Manchester Magazine Fall 2016 | Page 16

MU | F e a t u r e s I love watching the world get bigger for young people.” – Jerry Sweeten 2009 Indiana Professor of the Year This page, clockwise from top left: Part of the group takes a break along the primitive trail to Crescent Lake; Billy Pigg holds a young moose at the Kenai Moose Research Center while a biologist draws a blood sample for testing; a bald eagle poses proudly; and Tristan Barley crosses a glacial stream. Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Professor Sweeten examines the fish he just caught; students examine a red salmon at the Bear Lake Fish Hatchery; Collin Huffine kayaks on Kachemak Bay; and Josh Long holds a sea star in a tidal pool. 16 |