ABSI was awarded a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding to connect Indigenous communities on both sides of the Bering Strait around the topic of northward expansion of Steller Sea Lions. This project is in collaboration with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and Alaska Sea Grant and will bring together sea lion experts from communities on the Alaska and Russian sides of the Bering Strait for an exchange of knowledge about this species. The ADF&G aims to learn from the experts in order to develop its sea lion monitoring in the region. This grant to ABSI from a private foundation was pivotal in order to unlock a larger grant from the National Park Service that will also support this project.
