Prize Donors
Dear Editor: A big thank you to all the Mt. Edgecumbe half-time prize donors.
Thank you to Subway of Sitka, Harry Race Pharmacy, Baranof Island Housing Authority, Highliner Coffee and the $200 grand prize from Katie Miyasato.
Benjamin Miyasato, Sitka
Science Camp
Dear Editor: During the recent spring break, March 17-21, 17 students and 12 staff worked together researching the ecology, cultural uses and fisheries of Pacific herring in Sitka Sound. Thanks to Michelle Ridgway, Herring Science Camp director, Alaska Deep Ocean Science Institute, and all community members and visiting scientists for supporting this inaugural Herring Science Camp hosted by Sitka National Historical Park.
Thanks to the teachers and parents who supported the herring camp concept. And, a very special thanks to the bright and curious student researchers who through their active learning breathed life and excitement into herring camp.
Among the many who contributed to herring camp were: Tlingit elders Herman Davis, Ethel Makinen, Ken Grant and Ray Wilson; Sitka Tribe of Alaska staff Jessica Gill, Jeff Feldpausch, Mike Smith and Heather Powell; Sitka Tribe of Alaska Councilmen Mike Miller and Harvey Kitka; Sitka School District staff Nancy Douglas, Ryan Hill, Roby Littlefield, Steve Bradshaw, Eric Matthes and Phil Burrick; Sitka National Historical Park staff Ryan Carpenter, Kassie Littlefield, Becky Latanich and Keltsy Lutz; Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff Eric Coonradt, Dave Gordon and Sherri Dressel; University of Alaska SeaGrant Marine Advisory Program’s professor Kate Wynne; Youth Advocates of Sitka; Allen Marine captains and crew of RV St. Innocent; United States Forest Service’s Dr. James Baichtal; KCAW and KIFW; those contributing Sontek-YSI-Xylem for Castaway CTD equipment; Mr. Bovee of Sitka High School for dissecting the equipment; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the SBE 19 CTD; SEARHC Hospital for contributing healthy snacks for our afternoon breaks; and to those we may have left out, our apologies.
Thanks to all for a great inaugural Herring Science Camp!
Mary A. Miller, P.E.,
Superintendent,
Sitka National Historical Park,
Allen Bell,
Acting Executive Director,
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Mary Wegner, Superintendent,
Sitka School District
