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Jayme Dittmar

Jayme Dittmar

Jayme Dittmar is a seasonal staff member of the sled dog kennels at Alaska's Denali National Park. She also is a graduate student studying Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism, so also has helped do video documentation and production work for the Park's kennel program. Jayme assisted with an oral history interview of kennel manager, Jennifer Raffaeli, on April 27, 2015. They had just returned from a dog sled trip along the old mail trail from Nenana to Manley Hot Springs.
Jayme Dittmar appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Jennifer Raffaeli, Part 1 2015-11_PT.1 Dog Mushing in Alaska

Jennifer "Jen" Raffaeli was interviewed on April 27, 2015 by William Schneider and Karen Brewster at her home at Denali National Park, Alaska. Jayme Dittmar, a sled dog kennel staff member, was also present during the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Jen talks about how she got involved with dog mushing and working for the sled dog kennel at Denali National Park. She talks about the role of the kennel manager, learning from the dogs, understanding the abilities and limits of the dogs, designing sleds, and use of sled dogs on park projects and for outreach and education. See the Denali National Park website for more information about the sled dog kennels and the role of sled dogs in cleaning up wilderness (including a short video clip of a clean up effort in Gates of the Arctic National Park). To keep up with the kennels' current activities, see their blog, "Runnin' With the Kennels."

Take a guided tour of Denali National Park's sled dog kennels with kennel manager, Jennifer Raffaeli (April 27, 2015; 19:41 min.).

 Jayme Dittmar
Jennifer Raffaeli, Part 2 2015-11_PT.2 Dog Mushing in Alaska

This is a continuation of the interview with Jennifer "Jen" Raffaeli on April 27, 2015 by William Schneider and Karen Brewster at her home at Denali National Park, Alaska. Jayme Dittmar, a sled dog kennel staff member, was also present during the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Jen talks about the history of Denali's sled dogs and their breeding program, as well as about the staffing and operations of the kennels in both winter and summer seasons.  See the Denali National Park website for more information about the sled dog kennels and the role of sled dogs in cleaning up wilderness (including a short video clip of a clean up effort in Gates of the Arctic National Park). To keep up with the kennels' current activities, see their blog, "Runnin' With the Kennels."

Take a guided tour of Denali National Park's sled dog kennels with kennel manager, Jennifer Raffaeli (April 27, 2015; 19:41 min.).

 Jayme Dittmar