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Iconic Canadian Wilderness Rivers: Alsek, Tatshenshini, Wind, and Nahanni
April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday, April 17 at 7PM, East Buffalo Township Building, 589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA.
Dr. Warren “Abe” Abrahamson
Professor of Biology Emeritus, Bucknell University. Abe, a teacher and researcher at Bucknell University from 1973 until 2012 and a Research Associate of Archbold Biological Station https://www.archbold-station.org/ from 1976 to the present, held Bucknell University’s endowed David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics from 1983 until his retirement in 2012. Abe’s teaching was recognized with two awards from Bucknell University, the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1975 & The Class of 1956 Lectureship in 1982, and he was nominated for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award in 2007. His commitment to conservation was recognized in 1984 by National Audubon Society’s William Dutcher Award for Outstanding Service to the Audubon Cause at the Regional Level (Mid-Atlantic Region), in 2002 by a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Merrill Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy, and in 2014 by the Science and Conservation Awareness Award from Archbold Biological Station.
Professor of Biology Emeritus, Bucknell University. Abe, a teacher and researcher at Bucknell University from 1973 until 2012 and a Research Associate of Archbold Biological Station https://www.archbold-station.org/ from 1976 to the present, held Bucknell University’s endowed David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics from 1983 until his retirement in 2012. Abe’s teaching was recognized with two awards from Bucknell University, the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1975 & The Class of 1956 Lectureship in 1982, and he was nominated for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award in 2007. His commitment to conservation was recognized in 1984 by National Audubon Society’s William Dutcher Award for Outstanding Service to the Audubon Cause at the Regional Level (Mid-Atlantic Region), in 2002 by a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Merrill Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy, and in 2014 by the Science and Conservation Awareness Award from Archbold Biological Station.
Abe enjoys travelling and has participated in expeditions to the Andes Mountains, Amazon basin, as well as 3 trips to Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands (1979, 1990, 2008), Peru (including Machu Picchu), and Brazil. He has rafted or canoed white-water rivers (Tatshenshini, Alsek, Nahanni, and Wind Rivers)
Join us as ecologist and naturalist Warren Abrahamson shares his adventures on four of Canada’s iconic northwestern wilderness rivers — the Nahanni, Tatshenshini, Alsek, & Wind.
The Nahanni River flows through Canada’s deepest river canyons, past hot springs and geological features so unique that the Nahanni River was among the first World Heritage Sites to be declared by the United Nations in 1978.
Part of the world’s largest bio-preserve, the Tatshenshini River flows through the Yukon, British Columbia, Alaska, Glacier Bay National Park, Alsek/Tatshenshini Provincial Park, out to the Gulf of Alaska. It’s home to grizzlies, bald eagles, moose, wolves and more.
The Alsek River has its origins only a short distance from the Tatshenshini but the difference between the two rivers is dramatic. Starting in the rain shadow of some of North America’s tallest peaks, the Alsek River flows through two glacial lakes. Known for grizzly bears, wildflowers, and famed Turnback Canyon. The latter requires a portage assisted by helicopter.
The Wind River is an arctic mountain river and is renowned for its tremendous hiking and whitewater. Paralleling the border of the Yukon and Northwest Territories and ending above the Arctic Circle, the Wind is a crystal-clear remote northern river with superb mountain hiking.