Kenai/Soldotna

Location - Ashana Lake (2008-2009)

The second ALISON study site for Kenai Middle School and the home-school group was located in Soldotna on Ashana Lake, approximately 24 km SE from the school. It is located at 60°59.98'N, 151°48.96'W at an elevation of approx. 65m. Ashana Lake is a kidney shaped lake about 200 m long and 75 m wide. The lake is a clay bowl lake fed by run-off from rain and snow/ice melt from the surrounding rolling hillsides.

Aerial view of Ashana Lake.

Location - Marathon Lake (2004-2006)

The ALISON study site in Kenai was at Marathon Pond (60.5655°N, 151.2303°W ) on Marathon Road about 1.5 km west of Kenai Middle School. This roughly kidney-shaped pond is about 100 m wide and 200 m long. The pond is located on the grounds of the Alaska Regional Fire Training Center (also known as the Pacific Rim Institute for Safety Management – PRISM).

A view of Marathon Lake, January 2005.

Aerial view of Marathon Lake.

People

The ALISON study site in Soldotna was run by Cheryl Schey during the 2008-2009 school year. Cheryl was assisted by a group of home-schooled students.

Marathon Lake (2004-2006)

The ALISON study site in Kenai was run by Cheryl Schey and her 6th grade students at Kenai Middle School. Cheryl was also assisted by a group of Home-schooled children.

Originally from Pasadena, California, Cheryl has been teaching in Alaska for 15 years, all of them in the Kenai area.

Home schooled children make measurements at the ALISON site in Kenai.

Data

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