Name: Flying Wild Alaska: Aerial bird surveys give a bird’s-eye view of refuges
Start: 2024-11-19T16:30:00-09:00
End: 2024-11-19T18:00:00-09:00

Join **Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuge** at REI
Reception: 4:30 PM Presentation: 5:00 - 6:00 PM

*Presenter [Heather Wilson, Fish and Wildlife Service Pilot/Biologist](https://www.fws.gov/staff-profile/heather-wilson "https://www.fws.gov/staff-profile/heather-wilson")*
Heather has been featured in *[Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/heather-wilson-biologist-pilot-alaska), [Outside](https://www.outsideonline.com/2149331/alaskan-pilot-biologist-sees-climate-change-firsthand "https://www.outsideonline.com/2149331/alaskan-pilot-biologist-sees-climate-change-firsthand"), and [Smithsonian ](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-woman-who-blends-flying-and-biology-180962207/ "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-woman-who-blends-flying-and-biology-180962207/")*magazines and now she will be here with us to share her unique dual-function position of both pilot and wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Division of Migratory Bird Management.
Learn how aerial bird surveys are conducted, the logistics of flying and surveying in some of the most remote parts of Alaska, and the research and management implications of the survey data she collects.

For more information about Heather and Friends of AK National Refuges: **alaskarefugefriends.org**

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