Brain trust at Fish Creek
One of the things I love about this community is ‘information density,’ most palpable when a bunch of really experienced…
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Through alien eyes
Decolonizing cartography Learning about cultures and places from those least disposed to value or understand them can be unsettling and…
SEALT & Discovery Southeast groupwalk
Touring lands on Back Loop Road Discovery Southeast and the Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) have similar missions. Discovery works…
Roads of Xunaa Káawu
Impacts and opportunities: logging roads of Northeast Chichagof Visits to Hoonah rank among the highlights of my year. Especially so…
Teachers’ outings 2021
What a pleasure to hang out with teachers again! From June 10 to 13th, 2021, Steve Merli, Kelly Sorensen and…
Finishing the winter-range story
Mid-May, 2021 Mountain goats are leaving the forested cliffs where they took refuge through much of the winter, and moving…
Wetlands Month features Mendenhall Wetlands
Frontyard wetlands in StoryMaps Every May is American Wetlands Month, and this year, it’s especially interesting for residents of Áak’w…
Birds, beavers & Bob
Hands-off Seaweek At Discovery we offer hands-on activities in nature. So it’s been tough on us as well as the…
First post from refashioned blog
20210507 Slumbering blog awakens Greetings, Southeast Alaskans. As you might note from the last dated post, this is my first…
Glacial & cultural history of northern Lingít Aaní
A fireside presentation On Feb 14, 2020, I gave a talk at the Glacier Visitor Center. My vimeo version of…
UAS Commencement: honorary degree
On May 5th, 2019, I received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska Southeast. My ~9-minute talk is here.…
2019 UAS commencement: honorary degree
Thoughts on wildness, and the scientific method On May 5th, 2019, I received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from…
2019 | Richard Carstensen | 9-minute video
Presentation: Kaxdigoowu Héen
On January 10th, 2019, John Hudson and I gave a talk for the Southeast Alaska Land Trust’s annual winter fundraiser.…
Merry flounders!
First JuneauNature weekly update—a 7-minute holiday greeting. Beginning in 2019, our plan is to feature a different section of JuneauNature…
Presentation for Evening at Egan
On November 9th, 2018, I gave the second in a series of 4 lectures for National Native American Heritage Month.…
JuneauNature re-launch, November, 2018
Greetings, fellow-&-sister Southeast Alaskans! For about a year, I’ve eagerly anticipated the re-launch of JuneauNature, a website I hope will be…