Sitka Sound Science Center

Join our team!
We’re looking for Instrumentation and Data Systems Specialist.

This position will play a central role in maintaining and improving instrumentation used to study atmospheric rivers, precipitation, wind, hydrology, and landslide initiation processes in remote coastal mountain environments.

Learn more and apply today!
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NEW: More than 1.5 MILLION pounds of trash were cleaned up from Alaskan coastlines in 2025! 🌊

Developed in collaboration with Alaska Sea Grant and Sitka Sound Science Center, our recent statewide report shows just how impactful cleanups organized by Tribes, communities, fishermen, business, nonprofits and other across Alaska were last year. More than 1,600 ocean advocates and 25 lead entities helped make this incredible impact happen!

Our own Arctic Marine Debris Manager Kristina Tirman says it best: “This report gives us an opportunity to better understand the scale of the marine debris problem in Alaska and highlight the incredible efforts happening in communities across the state.”

We are proud to support and amplify the work of the organizations and Tribes who have been leading this work to protect Alaska’s coastlines and communities. Check out the full report PDF for all the incredible data from 2025’s Alaska cleanups! 🚮

🗞️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4uQHn3W

📊 Full report: https://bit.ly/49E6QVJ

We are so excited to welcome Melody to our Science Center Guide Team this year.

Melody is passionate about environmental educator and enjoys conversations that inspire people to reevaluate their relationship to their community and the greater biosphere. 

She started off her career with a degree in Business from California State University, Los Angeles, but has since transitioned into conservation spaces. She is now working on her Masters of Arts in Biology at Miami University. Melody has been an educator and naturalist throughout Alaska and California and is looking forward to supporting the Center this summer as a guide and serving as a medium between visitors and the Sitka Sound. 

Melody loves to be outdoors in her free time, hiking, surfing, and sitting around a campfire. She also loves a good fashion find at the thrift store!

We are so excited to have Melody on our team this summer and can’t wait to see her impact in Sitka.