Homer boat harbor viewed from the loading dock

Turnagain Arm from Highway 1 east of Anchorage

Homer boat harbor looking west

One of the more colorful spots on Homer Spit

CCMA scientists reunite (from left Kimani Kimbrough, Gunnar Lauenstein, Kris Holderied, Ed Johnson, and Ian Hartwell)

Homer boat harbor looking east

CCMA scientists Kimani Kimbrough and Ian Hartwell stand in front of the F/V Columbia

Deck hand Everett Anderson for F/V Columbia

Mark Janes, scientist with NUKA Research and Planning Group, LLC

Mark Janes, NUKA Research, prepares video recorder to capture images as sediment grab sampler is deployed

CCMA scientists Ian Hartwell and Ed Johnson inspect sediment grab sample recovered from Kachemak Bay

Capt. John Crosbie of the F/V Columbia and first mate Everett Anderson

CCMA scientist Ed Johnson on Kachemak Bay with Grewingk Glacier in the background

Homer High School students, Michael McNulty and Erika Gavenus, learn about sieving sediment samples for benthic infauna

Homer High School students, Erika Gavenus and Michael McNulty, observe a polychaete worm that was collected from sediment in upper Kachemak Bay

CCMA scientist, Ian Hartwell, prepares a sediment sample that will be used to determine toxicity to amphipods

Scientist Mark Janes of NUKA Research, deploys a secchi disk used to measure water clarity

A crab and tube worm casing found in a benthic grab sample

High School Student, Erika Gavenus, stands ready to record water quality data as CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell prepares a Niskin bottle used to collect water samples below the surface

Fog rolls in over the south shore of Kachemak Bay obscuring the Kenai Mountains in the background

Homer High School student Michael McNulty holds a starfish inadvertently captured with our sediment sampler

Unidentified benthic infauna

Evening light at Homer boat harbor with the Kenai Mountains in the background

Wind blown fog spills over Point Pogibshi north of Port Graham

Capt John Crosbie and scientist Tim Robertson a principal with NUKA Research in the wheel house of the F/V Columbia on their way to Port Graham

Capt. John Crosbie maneuvers the F/V Columbia into Port Graham, Alaska

Glenn Seaman, Native Alaskan Liaison for NOAA, confers with Capt. John Crosbie as CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell looks on

Port Graham resident and holder of traditional knowledge confers with CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell

Port Graham resident and holder of traditional knowledge observes benthic infauna isolated from sediment collected from Port Graham as scientist Glenn Seaman looks on

After removing sediment with a sieve a variety of benthic infauna can be observed including polychaetes, flatworms and brittle stars

Snow capped Ilimna volcano seen from Port Graham, Alaska over fifty miles away

CCMA scientist Kimani Kimbrough prepares a cooler filled with samples to be shipped to the lab

CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell prepares airbills to ship samples to the lab

Looking south from west end of Homer Spit

From the mainland looking east over Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska

Monument to lost seamen in the Seafarer's Memorial on Homer Spit

Seafarer’ Memorial, “The Sea” by Ryan Bundy 1996

Memorial to those lost at sea, Homer Spit

The fishing vessel (F/V) Columbia tied up in Homer harbor

CCMA scientist Ed Johnson observes sea kelp holdfast