RRP News & Events
December 2010
November 2010
Greg In Savoonga 11/16-11/23
Greg will teach a meat cutting class in Savoonga 11/16-11/23
Greg in Vancouver, BC
Greg will be attending the Carma Conference: "Harvesting the Past to Seed the Future" in
Vancouver 11/29-12/03.
October 2010
Greg an Leslie in Nome 10/08-10/13
Greg and Leslie will be in Nome 10/08-10/13 for field research & to present information at Kawerak Reindeer Herders Association meeting.
September 2010
2010 Calves have now been named!
Click here to go to the SNRAS blog and read about some of this year's more notable names. All the names were chosen from a list of names submitted to or website during 2010. Over 500 entries(each with a possible male name and female name) were submitted this year. Here is the full list of names for this years calves.
Leslie in Nome
Leslie in Nome 8/27-9/13 for field research.
August 2010
Auction buyers bid high on reindeer.
Click here to go to the SNRAS blog and read about the reindeer that were auctioned off at the 2010 Tanana Valley State fair.
Reindeer: It's on Fairbanks menu now.
SNRAS Science & News article about reindeer meat being evaluated on the local market.
Reindeer goes gourmet.
Frontiers article about the Reindeer Research Program written by Nancy Tarnai.
Leslie in Nome
Leslie in Nome for field research 8/2-8/5.
July 2010
Reindeer Handlings on the Seward Peninsula
Personnel from the Reindeer Research Program attended handlings at Wales(Ongtowasruk Herd, 7-2), Nome(Davis Herd, 7-7) and Teller(Jlee herd, 7/22).
George in Kodiak
George in Kodiak 7/13-1/17 to process meat samples for his graduate porject in the biology lab.
June 2010
Field season:
Greg and Darrell in Nome June 22-July 11. Leslie, various (6)volunteers & interns in Nome beginning in early June and continuing through to August. Melody in Nome 6/3-6/5 for field work, new intern orientation & moving NWC RRP Lab.
May 2010
Greg in Washington DC 5/22-5/27
Greg will be in Washington DC to attend a USDA and National Institute of Food and Agriculture Meeting.
Greg in Nome 5/5-5/7
Greg will be in Nome to attend NWC gradation 5/5-5/7.
April 2010
2010 Calf Watch
Click on the Calf watch link to see if we have any newborn calves to announce!
We generally give the mother and calf 12-24 hours to form a strong bond before we tag and weigh the newborn.
If we process the calf too soon, we risk the cow abandoning her calf. If we wait too long, the calf becomes extremely mobile and it
could be stressful catching it to tag and weigh.
Once a calf is tagged, its information is entered into our database & the calf watch list is be updated.
Calves will be named later in the summer by selecting names from this list. To add your name suggestions click here.
March 2010
Greg to attend ROBA Meeting 3/25-3/27
Greg will be attending the ROBA meeting in LaRue Ohio 3/25-2/27. He will co-present along with Zoe Purtzer project information from a collaboration with Oregon State University Immunology department.
Greg giving a presentation for Iditarod Week
Greg will give a presentation at NWC for Iditarod week 3/17
Darrell, Leslie & Kara Moore traveling to Nome 3/3.
Darrell, Leslie and Kara will travel to Nome on 3/3 to attend the RHA meeting and to do field work retrieving satellite collars.
February 2010
Greg in Nome 2/28.
Greg will be in Nome beginning 2/28 to teach a meat cutting class with Heikki Muhonen. He will be staying for the RHA meeting March 4th & 5th. Then will be doing fieldwork with Leslie Davis, Heikki and Darrell (Retrieving Collars).
Greg In Anchorage 2/23
Greg was in Anchorage on 2/23 to meet with a Russion collaborator on a reindeer project.
Eva & Heikki in Fairbanks
Eva and Heikki were in Fairbanks for a short time to assist on George's project(Physical, Chemical, and Sensory Effects of Reindeer Longissius Steaks Frozen Across Several Time Periods and the Application of Cryo-protectant).Eva was in Fairbanks 2/8 - 2/21. Heikki was in Fairbanks 2/14-2/19
January 2010
Lawrence Tingook Davis Memorial Scholarship Winners!
The two winners of the Spring 2010 Lawrence Tingook Memorial Scholarships are Kirsten Woodard and Nathan J. Heeringa.
Each of these students will receive $1000.00 towards their continuing education.
Applicants for the scholarship were required to write two page essays about their views or recommendations on the development and management of Alaska's natural resources.
Here are the essays of the two winning applicants (adobe acrobat reader required):
Nathan Heeringa's Essay.pdf.
Kirsten Woodard's Essay.pdf.
Greg Travels to Nome & St. Lawrence Island
Greg traveled to Nome & St. Lawrence Island January 11-15. Greg and Heikke put on a meat cutting workshop in Savoonga and deployed two satellite collars near the base of Northeast Cape.
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