SEAWEAD - Applying Wildlife Habitat Studies in Southeast Alaska

About Us

Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration, Analysis and Discovery (SEAWEAD) is comprised of a small group of naturalists, scientists and educators. We have been in operation for about eight years and have worked throughout Southeast Alaska on marine, aquatic and terrestrial ecology projects.

Greetings from SEAWEAD

Tuesday, 12 September 2006

The SEAWEAD organization is a manifestation of our desire to interact with nature and our community in a reasoned, heartfelt and compassionate manner. We support a balance between human use and ecological health and facilitate well-informed public involvement in local land use planning.

SEAWEAD work is supported through a largely volunteer effort. We are a 501-c3 non-profit charitable/educational organization that has been in existence since 1999. We got our start working at Point Adolphus in Icy Strait looking at humpback whale and vessel interactions, distribution and abundance of all marine mammals in the Point Adolphus area, brown bear and human interactions at nearby Mud Bay, and camper use of the beaches from Chicken Creek to Mud Bay. Since then we have worked on a variety of projects, including: brown bear habitat use and human interactions at Lake Eva, Berners Bay, the Pack Creek Zoological Area, and Southeast Chichagof; migratory song bird use of trans-boundary rivers; vegetational patterns on the Gustavus Forelands; Western Toad surveys in Northern SE; and collaboration on the Tongass Ground-truthing project.

If you have a project that aligns with our mission and are looking for an NGO to use as an umbrella we encourage you to contact u s . We would be glad to provide what support we can: digital technical support, local knowledge on species and habitats of Southeast Alaska, networking for collaboration, etc. SEAWEAD does not typically conduct fund-raising for third-party projects but we would be glad to assist with administration of funds that you have secured for a minimal administration fee.

Mission

Friday, 08 September 2006

sapsucker strip-mines in southeast Alaska Our mission is to provide timely, detailed information about Southeast Alaska’s wildlife and habitats in support of resource management and public education.

Our goals are to design and conduct ecological research, inspire and inform cooperative planning and monitoring, and encourage a balance of ecological integrity and human use.

Our strategy is to integrate scientific and natural history information in examining ecological patterns and processes, and present our findings in broadly accessible formats.

Since spring 1999, we have been researching humpback whale, brown bear and human patterns of use in northern Southeast Alaska. We also provide technical support for affiliated organizations (including GIS and web page development).

Our emphasis on communication and public outreach stems from a conviction that good decision making is born of an informed and engaged public. We work with government agencies, local businesses, interest groups and communities in an effort to make cooperative stewardship a reality.

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