...Morton presented data compiled from a variety of sources and studies, most of which was collected by now-retired refuge ecologist Ed Berg. Berg's data showed the area has been warmer and drier in the last four decades. "We've lost over two inches...

Ed Berg has been quoted in numerous scientific journals, magazine articles and newspaper stories while serving as the ecologist for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for the last decade, and this month he adds one more to the list: National Geographic.

...plays out! Sue Ives is a graduate student at Alaska Pacific University working with professor Roman Dial and refuge ecologist Ed Berg. More information on drying Kenai wetlands can be found in past Refuge Notebooks on the refuge Web site, http...