Local Contacts

This is a listing of people in our region or Villages who are the immediate contacts for information or to relay questions. Please keep in mind that many of them are full-time employees with their own work to do. Nevertheless they are willing to help as much as they can.

Governmental employees may refer you first to their official agency speakers or to their agency webpages for information (see the category info sources). [Although special appropriation of federal funds has been directed to each state for use in H5N1 bird monitoring, it isn't yet being used for local offices or extra personnel out here.]

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Pam

YK Alaska http://ykalaska.wordpress.com This site

YK Alaska http://ykalaska.uniblogs.org

M. Pamela Bumsted, Ph.D.
Human Biologist
PO Box 1951
Bethel, AK 99559-1951
I’m in the Bethel phone book (but with dial-up Internet the phoneline is often busy)
ykalaska AT gmail DOT com

Alaska Fish & Game

Phil Perry, Area Wildlife Biologist
phillip_perry AT fishgame DOT state DOT ak DOT us
Local number for Phil is 543-2979. Toll free number in Alaska is 1-800-425-2979
PO Box 1467
Bethel, Alaska 99559-1467
543-2021 (Fax Number)

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (US Fish & Wildlife Service)

PO Box 346
Bethel, AK 99559
E-mail: yukondelta@fws.gov
Phone Number: 543-3151
807 Chief Eddie Hoffman State Highway
Visit the Refuge’s Web Site:
http://yukondelta.fws.gov

Fred Broerman, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist
543-3151
Fred_Broerman AT fws DOT gov

for questions related to schools programs only, contact
Donna L. Hanley, EdS, Education Specialist
543-1015
Donna_Hanley AT fws DOT gov

Association of Village Councils Presidents

Timothy Andrew, Director of Wildlife Resources
AVCP Division of Realty and Natural Resources
PO Box 219
543-7340
1-800-478-3521
tandrew AT avcp DOT org

The Delta Discovery newspaper

(on-line version of most news stories however, there isn’t a collected set of H5N1 stories yet. Check out all the newspaper links or search for INFLUENZA in their search box)
P.O. Box 1028
Bethel, Alaska 99559
543-4113
543-4116 (fax)
401 Ridgecrest Drive next to Subway
For general news and information: realnews AT deltadiscovery DOT com

Alaska Dept of Health & Social Services, Public Health

Tim Struna, RN, MPH
Public Health Nurse
PO Box 1048
Bethel, AK 99559
543-2110
Timothy_Struna AT health DOT state DOT ak DOT us

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. Office of Environmental Health and Engineering

They seem to be handling only the bird testing.
543-6420 or 1-800-478-6599.