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2007 "Alvin and Lena Amason" Artique Gallery, Anchorage, AK; 2005 "N.Y.C Alaska" New York, NY; 2005 "Native Arts Now" Kenai Culture Center, Kenai, AK; 2004 "Alvin Amason & Kesler Woodward" Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK; 2004 "Native Art Invitational" Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Wallen's Windfall Fisherman, a life-size Alaska brown bear in bronze, was selected and stands near the Alaska Capitol. It was based on a 1974 stone lithograph of the same title. [6] [7] Another Alaska brown bear sculpture was commissioned by the DIPAC/Macaulay Salmon Hatchery in Juneau of a mother bear and three cubs, entitled Gang of Four. [8]
Les Kinnear decided to stay in Alaska in Sitka after Evy saw the bear sanctuary as a venture worth doing and pledged her support. [1] In 2002, the couple began making arrangements for opening a bear refuge. [4] In 2003, Les Kinnear created Kootznahoo, a non-profit organization, to serve as a sanctuary for bears from Southeast Alaska.
Michio Hoshino (星野 道夫, Hoshino Michio, September 27, 1952 – August 8, 1996) was a Japanese-born nature photographer.He originally hailed from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. [1]
The wildlife of Alaska is both diverse and abundant. The Alaskan Peninsula provides an important habitat for fish, mammals, reptiles, and birds. At the top of the food chain are the bears. Alaska contains about 70% of the total North American brown bear population and the majority of the grizzly bears, as well as black bears and Kodiak bears.
Signer's Hall at UAF. From the early 1960s to 1980 it was the home to the museum, before moving to the West Ridge of the campus. The museum, formerly known as the University of Alaska Museum, was housed in what is now known as Signers' Hall for much of its history. [1]
She married Joe Fejes in 1942 and moved with him to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1946 where her husband took up gold mining. Fejes sketched and painted Alaska Native people, Inupiat and Athabascans. She also wrote books about her travels and life in Alaska. They had a son, Mark (also an artist), [2] [3] and a daughter, Yolande. [4]
On June 17, 2008, 53 wood bison were transferred from Alberta's Elk Island National Park to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Anchorage, Alaska. [37] There they were to be held in quarantine for two years and then reintroduced to their native habitat in the Minto Flats area near Fairbanks, but this plan was placed on hold.