By Alaska Science Center
April 25, 2017
In 2015 and 2016, hundreds of thousands of dead and dying Common Murres washed ashore in Alaska. In March of 2016, biologists with the National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and US Geological Survey set out to Katmai National Park & Preserve to document the number of dead and dying seabirds there.
This video explores Alaska's largest seabird die-off and the survey effort to document its extent at Katmai.
Video: Responding to Alaska's largest seabird die-off at Katmai National Park & Preserve
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