Sabrina Farmer

Sabrina (she/her) focuses her time on pollinator conservation, outreach and education, and environmental policy implementation. She is the staff lead for the endangered Aleutian shield fern. She led the Endangered Species Act assessment for Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus suckleyi) and co-leads the Alaska Pollinator Coordination Group. Currently, she is working to develop an Alaska statewide butterfly monitoring program to explore if butterfly declines observed elsewhere are occurring in Alaska. 

Sabrina received her bachelor’s degree in biology and women’s studies from Colgate University. Her interests are shaped by her time interning with the Rocky Mountain Conservancy, assisting research in northeastern Siberia, guiding on glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park, and working as an environmental educator for the BLM Campbell Creek Science Center. She is passionate about communicating science and conservation in an accessible, engaging way. Sabrina grew up playing in the streams and mountains of Vermont. You can find her continuing this play in the vast Alaskan landscape.

Sample Outreach Writing:

The Quest to Find an Endangered Fern - Practicing the Art of Botaneering

Watchable Wildlife – Viewing Alaska’s species and habitats on your public lands

Alaska’s 100 – Bees in the land of the midnight sun

Alaska’s Fast and Furious – Rufous hummingbirds in the far north

Fall Leaves and Winter Queens – Survival and death in a winter wonderland

Scientific Writing:

Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee Species Status Assessment