Danielle Lowrey and Katherine Russell,
Orutsararmiut Native Council
Danielle Lowery was born and raised in Bethel, Alaska. She received her bachelor's degree in marine biology at the University of Alaska Southeast and then returned to her hometown to work for her Tribe. She now serves as the fisheries partners biologist for Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC) in Bethel.
Katie Russell is a Fisheries Partner Biologist for Orutsaramiut Native Council (ONC) in Bethel, Alaska. She has multiple years of field experience with Pacific salmon from working on weir projects near Sitka prior to moving to Bethel. She works on ONC’s inseason subsistence harvest monitoring program and postseason subsistence harvest surveys project in collaboration with ADF&G, produces the inseason harvest estimates in collaboration with Kuskokwim Intertribal Fish Commission, works with youth programs, and supports other projects as needed. Ms. Russell received her BA in Environmental Studies from George Mason University in 2020 where she conducted her research on anadromous populations of river herring in the Potomac River.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
