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Bristol Bay Native Association News, March 2021

Twitter, Citizen Science Month

Researchers take on berry timing amid climate changeAlaska’s summer is short, but one of the ways it softens the farewell each fall is through a parting gift of delicious berries. In the late summer and

KNBA 90.3 FM Radio, July 2020

Middle school students participate in water day eventsStudents from the Watershed Charter School spent the day at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to learn more about how water moves, pollution, and how the climate can effect water.

KTVF Channel 11 News, November 2019 (Winterberry Citizen Science Student Data Jam highlighted)

Berry crops becoming more unpredictable“It has become much more variable as to when they’re available,” Mulder said. “Some years it’s really early; some years it’s really late. That makes it harder to know what’s

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, August 2019

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KFBX 970 Radio, June 2019

Youths experience hands-on science at Bering Sea DaysMore than 20 scientists, journalists and policy experts traveled to the Pribilof Islands to help K-12 students learn about local science and careers.

University of Alaska Fairbanks News, October 2018

Pribilof Student Reporters Interview Visiting ScientistsSince 2008, the Pribilof School District has devoted a week of classes to scientific and environmental issues unfolding in its own region. Reasearchers

KUCB 89.7 Radio, October 2018

A New Season in Shismaref

KNOM reporter Zoe Gruesink travelled to Shishmaref to see the Winterberry project in action as part of her effort to understand how this community is dealing with climate change.

KNOM Nome, September 18 2017

Berry research project seeks volunteer citizen scientistsAcross Alaska, berry harvests have begun in earnest — and, this year, so has a project in which Alaskans will help track changes in their berry patches.

University of Alaska Fairbanks News, August 2017

Picking Berries For Science8/28/17 Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are hoping to be able to offer berry pickers better data on when berries are ripening and how long they last through winter — by compiling survey data direct from the berry pickers.

Scientists are recruiting Alaskans to help them track berry patchesScientists in Alaska are using this year's berry season to engage with the public and inspire a new generation of citizen scientists.

United Press International, August 2017

New UAF project hopes to enlist citizen scientists to monitor Alaska berriesResidents can volunteer to help monitor rose hips, high and low bush cranberries and crowberries -- berries that many small animals depend on to survive winter in Alaska.

Alaska Dispatch News, Aug 2017

Wanted: Berry pickers for new Winterberry project from UAFBerry season is here, and so is an opportunity for local berry pickers to contribute information from their picking trips to the National Science Foundation’s new project, Winterberry.

Peninsula Clarion, August 2017

UAF berry study gets community involvedFAIRBANKS — Each year in late summer, Fairbanksans pour into the surrounding hills to pick berries for the winter. This year, the University of Alaska Fairbanks is approaching this popular

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, August 2017

Science Isn’t Just for Scientists—We Can All Take PartThe internet and new technology are reviving the role citizens can play in documenting the world around us.

YES! Magazine, February 2017, Winterberry Citizen Science Pilot effort highlighted

Berry Jams Tuesday 2 to 4.mp3

The Berry Jams Challenge on Sitka Public Radio

On KCAW's Transglobal Music Express, DJ Jasmine Shaw challenges scientist Katie Spellman and English professor Sarah Stanley to connect each song in the world music playlist to Winterberry Citizen Science and the Arctic Harvest-Public Participation in Scientific Research project. Enjoy their amusing efforts to connect climate change, berries, and increasing access to science to each tune.

Listen to show

KCAW, Sept 2017

Northern Soundings: Girls on Ice, Winterberry and katexicCredit Joanna Young This episode we look at some of the barriers to science for women, for kids

KUAC, Oct 2017