forestry – Alaska Voices

Field log: A full career of fundamental boreal forestry

January 12, 2026

A woman and man in smile in a selfie in front of a photoshopped background of blueberry bushes and mountains int he distance.

“I remember his frustration as budgets were being cut. Now most of us experienced a mixture of apprehension and anger. The anger from the injustice of it and apprehension from how is this going to affect what matters to me? Not just my job, although that’s there, but also the things that I’m doing that I think are important And as near as I could tell, he experienced only anger. He was pissed.” – Dave Valentine

Two career paths from El Yunque to Alaska

July 30, 2020

“When you get out to the real world the skills that you need are going to be really varied. I think that’s helpful for a new generation of scientists, be aware that there’s not one way to do it.”

Fireside chat

July 20, 2020

“The key for us is being able to justify and ground decisions in good science.”

Growing a collaboration

June 15, 2020

“I think what I’ve been focusing on is how can we take something that can spill out of people in such a negative way and make it neutral?”