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My Life, Wildlife is a new podcast where you’ll meet the passionate, talented people who have dedicated their lives to caring for the wildlife and wild places of Alaska.
Tune in to hear how these scientists, conservationists, and adventurers spend their days and how they came to live and work in a place like no other. Through their stories, you’ll visit some of the most amazing places in the world – giant mountains, wild rivers, icy seas, and the stunning beauty of the high arctic – and you’ll meet extraordinary wildlife from birds to bears, fish to frogs to foxes, walruses to whales, and everything in between.
Brought to you by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region. New episodes every Thursday beginning on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.
Tune in to hear how these scientists, conservationists, and adventurers spend their days and how they came to live and work in a place like no other. Through their stories, you’ll visit some of the most amazing places in the world – giant mountains, wild rivers, icy seas, and the stunning beauty of the high arctic – and you’ll meet extraordinary wildlife from birds to bears, fish to frogs to foxes, walruses to whales, and everything in between.
Brought to you by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region. New episodes every Thursday beginning on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pilot/Biologist Kara Hilwig tells us about her time flying for National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska and the great experiences she gets to live through in her day to day job.
Listen as Deputy Assistant Regional Director for the Office of Subsistence Management, Amee Howard tells us about her family roots and how her journey has lead her across the lower 48, eventually leading back to Alaska.
Erika Merced-Teofrio tells us about the continuation of her service, from helping provide air and missile defense to our nation's allies to now serving as the Marine Mammals Management, Administrative Assistant for the Alaska Region.
Andrea Medeiros tells us about her path from cooking professionally on the East Coast to serving as the Alaska Region's Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
From a wilderness ranger to a fire management officer to a refuge manager, Bob Rebarchik reflects on his career journey to the northwestern Alaska refuges he calls home.
Listen to ecologist Karin Bodony speak about her love for rural Alaska, glacial sand dunes, yellow-cheeked voles, and sled dogs - and what she has learned from the people and places of Koyukuk, Nowitna, and Innoko National Wildlife Refuges.
Tim Lorenzini came to Alaska to teach school in Galena. Follow his career to becoming a supervisory Park Ranger at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and hear more about his favorite river (the Yukon) and why Tetlin is nicknamed the Land of Great Migrations.
Listen as Wildlife Biologist Benjamin Weitzman tells us about the journey to his position with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and learn a thing or two about Alaska's smallest marine mammal— the sea otter.
Mimi Thomas grew up along the Yukon River and has spent her career with Fish and Wildlife Service as a park ranger and law enforcement officer at Kenai and Yukon Flats refuges.
Randall Friendly grew up in the village of Tuntutuliak along the Kuskokwim River. He is a graduate student studying the threatened spectacled eider in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
Listen to Paul Leonard share what he loves about living and working in Alaska as the supervisory ecologist at Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He grew up in the rolling hills of Kentucky, fascinated with the frogs and insects of nearby streams. Paul came to Alaska as a college student and the experience changed his life.
Bill Leacock knew even as a young child that he was interested in bears and being outside. Follow his career from southeast Asia to Siberia to Alaska, where he has worked as a bear biologist at Kodiak Refuge and is now the mammal biologist at Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
This week Christy Cincotta talks about her path to becoming a Coastal Program Biologist for the Alaska Region. Learn about the various factors that impact Alaska's coast and the ways the Coastal Program protects and restores them.
Federal Wildlife Officer Kelly Modla shares what she loves about her job in Alaska, from bear sightings to teaching kids about safety and wildlife forensics.
Allyssa Morris, tells us about how her childhood curiosity for camping and backpacking has lead her to a career as an Environmental Education Specialist for Arctic, Kanuti, and Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuges.
Dan Saxton tells us about what it takes to manage the public use cabins on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Learn about the two dozen cabins that are available for use by anyone looking for a cozy shelter to spend on the refuge.
Born in a log cabin next to the woodstove in western Alaska, Jim Akaran grew up learning about respect for wildlife from his Yup'ik family and elders. He has worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service for 38 years, and served as one of the first Native Liaison Specialists. Listen to his story about working for Yukon Delta and Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuges as a biologist, armorer, and bridge to local communities.
Listen as Invasive Species Outreach Coordinator Deborah Kornblut tells us about her experience with the Directorate Fellowship Program that started her career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Listen as Wildlife Biologist Robin Corcoran tells us how her passion for the outdoors has lead her from studying art in New York to a career studying the birds of Kodiak, Alaska.
Scott Slavik came up to Kenai Refuge in 1990 for a summer internship working on trails. It turned into a life-changing experience he now shares with others.
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