Denali Education Center
(formerly the Denali Foundation)
People
Nenana River (McKinley Village)
The McKinley Village/Denali Education Center study site is run by Nan Eagleson. She has lived and worked in the Denali area for over 20 years and has been the chief naturalist and head instructor for the Denali Education Center (formerly the Denali Foundation) for 7 years. She guides birding trips for Wilderness Birding Adventures in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and her academic background is in biology.
Nan has been assisted by Willie Karidis, who has been the Executive Director of the DEC since 1992. Willie has done many things since arriving in Alaska in 1981: carpenter, elementary school teacher in Fairbanks, filmmaker, miner and restaurant manager.
Willie Karidis cleans a sheep's head at the Denali Education Center.
