Women at ADF&G featured during Women’s History Month

ADF&G salutes women fish and wildlife biologists during Women's History Month.

by Laine Welch | March 8, 2022

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March is Women’s History Month and Alaska Fish and Wildlife News pays tribute to wildlife biologists who work with fish, bears, bats and birds.

Fisheries geneticist Kirsten Gruenthal of Juneau Credit: AK Fish & Wildlife News

Read more about what inspires these women and their hopes for others coming up through the AK fish and game ranks here

Tagged as: ADF&G, Women, Women's History Month

About Laine

Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She also has worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and on Cape Cod.

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