Aug 17, 2026 | News
Photo: Fox River Flats, located at the head of Kachemak Bay, is one of four salt marshes monitored annually by the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve. Here the ACCS and KBNERR vegetation team collects data on plant species, density and percent cover. This August, KBNERR...
Jul 9, 2026 | News
Naturalist students Learn about the Gas Flux analyzer used in KBNERR’s Peatland Research. Naturalist Training The Kachemak Bay Environmental Education Alliance (KBEEA) held it’s annual Naturalist Training for seasonal educators and scientists in June 3rd –...
Jul 8, 2026 | News
Elenor Whitney, an ANSEP intern based at KBNERR and supported by the Alaska Ocean Observing System, stands by a Gray Whale that washed ashore on Anchor Point Beach. Elenor supported KBNERR staff in securing the whale to the beach and helped the state vet and partners...
Jul 6, 2026 | News
2026 KBNERR Hollings Scholars Arden Rathkopf, Sean Michael Valencia Monte, and Galen June pose for a picture. KBNERR’s NOAA Hollings Scholars share about their summer research projects around Kachemak Bay. About the NOAA Hollings Scholar Program The Hollings...
Jun 26, 2026 | News
Harmful Species Lead Jasmine Maurer removes native hairy helmet crabs from a shrimp trap, set the day before, on Friday, June 19, 2026, on the east side of the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer Independent Press) About two dozen community members,...
Jun 17, 2026 | News
Photo: Partners join KBNERR’s Harmful Species Coordinator, Jasmine Maurer, in learning how to set traps to monitor for invasive European Green Crab. Alaska Invasive Species Awareness Week is June 14-20, and KBNERR is hosting an Invasive Green Crab Monitoring...
