Preliminary Schedule
Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
The abstract book is available as a PDF [3.6 MB].
Wednesday, 28 March |
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| 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Southwest Interagency-Fish Meeting (SWIM) | ||
| 12 – 1 p.m. | Lunch | ||
| 1 – 5 p.m. | Southwest Interagency-Fish Meeting (SWIM) | ||
| 6 – 9 p.m. | Kick off social at the Sea Inn Pre-Registration and Social Reception ($20 ticket) |
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Thursday, 29 March |
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| 7:30 – 9 a.m. | Registration and coffee | ||
| 9 – 9:30 a.m. | Opening Ceremonies (NR) Alice Ruby, Mayor, Dillingham Debi McLean, Director, UAF Bristol Bay Campus Todd Radenbaugh, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies |
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| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Plenary Session 1 The value of Ecological Complexity for Maintaining the Integrity and Resilience of Ecosystems Dr. Daniel Schindler, Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences/Department of Biology, University of Washington The Risks of Hatchery Programs Dr. Milo Adkison, Professor, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF |
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| 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:40 – 11:40 a.m. | Plenary Session 2 A Story of Science and the Application of Human Toxicology to Fish Consumption Guidelines for Methyl Mercury in a Subsistence Species in Western Alaska Joe Sarcone, U.S. Environmental Protection Region 10, Anchorage Climate Change and Public Health—Connecting the Dots in Southwest Alaska Michael Brubaker, Director, Center for Climate and Health, ANTHC |
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| 11:40 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Lunch | ||
Concurrent Sessions |
Western Alaska Fisheries (NR) | Indigenous Evaluation (SC) | Green Building (BV) |
| 1 – 1:20 p.m. | Summary of Chinook Salmon Escapement, Distribution and Run Timing in the Togiak River Watershed Using Radio Telemetry, TNWR, AK, 2008-2011 Theresa Tanner |
Workshop—Indigenous Evaluation: It’s only new because it’s been missing so long | Retrofitting Alaskan Homes for a Low Energy Future Rich Seifert |
| 1:20 – 1:40 p.m. | Nest Site Preference and Intrasexual Competition in Female Sockeye Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka Milo Adkison, et al. |
Indigenous Evaluator Sandy Kerr (Maori from Aotearoa New Zealand), Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Interior Aleutians Campus, UAF |
Commercial Energy Audit: A way to make changes within your organization Melody Nibeck |
| 1:40 – 2 p.m. | The Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program: Advances in genetic investigations of sockeye salmon Tyler Dann |
Developing Indigenous Evaluator Amelia Ruerup (Tlingit), Interior Aleutians Campus, UAF |
Biomimicry and Passive Survivability Create a Winning Design Lyle Axelarris |
| 2 – 2:20 p.m. | Changes in the Distribution of Alaska’s Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits in Western Alaska Marcus Gho |
TBA Kas Aruskevich, PhD Principal, Evaluation Research and Planning |
Net Zero Energy Ready Home in Dillingham, Alaska Tom Marsik/Kristin Donaldson |
| 2:20 – 2:40 p.m. | Spawning in the Rain: Geomorphic controls and biological responses to water source in Alaska Salmon bearing streams. Peter Lisi |
The Alaskan Growers School Donovan Kienenberger |
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| 2:40 – 3 p.m. | Break | ||
Concurrent Sessions |
Marine Science (NR) | Local/Traditional Knowledge (SF) | NSF Kickoff Meeting (SC) |
| 3 – 3:20 p.m. | FishMapper: An open platform to discover fish diversity in Alaska J. Andres Lopez |
Pribilof Islanders and their Avian Resources Rebecca Young |
NSF Grant Workshop—NUNAPUT Stewardship through Science: Honoring place in a changing world |
| 3:20 – 3:40 p.m. | Bristol Bay Beluga Whale Research 2002–2012: Scientists and hunters working together Lori Quakenbush |
Regulatory Process for Dual Management for Food Security Frank Woods |
NSF Grant Workshop continued |
| 3:40 – 4:00 p.m. | Seal and walrus disease event northern and western Alaska during summer/fall 2011 Gay Sheffield |
TBA Helen Aderman |
NSF Grant Workshop continued |
| 4 – 4:20 p.m. | More Investigations of Caloric Values of Estuarine Fauna from the Nushagak Bay Dan Dunaway |
Changes in Bristol Bay over 50 years Ofi Olsen/Mike Davis |
Session open only to NUNAPUT External Advising and Steering Committees |
| 4:20 – 4:40 p.m. | NOAA Processes in Cross-Cultural Communication and Cooperation: A case study of Northern Bering Sea research area Glenn Seaman |
The Courage to Be Ourselves Bob Aloysius |
Advising and Steering Committees continued |
| 4:40 – 5 p.m. | Temporal use of the Nushagak Peninsula by wolves, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Southwestern Alaska Pat Walsh |
Advising and Steering Committees continued | |
| 5 – 6:30 p.m. | Poster Session (NR) Posters will be up Thursday and Friday |
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Dinner, Keynote Address, and Banquet(Willow Tree Bar, $30 ticket) |
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| 6:30 – 7 p.m. | Local Subsistence Appetizer Social | ||
| 7 – 8 p.m. | Dinner | ||
| 8 – 8:30 p.m. | Keynote Address Retrofitting Alaskan Homes for a Low Energy Future Dr. Richard Seifert, Community Sustainability Coordinator and Professor Emeritus, Cooperative Extension Service |
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| 8:30 – 9 p.m. | Awards Ceremony | ||
Friday, 30 March |
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| 7:30 – 9 a.m. | Registration/coffee | ||
Concurrent Sessions |
Municipal Waste (NR) | Subsistence Science (BV) | Sustainable Energy (CL) |
| 9 – 9:20 a.m. | Hazardous Waste Identification and Handling for Rural Alaska Villages Ted Jacobsen |
Subsistence Science and the North Pacific Research Board Carrie Eischens |
Energy Efficiency vs. Renewable Energy: Data analysis and economics Tom Marsik |
| 9:20 – 9:40 a.m. | Igiugig Environmental Program Christina Salmon |
Human-Environmental Relations: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Resource Management in the North Davin Holen |
Renewable Energy Inventory of AK School Districts Art Nash |
| 9:40 – 10 a.m. | Assessment of Rural Alaskan Solid Waste Leachate Edda Mutter |
Local observations of change by subsistence harvesters in Togiak, Alaska Ted Krieg |
New Energy Efficiency Curriculum Developed Specifically for Alaska's K-12 Students Kimberly Maher |
| 10 – 10:20 a.m. | Solid and Liquid Waste by BBAHC to Rural Communities Jennifer Skarada |
ADF&G (and Humans?): An ethnography of institutional arrangements Jory Stariwat |
The Status of Renewable Energy Development in Alaska Courtney Munson |
| 10:20 – 10:40 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:40 – 11 a.m. | A Regional Approach to Backhauling and Recycling Hazardous Solid Waste Anahma Shannon |
Iliamna Lake Freshwater Seal: Local ecological knowledge and aerial survey data Yoko Kugo/Jamie Van Lanen |
Experience Garnered from Installation and Operation of Grid Tied Small Wind Turbines Bob Himshoot |
| 11 – 11:20 a.m. | Koliganek Landfill Extension and Renovation 2006 Delores Larsen |
Chignik, Alaska, Subsistence Salmon Ethnographic Project Lisa Hutchinson-Scarbrough |
Sustainable Energy Program and Projects at UAF Bristol Bay Campus Chet Chambers |
| 11:20 – 11:40 a.m. | Recycling and Conservation of Resources: Traditional Yupik values Harold Andrew |
Togiak Spawn-On-Kelp Project Sara Evans |
Renewable Energy Studies in Wood Tikchik Lakes: Elva and Grant lakes hydro projects Mark Storm and Don Thomas |
| 11:40 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Safe and Legal Fish Waste Composting in Alaska Izetta Chambers |
Thule Inuit Pioneers of Resolute Bay: Migration and settlement in the Canadian high arctic Sarah Hazell |
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| 12 – 1 p.m. | Lunch | ||
Concurrent Sessions |
Ecosystem Health 1. (NR) | Interdisciplinary Science (BV) | Food Security (SC) |
| 1 – 1:20 p.m. | Bio Complexity of Ecosystems in the North as a Framework for Place-based Science Education Larry Duffy |
Baseline Macroinvertebrate and Diatom Surveys in Wadeable Streams of the Kvichak and Nushagak Watersheds Rebecca Shafte |
Promoting Healthy Communities Through Food and Water Security Phil Loring |
| 1:20 – 1:40 p.m. | Subsistence Hunting: A strong predictor of waterfowl abundance in the Y-K Delta Doug Causey |
Developing an Ethnobotanical Garden in Bethel as an Academic and Public Outreach Resource Kevin Jernigan |
Food Security in Western Alaska—Problems, Opportunities, and Best Practices Jim Loiland |
| 1:40 – 2 p.m. | A Differentiated Approach in Determining Maximum Admissible Concentrations of Mercury for the Nura River Project Dinara Tamabayeva |
Boils in the Bush: Socio-ecology, Anthropology and Community Policy Maria Sistrom |
Southwest Alaska Gardening Initiative: Promoting food security and self-reliance in remote Alaska Michele Masley/Rae Belle Whitcomb |
| 2 – 2:20 p.m. | Alaska's ShoreZone Mapping and Imaging Program Cindy Hartmann-Moore |
Ecological Sampling DLG HS Advanced Biology Class |
Food Security in Western Alaska: Problems, opportunities, and best practices Izetta Chambers |
| 2:20 – 2:40 p.m. | The Trail Ends Here: Maintaining traditional trail connections Paul Liedberg/Todd Radenbaugh |
Discussion | Discussion |
| 2:40 – 3 p.m. | Break | ||
Concurrent Sessions |
Ecosystem Health 2. (NR) | Interdisciplinary Education (BV) | |
| 3 – 3:20 p.m. | North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska’s changing social-ecological systems Ray Barnhardt |
Bridging to Mathematical Success Heather Allen |
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| 3:20 – 3:40 p.m. | Long Term Risk of Releasing Potentially Acid Producing Waste Due to Tailings Dam Failure Dave Chambers |
Inquiry-based Learning Jodi Doster/David Finney/Shaelene Holstrom |
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| 3:40 – 4 p.m. | AOOS—Tools to Use and Improve Rosa Meehan |
EPSCoR: Science by Alaskans, Science for Alaska Tom Moran |
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| 4 – 4:20 p.m. | Anchorage's influence on invasive species in Bristol Bay Jennifer Robinette |
Higher Ed STEM Training with an Ocean Observation System Hector Douglas |
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| 4:20 – 4:40 p.m. | The Urban Muskox—A new phenomenon in NW Alaska Claudia Ihl |
Alaskans Resilience and Adaptation Program Ellen Weiser |
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| 4:40 – 5 p.m. | Protecting Habitat and Traditional Uses—A Shared Vision for the Nushagak Watershed Tim Troll |
TBA Bob Aloysius |
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| 5 – 6 p.m. | Dillingham Energy Tour | ||
Saturday, 31 March |
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2012 WAISC Special Session—Pebble Site Environmental Baseline Studies |
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| 8 – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome Debie McLean, BBC UAF |
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| 8:10 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. | Introduction: Purpose and rules of session Chair: Todd Radenbaugh, BBESL UAF Co-chairs: Ken Taylor, PLP and Tiel Smith, BBNC |
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| 8:20 – 8:40 a.m. | Overview of the Pebble EBD Jane Whitsett, PLP |
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| 8:40 – 9:25 a.m. | Surface Water Hydrology Jaime Cathcart, Knight Piesold |
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| 9:25 – 10:10 a.m. | Hydrogeology and Water Balance Hugh McCreadie, Piteau Associates |
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| 10:10 – 10:20 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. | Surface and Groundwater Quality Hugh McCreadie, Piteau Associates |
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| 11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Geochemistry Stephen Day, SRK Consulting |
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| 12 – 1 p.m. | Lunch (tickets provided to speakers) | ||
| 1 – 1:45 p.m. | Fish Resources MaryLou Keefe, R2 Resources |
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| 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. | Instream Flow Habitat Modeling Dudley Reiser, R2 Resources |
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| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Break | ||
| 2:45 – 3 p.m. | Overview: TNC and Independent Science Program Tim Troll, TNC |
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| 3 – 3:20 p.m. | Surface Water Quality Kendra Zamzow, CSP2 |
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| 3:20 – 3:40 p.m. | Fish Density and Distribution Sarah ONeal, FRC |
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| 3:40 – 4 p.m. | Fish Resources, Groundwater and Salmon Carol Ann Woody, FRC |
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| 4 – 4:20 p.m. | Water Quality at Drill Rig #6 South Molly Welker, BERS |
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| 4:20 – 4:40 p.m. | Siesmology, Earthquakes at Pebble? Bretwood Higman, CSP2 |
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| 4:40 – 5:30 p.m. | Discussion/Questions | ||
Sessions and Session Chairs/Cochairs*
- Western Alaska Fisheries, Mark Lisac (mark_lisac@fws.gov)
- Marine Science, Dan Dunaway (dodunaway@gmail.com)
- Indigenous Evaluation, Dr. Debi McLean (dlmclean@alaska.edu)
- Sustainable Energy, Dr. Tom Marsik (tmarsik@alaska.edu)
- Green Building, Chet Chambers (cochambers@alaska.edu)
- Subsistence Science, Sarah Evans (ssevans7@gmail.com)
- Ecosystem Health, Dr. Todd Radenbaugh (taradenbaugh@alaska.edu)
- Interdisciplinary Education, Adam Kane (adam.kane@alaska.edu)
- Municipal Waste, Jennifer Skarada (jskarada@bbahc.org)
- Food Security, Izetta Chambers and Phil Loring (izetta.chambers@alaska.edu and ploring@alaska.edu)
- Local/Traditional Knowledge, Daniel Chythlook
- Pebble Baseline Studies, John Shively (Pebble Limited Partnership) and Tiel Smith (Bristol Bay Native Corporation)
- NSF Grant Workshop, Michelle Masley
*Sessions are subject to change.
Meeting Locations
- NR=New large room
- BV=Back part of VocTech room
- CL=Computer Lab
- SC=Small Conference Room (rm 145)
- SF=Sam Fox Museum
- FV=Front part of VocTech room (Food Room)