the BREAKWATER 
A newsletter from the Prince William Sound Science Center
September 2019
TUESDAY NIGHT TALKS SCHEDULED 
Presentation in the Forest Service building. Credit: Pete Rand

   Our popular Tuesday Night Talk series is scheduled for the fall and winter season. These one hour educational talks are free and open to the public each Tuesday at 7pm in the Cordova Forest Service building (3rd floor).
   Topics center around current research in our bioregion and farther afield from visiting researchers. A special Audubon talk is also scheduled each month.
   Talks can also be accessed remotely through Facebook Live or watched at anytime on our Youtube Channel. Know someone who would be a great guest speaker? Email Arissa Pearson with inquiries. 
PLANKTON PHOTOMICROGRAPHY 
Caitlin McKinstry views focus stacked images of plankton

  Zooplankton may be small, but that does not mean that their communities are insignificant. The diversity of plankton in Prince William Sound, their community make-up, and abundance can be a direct indicator as to the health of the fisheries in the region.
  Research Assistant Caitlin McKinstry has explored ways to capture images of these fascinating creatures in detail. Her experiments with photography under the microscope have allowed the Science Center to build a small but ever growing gallery of detailed zooplankton imagery. Read more about this work on our website
SCHOOL YEAR EDUCATION PROGRAMS 


   The Prince William Sound Science Center is committed to building resilience within our bioregion that supports healthy ecosystems and thriving human economies. One of the ways in which we strive towards this goal is to encourage environmental stewardship and scientific literacy in our region's youngest citizens. 
   PWSSC offers educational programs for a variety of ages during the school year through Discovery Room, National Ocean Sciences Bowl, Little Dippers, Sea Squirts, and Outreach Discovery Programs. Stay up to date on our current educational opportunities through email and on our Facebook page.

RUSSIAN WILD SALMON EXCHANGE
Wild salmon from Russia. Credit: Dima Lisitsyn
  Last week, Prince William Sound Science Center staff hosted visitors from the Russian Far East, sponsored by the Wild Salmon Center based in Portland, Oregon. This group of visitors included staff from the Wild Salmon Center, fisheries biologists, conservation advocates, commercial fishermen, and an accompanying interpreter. Their goal was to learn about the wild salmon industry in Alaska while visiting both Juneau and Cordova.   
  Research Ecologist Pete Rand, a former employee of the Wild Salmon Center, continues to contribute to their goals through his work at the Science Center. Learn more about this visit in our News highlights. 
The Science Center is committed to understanding how one place on earth can maintain a reliable economy and natural environment for the long term. 
 
We invite you-- donors, researchers, partners, funders, elected officials, citizens--to join us in better understanding one of the world's last, great natural regions, home of the world's richest waters.

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