Get Reel with Abby – Close up with me!
Here in Anchorage, we will be welcoming our seasonal rangers, interns, and volunteers next Monday. We’re so excited to see all the new faces, and a couple of familiar ones, too!
This does also mean that the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center will be closed for the next two weeks for seasonal training, and our social media may be quiet. There’s a lot to learn about Alaska’s public lands, and we want to ensure that everyone is set up for success.
In the meantime, America the Beautiful passes can be obtained at the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Information Center on 7th Avenue as well as U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center on 1st Avenue.
See you Memorial Day weekend!
#AlaskaPublicLands #GetReelWithAbby
Video Credit: NPS Video/A. Cook
Video Description: View from inside a building of a uniformed person bringing in a large “OPEN” sign, a shot of the sign inside the building under a whiteboard with yesterday’s date and weather written on it, a shot of a TV with a video on it being paused, a shot of the same person turning off a light above an arctic fox exhibit, a shot of stamps being reorganized and ink closed, a shot of the same person turning an exhibit on fire to the first page of the book, a shot of the person unlocking a cabinet door to turn off a light in an exhibit with brown caribou pelts and skulls, a shot from the front desk of the overhead lights turning off in the Center, and a shot of someone writing 224 on a sheet of paper in a column titled “Daily Count”, this number is also shown on a metal clicker.
Get Reel with Abby – Permafrost Kit Unboxing!
Here at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center, we have quite a number of education kits available for check out. Just look at that wall of suitcases!
To check out this kit or learn what else we have available, please reach out; Educational Adventures for Alaska's Parks & Public Lands - Alaska Public Lands (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov). Kits can be used in a variety of settings; traditional classroom, homeschool, scout troupe, etc. - check out yours today for learning more about your public lands!
#AlaskaPublicLands
Video Credit: NPS Video/A. Cook
Video Description Indoors: a uniformed person picks up a dark blue, hard-sided, roller suitcase and puts it on a white plastic folding table; the camera pans over the contents of the suitcase; the person pulls colorful plastic models out of bubble wraps; a close-up of the earthen models; a model shows a sinking house and road; the camera shows a check-out form and then pans across two walls worth of shelved of suitcases.
Get Reel With Abby!
In the winter months, the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center is open Monday thru Thursday form 10am AKST to 5pm AKST. Why aren’t we open Fridays?
This is because on Fridays our staff is either hosting educational field trips at the center itself or going to community locations for outreach. For example, last Friday we were at Mountain View Library!
#AKCommunity #Outreach #AlaskaPublicLands
Video Description: Starts outdoors; outside of a building with two signs that say MT. View Public and Library; pan to a shot of hand opening; inside shot of public building heading towards another doorway showing a sign of “Chat With a Park Ranger” on door; door opens into large sunny room with two table with tablecloths on them; closeup of had flipping a sign that says “Whose Fur is This?” and furs below sign.
Calling all youth! (Between the ages of 15 and 19)
Intern with the National Park Service this summer at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center!
Length of internship is 10 weeks from June 3-August 9, 2024 at a rate of $14.34 per hour (full time, 40hr work week).
Apply by Thursday, April 25, by either following this linkhttps://www.nps.gov/.../DI-4014-YCC-Application-Form.pdf or having an interested youth scan the QR code in this post!
We would love to have you join our team for the summer!
#AlaskaPublicLandsSpotlight #alasksanps
Video Description: pan of interior of exhibit area; close up on taxidermy polar bear, cutout of an elderly man, and then a taxidermy sea otter being pulled by rope; final shot is of a young person standing in exhibit area waving at camera.
Find your bestie in uniform this summer!
The Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Centers and National Park Service @alaskanps are currently hiring seasonal employees for this summer. These positions are in partnership with the Student Conservation Association and the Youth Conservation Corps. These posting will close on April 15 or when the positions are filled. Apply today!
For more information and to apply for Student Conservation Association opportunities, visit https://thesca.org/about/regional-presence/sca-alaska
For more information and to apply for Youth Conservation Corps opportunities, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/youthprograms/youth-conservation-corps-opportunities.htm
#alaskapubliclands #AlaskaNPS
Video Credit: NPS/L. Crowe
Video Decription: Indoors, large visitor center; "When you and your bestie are matching" stays at top of screen and various shots of two park rangers lip syncing to lyrics that also show up on screen as they go in and out of various locations in the center.
Get Reel with Abby – 🚨 NEW EXHIBIT ALERT! 🚨
Spring has sprung in Anchorage, and it’s time to change out our exhibits. This caribou exhibit was designed by Tommy, a Student Conservation Association (SCA) intern last summer, and luckily he was able to come back as a volunteer and arrange it according to his vision.
Check out this exhibit and more on subsistence in Alaska at the Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center – this particular exhibit is only up for a few more months!
#AlaskaPublicLands #GetReelWithAbby
Video/Image Credit: NPS/A. Cook
Video Description: Indoors; panning a glass exhibit case with fur items such as a robe, mittens, and hats to then an empty glass exhibit case, to then the exhibit case being filled with lighter fur pelts and skulls/antlers. Final shot is a photo of a young person in a yellow jacket and hat looking into the exhibit case (perspective is looking through glass case at person).
Get Reel With Abby!
It may not be morning, but our interns are so psyched to open our doors tomorrow to celebrate the 2024 Fur Rondezvous they forgot what time it was! The Alaska Public Lands Information Center will be open on Saturday, February 24, from 10am-5pm with FREE activities for the whole family.