In the News
"2024 Alaska Forum on the Environment – Science for Alaska communities" Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center News (Feb. 2024)
"Predicting Alaska's Spring Break Up" Aurora Magazine (Spring 2024)
"URSA announces 2023-24 Travel Award recipients" UAF Cornerstone News (November 2023)
"Spellman and Wald receive ASUAF Faculty and Staff Awards" UAF Cornerstone News (November 2023)
"URSA announces 2023-24 Climate Change Project Award recipients" UAF Cornerstone News (November 2023)
"New ‘berry booklets’ for Alaska pickers combine traditional knowledge and science" Alaska Public Media, KYUK Radio (September 2023)
"Late spring brings bumper crop of salmonberries to Western Alaska" KYUK Radio (September 2023)
"Arctic invasives heating up with climate change and development" Alaska Public Radio, Alaska News Nightly, starts at 12:27 (July 2023)
"Satellites and citizen science predicting Alaska's spring break-up" Fairbanks Daily News Miner (June 2023)
"Your photos could help scientists predict spring floods and track climate change" Alaska Public Media - NPR (May 2023)
"Citizen observers in Alaska river communities help scientists predict spring breakup flooding" Anchorage Daily News (May 2023)
"Calendar says spring but Old Man Winter still resides in Alaska" ABC Fox Alaska News (May 2023)
"Flex your photography skills to help predict flooding" Fairbanks Daily News Miner (May 2023)
"Public powered Earth Science" NASA EarthData Blog (April 2023)
"Student scientists put their research on display at global symposium" Fairbanks Daily News Miner (April 2023)
"Are berries in New Hampshire ripening earlier because of climate change?" New Hampshire Public Radio, Outside/In (October 2022)
"Project aims to gather multi-year berry growth data" Fairbanks Daily News Miner (August 2022)
"AGU Thriving Earth Exchange project forecasts berry futures in Alaska" NEON Spotlight (June 2022)
"University of Alaska Fairbanks sponsors Earth day symposium for students across Alaska" KTVF Channel 11 News (April 2022)
"Student shatters stereotypes, studies plants' urban evolution" Fairbanks Daily News Miner (April 2022)
"Shattering stereotypes while studying how plants evolve in the city" UAF News (April 2022)
"University of Alaska Fairbanks student featured in Science" KUAC 89.9 FM story starts at 4:51
"Alaska Educators invited to a virtual Arctic Educators Fair" Anchorage Press (Feb 2022)
"New CASC Microberry Project kicks off" Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center News (Oct 2021)
"University of Alaska Fairbanks launches 'Fresh Eyes on Ice' project" KTVF Channel 11 (Oct 2021)
"Western Alaska residents fill buckets of late-budding salmonberries" Alaska Public Media/KNOM (Sept 2021)
"Fostered youths have fun week at Bonanza Creek camp" UAF Cornerstone (July 2021)
"National Weather Service needs your help! Requests community observations to improve river break-up forecasts" KTVF Channel 11 (April 2021)
"Break up round up: two things to know as the ice goes out" Fairbanks Daily News Miner (April 2021)
"UAF Ice monitoring project expands with NASA help" KUAC News 89.9 FM (April 2021)
"How a US Arctic research initiative is pushing to connect science with Arctic Communities" Arctic Today (Feb 2021)
"New community office guides national Arctic research initiative" UAF News (Feb. 2021)
"United States GLOBE Partner Yearbook 2019" The GLOBE Program (2020)
"Researchers take on berry timing amid climate change" KNBA and KDLL Radio (July 2020)
"Fresh Eyes on Ice encourages community to share ice observations" KTVF Channel 11 (April 2020)
"Katie Spellman and Kristin Timm named faculty fellows in Honors’ Climate Scholars Program" UAF News (March 2020)
"Venetie teacher, students help NASA research" Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (February 2020)
"Program helps students see signs of a career path in the sciences" UAF News and Information (Dec 2019)
"Researcher offers ways to get public involved in science" UAF News and Information (Dec 2019)
"Berry crops becoming more unpredictable" Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (August 2019)
"Seasonal change in Alaska may hold silver lining for restoration efforts" LTER Network News (July 2019)
"Alaska Wild Berries Research" KFBX Radio (June 2019)
"Arctic and Earth SIGNS workshop seeks to educate communities" International Arctic Research Center News (June 2019)
"How a new project links community members with scientists to monitor Alaska’s river and lake ice" Arctic Today (April 2019)
"University and communities will monitor Alaska’s inland ice" UAF News and Information (April 2019)
"New ice monitoring project engages kids to become community scientists" UAF Water and Environmental Research Center news (April 2019)
"Natural Connections: Climate change and my community" The Chippewa Herald (July 2018)
"Climate change is affecting wild berries, and the people who depend on them" Arctic Today (March 2018)
"Course helps educators engage students in climate change" UAF Cornerstone (March 2018)
"Warming Climate affecting Alaska berries" KTVF Channel 11 (Jan 2018)
Northern Soundings interview on women in science, citizen science and the Winterberry project (October 2017)
"The Berry Jams Challenge on Sitka Public Radio Transglobal Music Express" KCAW Radio, Sitka, Alaska (September 2017)
"Story49: A New Season in Shishmaref" KNOM Radio, Nome, Alaska (September 2017)
"Wanted: Berry pickers for new Winterberry project from UAF" Peninsula Clarion (August 2017)
"UAF berry study gets community involved" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (August 2017)
"New UAF project hopes to enlist citizen scientists to monitor Alaska berries" Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska (August 2017)
"Scientists are recruiting Alaskans to help them track berry patches" United Press International (August 2017)
"Researchers ask citizens to monitor Alaska's berries" Eye on the Arctic (August 2017)
"Berry research project seeks volunteer citizen scientists" UAF News, Fairbanks, AK (August 2017)
"Science Isn’t Just for Scientists—We Can All Take Part" YES! Magazine (February 2017)
"UAF teaches science basics to West Coast students- Science for students from afar" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (August 2016)
"Project BrownDown brings an end to fall season" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (November 2015)
"Berry harvests becoming less predictable" Peninsula Clarion, Kenai, Alaska (October 2015)
"Researchers investigate Invasive Plants" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (August 2014)
"Invasives pollination study shows mixed results for Alaska berries" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (August 2013)
"UAF researching bee pollinators with invasive plants" Capitol City Weekly, Juneau, Alaska (June 2013)
"Citizen science volunteers shed light on a “berry” intriguing question about invasive plants in Alaska" Hand on the Land News Blog (June 2013)
"The beauty of pollen is nothing to sneeze at" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (May 2013)
"Invasive plant project needs citizen scientists" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (May 2013)
"Invasive plant phenology and berries in Alaska" KBYR Radio, Garden Party with Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage, Alaska (May 2013) Interview begins at 41:10 in the 18 May 2013 episode of the talk show
"The Melibee Project and Citizen Science" My Alaska Forests, Chugach National Forest, Alaska (June 2012)
"Second Graders Get a Glimpse of Climate Research" International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska (May 2013)
"Local Educators Earn Award for Science Writing on Student Project" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (April 2012)
"Denali Elementary students explore the Chatanika watershed" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska (Sept. 2010)
