Guest Lecturer Ivonne Romero presents winter movements and habitat selection of Trumpeter Swans in Washington, U.S. and their migration up the pacific coast to the Yukon. 
 
On April 13th, Ivonne Romero presented her graduate work on a sub portion of the Pacific Coast Population of Trumpeter Swans that winter in Lower Skagit Valley in northwestern Washington state, a collaborative project with Cal Poly Humboldt and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Ivonne's project involves data collected from GPS collars deployed on adult trumpeter swans in Lower Skagit Valley in early 2024, some of which spent time near Whitehorse! 

Her presentation was held at the Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon.







Jim Hawkings from The Trumpeter Swan Society and Ivonne Romero recent visit to Swan Haven.
Coming Events

Behavior and distribution of Trumpeter Swans in the Pacific Northwest

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Sunday, April 13th, 2025
7 pm (Free coffee/tea and cookies at 6:30 PM)
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse 

​Ivonne Romero is a graduate student of Cal Poly Humboldt, a polytechnic university in California. Ivonne has been studying the winter movements and habitat selection of Trumpeter Swans in Washington, U.S.. ​

​This event is being co-hosted by the Yukon Bird Club
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Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Dementia

Sunday, April 27th, 2025
7 pm (Free coffee/tea and cookies at 6:30 PM)
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse 

​Speaker Joan A. Casey, PhD, Associate Professor from the University of Washington School of Public Health, will discuss research into the association between long-term wildfire fine particulate matter exposure and incident dementia, and a study on the January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires using Kaiser Permanente Southern California electronic health record data.

Sponsors and Partners We'd Like to Thank

Yukon Tourism & Culture - Heritage Resources Unit: The Yukon Science Institute received its major funding this year from the Yukon's Heritage Resources Unit

Partners in the Public Lecture Series: Parks Canada and Yukon University host YSI lectures in Haines Junction. Their assistance is much appreciated.

Hosts for the Public Lecture Series: The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, a wonderful institution and gracious host. Don't miss it!  Normandy Living also graciously provides venues for public lectures.

Hosts for our Board Meetings: Associated Engineering, and Normandy Living. Their support is appreciated. 

Additional funding to support YSI activities comes from membership fees and donations of services.