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Participants on the Live, Interactive Television Program
Dan Logan
USDA Forest Service
Dan Logan is currently director of the Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative and wildlife biologist for the Chugach National Forest. His work includes managing research and monitoring projects on the Copper River Delta and the Pacific Coast from Canada to Latin America. Dan's current work ranges from vegetation successional modeling on the Copper River Delta to assisting in developing a shorebird conservation plan for Mexico.
Pam Van Den Broek
USDA Forest Service
As a Wildlife Technician for the US Forest Service in Cordova, Alaska, Pam has worked on waterbird projects for the last 3 years. As a lifelong resident of Cordova, Pam brings a unique view of the Copper River Delta, its wildlife, and especially its shorebirds. She holds a bachelors degree in Education and Biology and is involved in both research and education on the Cordova Ranger District.
Belle Mickelson
Cordova Schools
Belle Mickelson first visited the Copper River Delta in 1974 and has been a local resident for almost 20 years. She has a biology teaching certificate and a masters in environmental education from the University of Michigan. Belle is an assistant professor who currently works for the Cordova Schools. She is the primary author of the Alaska Sea Week Curriculum, Alaska Oil Spill Curriculum, and Alaska Fisheries Curriculum. She loves to take students to marshes and mudflats.
Sandy Frost
USDA Forest Service
For the last twenty years Sandy Frost has shared her love of Alaska with visitors and children. Growing up on a 'game farm' in rural Wisconsin, she developed an early love of migratory birds. After studying wildlife management in college, she traveled to Alaska to work for the Forest Service. As an Interpretive Specialist with the Chugach National Forest in south central Alaska she managed a large visitor center on the Kenai Peninsula, and the Alaska Marine Highway interpretive program in Prince William Sound. In the 1990s Sandy worked in Cordova, Alaska and focused her education efforts on the spectacular public resources of the Copper River Delta. Her true love has been educating people about shorebirds and their awe-inspiring yearly migration.
Sandy has had the opportunity to work in developing countries and has developed education and interpretive programs in The Gambia, West Africa, and in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Currently she works for the Alaska Region of the Forest Service as a public affairs specialist in Thorne Bay, Alaska. But each spring and fall her heart returns to the wonderful wetlands of the Copper River Delta.
Hilary Chapman
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Ms. Chapman is an education specialist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center. Her responsibilities include national coordination for the Shorebird Sister Schools Program and projects relating to endangered species, biodiversity, and Project WILD.
Mariah Cardona
Student Host
Mariah Cardona has lived in Cordova, Alaska for most of her life. She went to school in the Philippines for two years. She attends various camps in the Prince William Sound area. Her favorite times at school are science and recess. Mariah has five brothers and sisters. Mariah likes rollerblading around town with her friends.
Jay Beaudin
Cordova Schools
Jay Beaudin has been teaching in Alaska for over 20 years and has also taught in Colorado and Idaho. He enjoys making the outdoors the classroom. Jay believes that the annual shorebird migration is a great time for getting out and learning.
Mt. Eccles Elementary
Jay Beaudin's Fifth Grade Class
Breanna Anderson, Ben Bednarz, Emily Branch, Mariah Cardona, Olivia Kelly, Albert Olds, Mikey Reodica, Justin Ritter, Emma Roemhildt, Victoria Roemhildt, Rachel Sherman, Cody Shipman, Kara Sjostedt, Jack Stevenson, and Holly Urton.
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