His research today investigates the biotic and abiotic factors that affect bird populations. His projects focus on shorebirds as study subjects. His work focuses on documenting the status and distributions of shorebirds, studying the migration ecology of shorebirds and assessing the reproductive ecology of Alaska-breeding shorebirds. His current research focuses on climate change on shorebirds and their breeding habits in Arctic Alaska.

Mr. Jager will address concerns related to the Port of Alaska, including costs will needed for the port, money the state currently has, environmental issues, the endangered Cook Inlet belugas, hydrogen integration, the thirty-foot tides, climate change, and how this effects future jobs. Three quarter of consumer goods used by Alaskan residents go through the Port.

Program: Join the award-winning Alaska author as she shares her entertaining series of similarities between America's founding fathers Alaska's early pioneers as they struggled for our independence. Her five-book series, Aunt Phil's Trunk, won the Literary Classics 2016 Gold Metal for Best Nonfiction Series. Her school curriculum for the series took Silver in 2018. Series named best of Anchorage in education 2021, 2022, & 2023. Laura will bring some of her books and arrive in costume!

In Our Backyard is an opportunity to be proactive in addressing the needs of our homeless neighbors. It's a nonprofit founded in 223 by Central Lutheran Church in Anchorage. This project will serve as a model for other faith-based organizations, community groups, or businesses to address homelessness. Our mission is to serve our homeless senior citizen neighbors who make up 27% of our homeless population. As they work to obtain permanent homes we will help them by providing safe interim supportive housing and connections to support services. They need donations, personal items, and volunteers.