Susan Oehlers & Anne Schaefer

Susan Oehlers grew up in Minnesota, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master's Degree in wildlife biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Susan has worked with a wide variety of animals and birds, including wolves, moose, brown bears, small mammals, spotted owls, songbirds, Canada geese, and terns. Susan is currently the wildlife biologist for the Yakutat Ranger District of the Tongass National Forest. As co-chair of the Pacific Seabird Group Aleutian Tern Technical Committee, she is involved in the Yakutat-based Aleutian tern research.  Susan also plays a key role in the Yakutat Tern Festival. 

Anne grew up in South Dakota and has spent the past 12 years living and working in Alaska. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State University and a Master of Science in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana. Anne is currently a researcher at the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, Alaska, where her primarily focuses on seabirds and shorebirds in Prince William Sound and on the Copper River Delta.