Tom Pogson Email & Phone Number

Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak, Alaska

Coordinate employment and training services for the Native tribes of the Koniag region.

Kodiak, Alaska

Support Native Youth seeking employment training skills and assist with education and other training. Coordinate a supplemental employment program for native youth 14-24 yo.

Kodiak, Alaska

Organization and coordination of 3 marine debris removal programs in 2013: 1) Kodiak Coast Walk, the 2) Kodiak Marine Debris Incentive Program both funded by the State of Alaska and the Alaska Marine Stewardship Foundation with a small grant from the Walmart Corporation, and 3) the Tugidak Community Marine Debris Removal project a two year program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Island Trails Network, and Kodiak Area Native Association. I have been responsible for budget and equipment management, grant reporting, outreach, radio and newspaper interviews, and field work. I also managed the Phase 1 Kodiak Safe Routes to School grant from the Alaska Department of Transportation, participated in the study to identify barriers that keep more elementary and middle school students from walking or biking to school at 5 Kodiak Schools, and assisted ITN Safe Routes to School consultant Michelle LeBeau and ITN ED Andy Schroeder in crafting, publishing and distributing the Kodiak Safe Routes to School Plan. I am currently the lead on the implementation of the Kodiak Safe Routes to School Plan and the Phase 2 Kodiak Safe Routes to School Grant. In February completed a League of American Bicyclists "League Certified Instructor" Course to add safe cycling instruction to my quiver. It's been a busy time since I joined Island Trails Network in September of 2012 .... and it's always been interesting. Check us out on the web .... www.islandtrails.org .

Kayak instruction focused on sea paddling, American Canoe Association and British Canoe Union instructor/coach/assesor qualifications 1995 to present. Based in Homer, Alaska, specialize in water safety education and sales of only the safest best equipment in the Global sea kayaking industry: Nigel Dennis and Valley sea kayaks, Kokatat dry suits, Werner paddles, Snap Dragon skirts. Writing sea kayak trip planning guide for Alaska: "Wiiliwaw Blues". In September 2012, I moved to Kodiak where I continue to run the Alaska Kayak School on a part-time basis, using 18 years of paddling in Alaska as a platform to promote water safety and enjoyment of paddle sports in Alaska.

Using and selling quality watersports clothing for cold water paddling and kayak training in Alaska and other cold water regions.

Published 3 articles re: sea kayaking in Alaska, Ocean Paddler (14) , Bear Conservation and Safety, OP (15 ) Paddling Alaska: selecting a sea kayaking venue, OP (19) Should we go? Trip planning resources for wilderness sea kayaking expeditions in Alaska, you can get access to these articles by contacting www.oceanpaddlermagazine.com

Kodiak, Alaska

I have substituted in all 6 schools in the greater Kodiak City area, all 4 elementary schools (Peterson, Main, East, & North Star) and both the middle school and high school. I've substituted in robotics (hs), integrated science (8th grade), english (1st, 5th, 6th, & 7th grades), math (grades 5, 6, 7), music (kinder-5th), english language acquisition, physical science, special education (kinder, first grade, middle school and first grade). I have also substituted as head and assistant custodian at the middle school). It's a pleasure woking in schools with a multi cultural student body, including Americans, Filipino, an many latin cultures.

Kodiak, Alaska

Since 1999 imported Sea Kayaking UK sea kayaks, Explorer, Romany, HV Explorer, etc. to Alaska to use in expedition support, training courses, and sales. Repairs, warranty, quality control, and expedition planning in Alaska: Prince William Sound, Kenai Peninsula, Gulf of Alaska, Cook Inlet, Kodiak & the Aleutians. I am presently on Kodiak, and am no longer an active dealer of Nigel Dennis' fine designs, but have a small teaching/touring fleet for use in the Kodiak area. If you're an experienced SKUK paddler, and come to Kodiak, get in touch.

Valdivia, Chile

I have been invited as an instructor and an interpreter to the first International South American sea kayaking skills symposium to be held in Valdivia, Chile, from October 31-November 3, 2013. I was included in this event on a tip from a Brazilian sea kayaker that I met on FB and who attended the British Sea Kayak Festival I hosted in Homer, Alaska, in September 2011. My sea kayak coaching since 1997 and my fluency in Spanish (having grown up speaking Spanish as a first language in Puerto Rico), facilitated the invite. What an honor !!

No longer associated with Valley, but I did represent them as the only Alaska dealer from 1998 to 2012.

I wrote a monthly column, Kayak Alaska, for Coast Magazine, a free publication distributed in Alaska and funded by ad revenues. 650 words a month on kayak safety, kayaking Alaska, technique, philosophy, risk management, and much more, 4 years and over 30,000 words later ...... Lately I've been also contributing supporting digital photographic images along with the column.

Design video shoots, write scripts, assist in production, consult with producer and video team on production ideas, helped to produce 11 short films on kayaking adventure and safety in Alaska.

Coach sea kayaking skills 1-4 star level.

501c(3) rscearch and education on Alaska's birds, specialized in forest bird population and migration studies, based in Fairbanks, Alaska, is till going strong.

Field research in bird populations many locations around Alaska: North Slope - Colville River Delta; Togiak NWR - Dillingham; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta NWR - Old Chevak; Seward Peninsula Bristle-thighed Curlew Project.

M.S., Wildlife Biology

Activities and Societies: Studied Pacific Flyway Population of Lesser Sandhill Cranes and Central Valley Population of Greater Sandhill.

B.A., Biology

Activities and Societies: Spent most of my time at Malheur Environmental Field Station working as teaching assistant and maintenance.