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Bruce Wright has served
as the Director of Conservation Science Institute since 2002, Chief
Scientist for the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association since 2005 and
science advisor to Aleut International Association since 2006. Wright is the
PI on four current projects: Testing and Monitoring for Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning in Aleut Communities; Oil Spill Capacity Building, Preparedness
and Monitoring Project; Seven Generations Project and Bald Eagle Assessment
in Sand Point, Alaska.
Wright completed his
biology and ecology degrees in 1978 at San Diego State University where he
studied
white-tailed kites
for his graduate project. Wright
earned his education credentials at the University of Alaska. He worked as a
fisheries biologist and habitat biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game, then, after receiving his teaching certificate, he worked as an
elementary and high school science and math teacher. Wright began his tenure
with the University of Alaska as a wildlife curriculum writer and later as a
university professor. At the University of Alaska, Wright was involved in
writing six university distance-delivery course curriculums and taught those
courses to an international audience (Brown
Bears
of Southeast Alaska Bio 393; Teaching About Brown
Bears, ED 693; Bald Eagles of Alaska's Coastal Rain Forest, Bio 393;
Teaching About Bald Eagles, ED 693; Killer and Humpback Whales of the
Northeast Pacific, Bio 393, and Teaching About Killer and Humpback Whales of
the Northeast Pacific, ED 493). Wright received the
Conservation Education Outstanding Achievement Award
for 1998 for the bald eagle course.
During his tenure with
NOAA Fisheries, Wright worked for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council helping to guide their science program and direct the Alaska
Predator Ecosystem Experiment and Alaska Shark Assessment Program. From 1997
to 2001 Wright was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Bald Eagle Research Institute.
In 2000 Wright was selected as host scientist for Alaska for the JASON XIII:
Frozen Worlds. Also in 2000 he was assigned to be the science advisor to
Alaska's Governor Tony Knowles and his work for the Pew Oceans Commission.
Wright has been on national and international media (60 Minutes, SKY News
and others) where he discussed Alaska topics including the Exxon Valdez
oil spill, bald eagles, climate change and sharks. Wright has some
publications to his credit including three books; Ecology and Conservation
of Alaska's Predators (expected release spring 2007, Hancock House
Publishing), Bald Eagles in Alaska and Alaska's Great White Shark. |
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