Bird Monitoring in Alaska: Past, Present, and Future
by Zak Pohlen, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Thursday, March 27 at 6:00 pm at the BP Energy Center.

How do we monitor bird populations? Zak will discuss some of the regional programs we use in Alaska to understand where birds are and how they are doing. 

Zak Pohlen is a wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Birds in Anchorage, Alaska. Zak coordinates the Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey (ALMS) on National Wildlife Refuges in Bird Conservation Region 4 and implements various monitoring and research projects at U.S. Air Force installations throughout the state. He is the North American Breeding Bird Survey Coordinator for Alaska and the Alaska eBird Coordinator. When not working, you will find Zak birding, participating in citizen science (eBird), and encouraging others to do the same. A simple action we can all do to help bring birds back.