday, August 19 "They Liked to Drink Beer": Historic Archaeology in Talkeetna Phoebe Gilbert
    Tuesday, August 23 History of Measuring and Mapping Denali Britta Schroeder
    Friday, August 26 Climate Change and Ecosystem Shifts in Denali Jedidiah Brodie
    Friday, September 2 Coming to America: A Moose story Kevin Colson