Spring avalanches
Snowslides and critters Last year around this time I posted video and thoughts about the relationship of critters to avalanches—both…
Sayéik (Gastineau) Elementary
Sayéik, spirit helper, is in X’áat’ T’áak (Bear Creek) watershed, best of our local schools for studies of deer habitat. The deep, headward-cutting canyons of little Bear Creek now finger into deltaic deposits of Shgóonaa Héenak’u (Lawson Creek) from a time of higher sea level when this much bigger stream flowed out through today’s X’áat’ T’áak, beside the island (downtown Douglas) and Anax Yaa Andagan Yé. where sun’ rays hit first (Douglas Boat Hbr).
Hillshade from 2013 LiDAR
CBJ-commissioned orthomosaic, June, 2013
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Downhill disturbance
Avalanche and wildlife It’s hard to think long about mountain goats—especially here on the precipitous coast—without wondering how they deal…
2022 | Richard Carstensen | 3 minute slideshow
Nature near the schools: Sayéik (Gastineau) Elementary. 1991
Materials from the Eisenhower Math and Science series In March, 1991, with Discovery director Cinda Stanek and naturalist Cathy Pohl,…
1991 | Richard Carstensen | 22 pages
Sayéik historical series
History from the air Georeferencing old and recent vertical air photos in ArcMap makes it easy to export exactly scaled-&-aligned…
2021 | Richard Carstensen | 8 pages
Forests after logging or glaciers
Effects of age and succession type on forest overstory and understory In 1991 I assisted highschool students Joey Bosworth and…
1991 | Joey Bosworth & Erika O'Sullivan | 1 page poster