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![Native Alaskan Intern Program](images/intern_title.gif)
Carol Ann Woody, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
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by Kristy Balluta of Nondalton, Alaska
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Gerald
Anelon (Iliamna) recording scientific data, collecting genetic
samples, and preserving them in vials with alcohol. |
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Interns Janell
Kakaruk and Kristy Balluta (Nondalton) and volunteer Carl Saunders
(University of Montana) collecting salmon scales to determine
age. Fish scales have daily and annual rings, like trees; therefore,
we can count the rings to determine how old a fish is. |
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Intern
Kristy Balluta (Nondalton) and Volunteer Carl Saunders (University
of Montana) measure a salmon and prepare to radio tag it. |
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Interns
Shavela Stickman (Nondalton) and Crystal Wassillie (Newhalen)
counting salmon from a tower on the Newhalen River at the River
Mile 22 Camp Site.
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Intern
Julia Vinciguerra (Michigan State University) Shavela Stickman,
and Kristy Balluta of Nondalton collect salmon otoliths from
the Nondalton subsistence catch. |
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Interns
Janell Kakaruk and Kristy Balluta of Nondalton select a salmon
from the fish bin to radio tag and track to their spawning sites. |
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Dr.
Carol Ann Woody (Project Investigator), and Interns Shavela
Stickman, Crystal Wassillie, Janell Kakaruk, and Julia Vinciguerra
load a the boat with gear and get ready to collect otolith samples
from local subsistence fishers. |
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Posing
in front of the beautiful fireweed are Kristy Balluta, Janell
Kakaruk, and Shavela Stickman of Nondalton, and Crystal Wassillie
of Newhalen. |
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Shavela
Stickman-Nondalton, and Crystal Wassillie-Newhalen riding in
the boat on the Six-Mile Lake going to local fish camps around
Nondalton to collect salmon otoliths. |
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Intern
Gerald Anelon (Iliamna) and Adam leaving the Newhalen River
Mile 22 Camp to haul gear up to the Tazimna Camp. |
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Shavela Stickman, Kristy Balluta, Julia Vinciguerra, and Janell
Kakaruk hanging out after work. |
Essay
by Kristy Balluta from Nondalton, Alaska
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