Projects

John Landsiedel:
John Landsiedel is the Dillingham area wildlife biologist of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. John manages the Mulchatna caribou herd and moose and bear populations in Unit 17 of Southwest Alaska. John is an avid hunter and outdoorsman-he's especially passionate about mountain goat hunting.

John used his scholarship funds for dual-instructed flight hours and solo training flights to work toward his private pilot's license. Upon obtaining his license and logging more flight hours, John aspires to fly for the Department and to conduct telemetry surveys, primarily conducting mortality investigations for moose and caribou. This could lead to performing other surveys across Region 4 (Palmer/Glennallen) for Dall sheep and mountain goats, or neighboring districts (Bethel, McGrath, King Salmon) for bears, Dall sheep, muskox, and other species.

Lincoln Parrett:
Lincoln Parrett works as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation Regional Supervisor for Region 3 (Tok, Northeast Alaska, Galena, Fairbanks, Delta Junction and McGrath). Lincoln has worked in the wildlife field since ~1998, and he started working with the Division of Wildlife Conservation in a permanent capacity in 2007.

Lincoln typically flies around 200 hours per year for the state. He flies radiotracking surveys for caribou and moose, helps with capture events and participates in abundance surveys for moose and caribou. In the last two years, Lincoln has also started to fly sheep surveys and find sheep for captures. Lincoln has already flown over 2200 hours, and has his private pilot’s license, tail wheel endorsement, complex aircraft endorsement, and high-performance endorsement.

With the scholarship funds, Lincoln will be working towards his commercial rating. A commercial rating is required by division policy to fly several of the State of Alaska’s aircraft including the Cessna 206 and de Havilland Beaver, and with this rating, Lincoln will be able to greater assist other staff with duties requiring these airplanes. Lincoln is also considering working toward a flight instructor rating and would like to help train Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff internally.