Board member Sharry Miller and daughter Rowan in Valdez.

Staffer Stan Jones at the beach with Susan, Sydnie, and Gypzy.

Staffer Tamara Byrnes with daughters Delaney Mikluscak and Jaime Arciniega.

Purse seiners fish for pinks at Chenega Bay.

Council staffer Jacquelyn Olson (right), board member John Velsko (below), and staffer Donna Schantz (below right) show off their catches.

Staffer Susan Sommer displays the chives and fiddlehead ferns she picked at the family fish camp on Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet.

Committee volunteer Leslie Morton and family went dipnetting on the Kenai River.

Council staffer Mary Schonberger entered her Siberian husky, Gabriella, in a show at the Tanana Valley Kennel Club in Fairbanks and won!

Board member Al Burch relaxed with Barbara, his wife of 47 years, at their home in Kodiak. Also shown Lily, Lady Bug, and Truk.

Committee volunteer Bob Benda drove his motorcycle in the annual Gold Rush Days parade in Valdez.

Board member Steve Lewis took a break from working on a well repair at the Milne Point oil field on the North Slope.

Staffer Linda Swiss landed a nice silver at the family fish camp at Polly Creek in Cook Inlet.

Committee volunteer Agota Horel worked in her lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She appears here with a group of microbes known as 7S, which she describes as “my favorite.”

Executive Director John Devens was interviewed by a television crew during a visit to Chenega Bay in late August.