North for Science! - North for Science! is a program for middle school children to explore science in the north of Alaska.
Toolik Field Station participates as the northern stop for the program. The kids
spend a day exploring the plants and animals around Toolik and hearing from researchers
about what they do at Toolik. This program is sponsored by the Alaska Songbird Institute,
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife. To
learn more about the North for Science! program check out their webpage!
PolarTREC - PolarTREC is a program for K-12 science teachers to be embedded within a research
group preforming arctic research. The teachers come to Toolik as part of a research
team, rather than being hosted directly by the field station. The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) manages the PolarTREC program and matches teachers with researchers for their polar
exploration. The teachers and their research group provide classroom and public connections through
blog posts, skype-a-scientist, developing age appropriate curriculum, and so much
more. To learn more about the PolarTREC program check out their website.
- PolarTREC Teachers atToolik
- 2021 - Liza Backman
- 2019 - Alejandra Martinez, David Walker, Kate Steeper
- 2018 - Melissa Lau, Svea Anderson, Kim Young
- 2017 - Jennifer Baldacci,
- 2016 - DJ Kast, Nell Kemp
- 2014 - Andre Wille, Lauren Watel, Regina Brinker,
- 2013 - Alicia Gillean, Bruce Taterka, Nell Kemp,
- 2012 - Melissa Barker, Susan Steiner, Nick LaFave
BLM/TFS Artist-in-Residence - In partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Toolik Field Station (TFS)
offers an Artist in Residence program. The 2022 BLM/Toolik Artist-in-Residence Program
is committed to supporting artistic efforts from all mediums that support the public
lands. The artist will be hosted by both the BLM at one of their cabins or campgrounds
for 5-6 days along the Dalton Highway and by TFS for 3-4 days giving the artist a
glimpse of both Boreal and Arctic Alaska.
- An 8 day quarantine and PCR test is required prior to coming to Toolik Field Station,
please arrange with TFS and BLM accordingly.
TFS Artist-in-Residence - Toolik has had a number of Artists come to the station as Artist-in-Residence.
As part of their stay each has contributed a piece of artwork to the station.
Interested in being an Artist-in-Resident at TFS? please email uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu for more information.
Artist-in-Residence Work at Toolik
Iris Sutton
Toolik Muskox - East Dining Hall
Alicemary Rasley
Bearly Toolik - Main Dining Hall
Nancy Hausle Johnson
Loon Tile - Arctic Entry to Dining Hall
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Toolik Talking Shops are held once a week throughout the busy season at Toolik (May-August).
At each talking shop we have one or more speaker share their research with the Toolik
Community. This is a great way to not just share your research but also to gain experience
in presenting in front of a friendly environment.
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 6/16/2021 |
Jenn Guerard |
Contaminant Fate and Transformation in the Arctic: Chlorinated Pesticides and Brominated
Flame Retardants |
| 6/30/2021 |
Mike Weintraub |
What controls tundra soil carbon responses to environmental change? |
| 7/7/2021 |
Marwan Wartes |
Introduction to the Geologic evolution of the Brooks Range, Northern Alaska |
| 7/13/2021 |
|
| Monitoring Arctic Tundra Vegetation Using the Mobile Instrumented Sensor Platform
(MISP) |
| Winter Snow Depth and Caribou Forage Quality |
|
| 7/21/2021 |
| Daniela Aguirre |
| Olivia Cronin-Golomb |
|
| Deciduous shrub encroachment effects on tundra soil properties |
| Modeling benthic solar irradiance to inform seagrass habitat suitability in the mesotidal
PIE |
|
|
7/28/2021-
Undergraduate Showcase
|
| Alex Jennings |
| Asha Kaliappan |
| Cameron Jones |
| Caroline Brose |
| Jansen Nipko |
| Danny Weldon |
|
| Pollination Ecology and Experimental Warming |
| Soil & Iron |
| PhLr |
| An Introduction to Phylogenetic Analyssis of the Goodeniaceae |
| ArcticRIOS - Arctic Watershed study |
| Tussock Packing Factor |
|
| 8/4/2021 |
Toolik Community Discussion
|
Toolik Field Station DEI Talking Shop
|
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 5/28/2019 |
Adrian Rocha |
Why ecology matters: insights into the inner workings of globally important biogeochemical
systems. |
| 6/4/2019 |
Kim Hageman, Jenn Guerard, Jeff Perala-Dewey, Ginna Quesada |
Pumping water through foam, Drying stuff in the sun, and walking on thin ice |
| 6/11/2019 |
Amanda Young |
Between snow and shade:importance of high light on the forest floor |
| 6/18/2019 |
Helene Angot |
The Mystery of nocturnal ozone depletion and the big red balloon |
| 6/26/2019 |
NEON |
|
| 7/3/2019 |
Marwan Wartes |
Introduction to the Geologic evolution of the Brooks Range, Northern Alaska |
| 7/10/2019 |
| Jeremy May & Steven Unger |
| Hayes Henderson & John Fiegelson |
|
| MISP and Moss: raiders of the moss Arc |
| Everything you wanted to know about plant sex, but were too afraid to ask |
|
| 7/17/2019 |
Alex Michaud, Remi Masse |
The rusty cryosphere: Why microbes love iron |
| 7/24/2019 |
Roxaneh Khorsand |
From the Amazon to the Arctic: why plant reproductive biology matters in a changing
environment. |
| 7/31/2019 |
Scott Filippone |
Hemodynamics 101: how to keep blood inside of you |
|
8/7/2019
REU
|
| Daison Weedop |
| Emily Reast |
| Abigail Rec |
| Cailee Peterson |
| Shannon Harney |
|
| Characterizing the Stream Fish Community Within an Open Lake System |
| Water holding capacities of arctic mosses around Toolik Field Station |
| Nutrient Diffusing Substrata: nutrient limitation and spatial variation in Arctic
stream systems |
| The Quest for the Quantification and Quality Content of Caribou Candy |
| Quantifying disturbance i Siberian Alder Stands |
|
| 8/14/2019 |
Thomas Hartman |
YtoY: Yellowstone to the Yukon Photo journal |
| 8/15/2019 |
Crystal Glassburn |
|
| 8/20/2019 |
| Brandie Brooks |
| Brandon Cobb |
|
| The Brooks Range Float |
| Climate and Energy Security in Alaska |
|
| 8/21/2019 |
| Ian Klupar |
| Jessica Richert, Kaj Lynoe, Heidi Becker |
|
| How can fire change the productivity limitations of the Tundra? |
| Caribou Nutritional Landscapes |
|
| 8/28/2019 |
Alex Huryn |
Alabama Caves, North Slope Springs, and Icelandic Geothermal Vents |
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 6/12/18 |
Ben Abbott & Ariel Shogren |
The permafrost climate feedback: biggest terrestrial tipping point or potential carbon
sink? |
| 6/19/18 |
Dan White |
I Am Lakes. So Can You. |
| 6/26/18 |
Sally MacIntyre |
What's Happening Under the Ice? |
| 7/3/18 |
Anne Giblin |
Rising Seas and Coastal Marshes |
| 7/10/18 |
Nick Barrett |
Arctic Lake Warming...and beyond |
| 7/17/18 |
CPS Safety Training |
|
| 7/23/18 |
Ken Tape |
Beavers North of the Brooks |
| 7/31/18 |
Reiner Giesler & Johann Olofsson |
P-availability in tundra ecosystems: effects of vegetation, elevation and herbivory |
| 8/1/18 |
Detlev Helmig |
Chasing the Elusive Nessie from Toolik Lake |
| 8/7/18 |
Mindy Brugman |
Arctic Weather Forecasting: Analysis and Prognosis of the "New Normal" During a Period
of Dramatic Climate Warming |
| 8/10/18 |
Crystal Glassburn (BLM) |
Cultural/archaeological history of the Brooks Range with Q & A |
|
8/14/18
REU
|
| Amy Li |
| Allie Pankoff |
| Ryan West |
|
| Classifying Arctic Shrubs via Remote Sensing |
| I-1 and I-2 Stream Characterization |
| Population Structure and Diet Composition of Fishes in Two Headwater Lakes |
|
| 8/21/18 |
Jade Lawrence |
Blood Falls, Antarctica |
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 6/6/2017 |
Sal Curasi |
Water track distribution and effects on carbon dioxide flux in an eastern Siberian
upland tundra landscape |
| 6/13/2017 |
| Ryan Stephens |
| Juliette Funck |
|
| Pulsed resource availability changes dietary niche breadth and partitioning between
generalist rodent consumers |
| Creating a RODEmap |
|
| 6/20/2017 |
Alex Huryn & Josh Schimel |
|
| 6/27/2017 |
Jeremy May |
Temperature events and their impacts on plant phenology |
| 7/4/2017 |
Adrianna Trusiak |
Seeing Red in Blue waters and Snow! The role of Iron in liberating CO2 |
| 7/12/2017 |
Tracie Curry |
Paths toward Shared Understanding in Transdisciplinary Knowledge Processes |
| 7/17/2017 |
Matt Irinaga |
CPS Arctic safety |
| 7/18/2017 |
Diane Benson |
Living in Extreme Conditions: A Woman Truckers Perspective of Construction Days in
Toolik, Coldfoot and the Pass |
| 7/25/2017 |
Gus Shaver |
Forty years of change at Toolik Field Station and in moist acidic tundra |
| 8/1/2017 |
Tom Glass |
Tracking wolverines in the greater Toolik area |
|
8/8/2017
REU
|
| Quinn Gavin |
| Thomas Hafen |
| Erynn McNeill |
REU Presentations |
| Sagwon Bluffs Soil and Vegetation Assessment |
| Exploring the differences in fish populations between open and closed systems |
| How herbivory affects the growth of Siberian Alder |
|
| 8/15/2017 |
Go Iwahana |
Quantification of Thermokarst and Carbon Release |
| 8/22/2017 |
Ned Fetcher |
Cottongrass Ecotypes |
| 8/29/2017 |
Breck Bowden |
Effects of Climate Warming on Stream Metabolism: A Continental Perspective |
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 6/7/2016 |
Tom Glass |
Trails and Travails: Tracking the Elusive Wolverine |
| 6/14/2016 |
Will Longo |
Molecular fossils from northern Alaskan Lake sediments record 16000 years of climate
change |
| 6/21/2016 |
Jesse Krause |
White crowned Sparrows |
| 6/28/2016 |
Christie Haupert |
Arctic Field Training |
| 7/5/2016 |
Greg Hill & Traci Ruthkoski |
Arctic Grayling & UAVs |
| 7/12/2016 |
Kimberly Maher |
Permitting for Science on Alaska DNR land |
| 7/19/2016 |
Christine Hedge |
Mercury dynamics of an arctic tundra ecosystem in northern Alaska: a mass balance |
| 7/26/2016 |
Steve Oberbauer |
Glaciers, frogs, and cushion plants |
| 8/3/2016 |
In a Time of Change Artist group |
Visiting artist group presentation |
|
8/9/2016
REU
|
|
| The Effect of Bryophyte Presence on Kuparuk Community Composition |
| Nutrient Use Efficiency Patterns of Moss in the Kuparuk River |
|
| 8/16/2016 |
Adrianna Trusiak |
Ironing Out the Arctic Carbon Cycle |
| 8/23/2016 |
Ben Abbott and Jay Zarnetske |
Permafrost Carbon Feedback and Pulsing Carbon Fluxes |
| 8/30/2016 |
| Agata Buchwal |
| Mike Gooseff |
|
|
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 6/2/2015 |
Rose Cory |
Radical carbon cycling |
| 6/9/2015 |
Jesse Krause |
Birds and stuff |
| 6/16/2015 |
CPS |
Arctic Field Training |
| 6/23/2015 |
Sally MacIntyre |
I Can't Shake the Lake: My 16 Years of Struggle at Toolik Lake |
| 6/30/2015 |
Byron Crump |
Biogeography of bacteria in streams and rivers: influence of environmental conditions
and dispersal |
| 7/7/2015 |
| Brie Van Dam |
| Traci Ruthkoski |
|
| Tropospheric O3 in the Arctic |
| Cool gadgets for science |
|
| 7/14/2015 |
Heidi Golden |
Fishscape: A Journey Through Time & Space |
| 7/21/2015 |
Ann Giblin |
Lake Fertilization: Who Wins and Who Loses? |
| 7/28/2015 |
| Gus Shaver |
| MBL Journalists |
|
| Scaling up from Toolik to the Arctic |
| Science Journalism |
|
|
8/4/2015
REU
|
|
| Structure of Fish Populations in Toolik-Area Lakes |
| Electron Donating Capacity in Natural Waters |
|
| 8/11/2015 |
Jeremy May |
A, Andrew, and the Arctic |
| 8/18/2015 |
Helen Chmura |
Bird Nerds on the Tundra |
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 6/3/2014 |
Traci Ruthkoski |
Arctic Glass plus Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
| 6/10/2014 |
Werner Eugster |
What fluxes out of Toolik Lake and the wetlands, and how we measure it |
| 6/17/2014 |
Annesofie Norn |
Another windless day in space looking down at drifting landscapes |
| 6/25/2014 |
David Hoekman and Yuri Springer |
The National Ecological Observatory Network: From big picture to bugs |
| 7/1/2014 |
Joe Tuck and John Brown (BBC) |
Everything you always wanted to know about natural history filmmaking but were too
afraid to ask |
| 7/7/2014 |
Morten Rasch |
Something strange is happening in the Arctic", plus overview of Zackenberg Research
Station and North Greenland expedition |
| 7/15/2014 |
|
| A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work |
| Persistent Organic Pollutants in Polar and Alpine Environments |
|
| 7/22/2014 |
Steve Oberbauer |
Cold season physiology of tundra plants |
| 7/24/2014 |
Hank Loescher and Russ Lea |
NEON Overview and Q&A session |
| 7/29/2014 |
|
| Heat fluxes in Arctic Rivers |
| Arthropod Community Responses to Fertilization and Fire |
|
| 8/5/2014 |
Nathan C. Healey |
A mobile instrumented sensor platform for long-term terrestrial ecosystem analysis:
An example application in the Arctic Tundra |
|
8/12/2014
REU
|
| Christine Pardo |
| Jamie Goethlich |
| Michell Rasmussen |
| Zach Osterhlz |
|
| Fun with phenology |
| Diet composition and size structure of slimy sculpin (Coltus cognatus) in fertilized and unfertilized lakes |
| Quantifying lateral inflows in Arctic beaded streams |
| Hyperspectral analysis of photosynthetic greening following tundra fire |
|
| 8/19/2014 |
Emily Voytek |
Visions of the Deep: Subsurface Characterization Of Water Tracks |
| Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title(s) |
| 5/22/2013 |
Jeffrey M. Welker |
The Mixing of the Modern and Ancient C Cycles in the High Arctic-Examples from NW
Greenland and Svalbard |
| 6/4/2013 |
Shahid Naeem |
The Consequences Of Biodiversity Decline |
| 6/11/2013 |
Kathleen Hunt |
Whale Poop & The Meaning Of Life |
| 6/18/2013 |
|
LTER Poster Presentations |
| 6/25/2013 |
Jonathan Perez |
"The effects of Methimazole on development of vernal migration in white crowned sparrows" |
| 7/2/2013 |
Cory Williams |
Keeping Time Under the Midnight Sun: Circannual and Circadian Rhythms of Arctic Ground
Squirrels |
| 7/9/2013 |
Sarah Page |
.OH, The Places You'll Go |
| 7/16/2013 |
Lee Vierling |
Lasers, Ecology and You |
| 7/23/2013 |
| Water Tracks Group |
| Erik Hobbie |
|
| An Introduction to the Water Tracks Team |
| Do Squirrels Eat Mushrooms? |
|
| 7/30/2013 |
Donie Bret-Harte |
The Great Pluck of 2013 |
| 8/6/2013 |
Cleo Davie-Martin |
This is Flaming Retarded! A Tale of Wayward Contaminants. |
| 8/13/2013 |
REU Presentations |
REU Presentations |
| 8/20/2013 |
Jeb Timm |
Snow Transects via Trans-Alaska Snowmachine Adventure |
| 8/27/2013 |
Chad Diesinger |
Climbing the West Ridge of Mt. Hunter |
Toolik Field Station
Sponsors sessions at the annual AGU fall meeting to promote interdisciplinary research
and foster collaboration.
Exhibition booth to network with researchers and future researchers during the conference.
