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The Alaska Forum 1 General Information on the Environment Mission: 3 People Behind the Scenes “Alaskans working together to promote a clean, healthy environment through commu- 4 Special Thanks nication and education.”

The Alaska Forum and our 6 Agenda at a Glance programs or projects will not take political or advocacy positions. 12 Detailed Agenda - Monday Febuary 9th

The Alaska Forum works to promote a more 18 Detailed Agenda - Tuesday February 10th productive and efficient relationship between 25 Detailed Agenda - Wednesday February 11th government agencies, businesses, organizations, tribes, and the public by: 33 Detailed Agenda - Thursday February 12th • developing a more common understanding 40 Detailed Agenda - Friday February 13th and educational foundation; 42 Exhibitors and Booth Locations • providing opportunity for the exchange of information and 44 Dena’ina Center 3rd Floor Map experiences; and

• understanding the 45 Dena’ina Center 2nd Floor Map diversity of opinions and concerns of others.

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Our Organization: Our Funding: The Alaska Forum, Inc. was initially formed to support The Alaska Forum on the Environment is a 501(c) the Alaska Forum on the Environment, which cele- (3) nonprofit organization. Approximately 30% of brates its 17th year in 2015. This widely recognized our funding is provided in voluntary contributions event began in 1990 as the Alaska Federal Facility and sponsorships by members and partners. Our Environmental Roundtable; an annual conference leadership partners are organizations that invest both focused on contaminants, hazardous waste cleanup, staff resources and funding in the Alaska Forum on hazardous materials management, pollution preven- the Environment. 20% of our funding is invested by tion, etc., at federal facilities. The Alaska Forum on leading Alaskan industries and businesses. The re- the Environment - The Alaska Forum, Inc. operates maining 60% of event funding is derived directly from as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to support this participants through event registration fees. We limit annual educational event and fulfill our mission to organizational and sponsor contributions to ensure promote a healthy environment through communica- that our funding sources represent the diversity we tion and education. strive to achieve within the Alaska Forum on the Environment. Our Process: The Alaska Forum on the Environment resulting from Our Commitment: the efforts of a diverse group of organizations that The Alaska Forum on the Environment actively solicits serve as our Planning Committee, seeks to provide an partners that can provide constructive input in our open exchange of ideas and information in a respect- team approach. We value the individuals and the ful and courteous atmosphere. The structure of the organizations that work with us in a statewide spirit event allows participants the opportunity to reach a of cooperation to achieve this premier event. We greater understanding of the issues and of each other: believe that we can find positive ways to maximize rural and urban; industry and private; agency and environmental benefits through cooperative approach- public; students and scholars; ...and those who are es, partnerships, and the sharing of information and just plain interested in the environment! The dedicated ideas in a respectful forum. We believe that effec- support of volunteers using a team approach, which tive communication can provide the foundation for is respectful of the diversity of opinions and perspec- Alaska’s environmental community. Our mission is to tives of all Alaskans, creates a successful event. We promote a healthy environment through communica- actively seek agenda input throughout the planning tion and education; and we welcome support from process. While most topics are informational, others those who share in this goal. present more complex issues and challenges facing environmental, corporate, and regulatory agencies in Alaska. We actively work to best address all issues in-

cluding those that are complex by structuring sessions 2015 to encourage problem solving and present diverse perspectives and alternative viewpoints. We encour- age the opportunity for an informed and respectful dialogue with all of our presenters. The Alaska Forum on the Environment and other Alaska Forum programs and projects do not take political or advocacy posi- tions. The result is a hugely diverse agenda, with over 130 Breakout Sessions and 6 Keynote Events. Topics and the presenters range from Alaska’s communities to federal, state and tribal government agencies; international organizations and governments; to those specialized in technical science and the environment. If you are interested in helping to shape the agenda of the Alaska Forum on the Environment, please con- tact us: your support is welcome! Printed on Recycled Paper

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Board of Directors Staff Kurt Eilo Lisa Matlock President/Chair: Kurt A. Eilo Alaska Forum Prince William Sound Douglas Mutter Executive Director Regional Citizens’ Emily Ford Advisory Council Officers and Directors: Karen Kroon Alaska Energy Authority Elaine Abraham Deputy Director, Jerome Montague Elder Apprenticeship Program Nancy Fresco, US Air Force Director University of Alaska Larry Bethel Fairbanks Laura K Perry Environmental Lindsey Jolly ConocoPhillips Management Inc. Finance Director Jean Gamache National Park Service Richard Porter, Patricia Cochran Josh Sherwood Knik Tribal Council Alaska Native Science Green Star Santina Gay Commission Program Director US Environmental Stephen Price Protection Agency Alaska Department Kym Dixon Matt Schmitt of Environmental BP Green Star and Bill Heubner, Conservation, Solid Technical Support National Park Service Waste Program Kurt Eilo Alaska Forum Kate McLaughlin Timothy Hoffman Todd Radenbaugh Technical Editor Alaska Department University of Alaska, John Halverson of Environmental Bristol Bay Campus Alaska Department Planning Committee Conservation of Environmental Erika Ammann Rob Rosenfeld Conservation National Oceanic Doug Huntman Rosenfeld Consulting and Atmospheric Alaska Department Services Pat Lavin Administration of Environmental Conservation Barb Schrader, Thomas Manson David Bell US Forest Service ConocoPhillips Air Force Civil Lindsey Jolly Engineer Center Alaska Forum Bob Shirley Vivian Melde Air Force Civil Engineer Steve Brashear Ty Keltner Center Richard Porter ConocoPhillips Alaska Department Knik Tribal Council of Environmental Win Westervelt Meg Burgett Conservation Ch2MHill Alan Quesnel University of Alaska WHPacific Inc. Fairbanks, Cooperative Klaudia Jo Klaudi Sam A Widmer Extension Knik Tribe ConocoPhillips Randy Virgin RockTenn Grace Cochon Sylvia Kreel DeShana York US Deptartment of Department of Natural University of Alaska the Interior Resources Coastal Impact Fairbanks, Cooperative Assistance Program Extension

Rebecca Colvin 2015 Alaska Department Karen Kroon, of Environmental Alaska Forum Conservation David Lockard Katie Conway Alaska Energy Authority Alaska Energy Authority Bob Loeffler Therese Deardorff University or Alaska Defense Logistics Agency Anchorage

Laurel Devaney, Thomas Manson US Fish & Wildlife Service ConocoPhillips

John Duffy Ben Martich University of Alaska Geosyntec Consultants

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Alaska Conservation Oil Spill Recovery Institute US Department of Agriculture, Foundation Rural Development Prince William Sound Alaska Department of Science Center US Department of the Interior Environmental Conservation Solid Waste Association of US Environmental Protection Alaska Department of North America, Alaska Chapter Agency Natural Resources University of Alaska, US Fish & Wildlife Alaska Natural Resource Anchorage Service & Outdoor Education University of Alaska, US Forest Service BP Bristol Bay Campus US National Ocean and BP Energy Center University of Alaska, Atmospheric Administration Fairbanks EPA Region 10 Tribal US National Park Service Operations Committee University of Washington Knik Tribal Council US Air Force

Youth Shoe Recycling Project Alaska Natural Resource & Cooperative Extension Service Skinny Raven Outdoor Education Emerald Alaska Total Reclaim BP REI US Fish & Wildlife Service ConocoPhillips

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Monday February 9th 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM 7:30 AM NOON KEYNOTE EVENT: The Ocean Research Registration is available at the Alaska Forum Project Team Shares 14,000 Miles Of Marine Registration and Service counter. Debris Surveying Keynote Speaker: Matt Rutherford, Nicole Trenholm 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Morning Music - Diana Z Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Assessing Risks Of Oil Spills In Alaska 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Tikahtnu D Oil Spill Recovery Institute Advisory Board Annual Meeting Climate Adaptation At The Local Level: Use Of Plans & K’enakatnu Board Room Zoning To Build Sustainability Tikahtnu E 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM OPENING KEYNOTE EVENT: Federal Agency Tribal Liaisons: Tribal Engagement Vicki Hitzges - Creating Cultures of Encouragement And Consultation Overview Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Tikahtnu C

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Futures OPEN: Sustainable Agriculture Education In Complexity, Risk Assessment, And Building Alaska’s Interior Sustainability Tubughneq’ #5 Kahtnu #1 Innovative Approaches To Wildlife Interactions At Environmental Impacts & Heath Risk In Yakutat From The Point Thomson Project Former Military Operations: A 3 Part Case Study Kahtnu #2 Tikahtnu D Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Updates IARPC And You: Advancing Collaborations Tubughneq’ #3 Kahtnu #2 Tier 4 Fuel Standards: Are You Ready? Info & Answers Innovative Citizen Science Community Projects For Rural AK Mobile & Stationary Applications Tikahtnu C Tubughneq’ #4

Observing Alaska’s Coasts And Ocean: Best 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Practices For Community-Based Monitoring Climate Change Learning & Responding Tools Tubughneq’ #3 for Communities Tubughneq’ #5 Ocean Currents: Memorializing And Applying Traditional Knowledge Community Participation In Spill Planning Tikahtnu E And Response Tikahtnu D Recent Research On Dispersants For Oil Spill Response EPA Tier 4 Fuel Standards: Follow Up Discussion Tubughneq’ #4 Tubughneq’ #4

Youth And Adult Environmental Project Showcase Flood Outreach To Galena Residents - Getting Them (Part 1 of 2) Back Into The Home Safely Tubughneq’ #5 Kahtnu #1

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Stakeholder Collaboration For Marine Safety Youth And Adult Environmental Project Showcase And Conflict Avoidance (Part 2 of 2) Tubughneq’ #3 Tubughneq’ #5

Tools For Advancing Community Environmental 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM And Sustainability Issues Balancing Hydroelectric And Environmental Resources K’enakatnu Board Room Kahtnu #1

Traditional Food And Water Monitoring In Rural Alas- Climate Change & Extreme Events: Risk, ka During A Time Of Rapid Environmental Change Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessment (Part 2 of 2) Tikahtnu C Kahtnu #2

Using Indigenous Knowledge And Western Science To Fire In A Changing Climate Understand Change In The Yukon River Basin Tikahtnu D Tikahtnu E Rural Alaska Utility Study 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Tikahtnu C Celebrating Youth As Environmental Leaders Evening Social STAR: A Green Remediation Technology For Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Petroleum Hydrocarbons Tubughneq’ #3 Tuesday February 10th 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Surface Water Quality Analysis: An Occupational MORNING KEYNOTE EVENT: Ann Mayo-Kiely - Endorsement That Meets EPA IGAP Requirements Youth and Community Engagement Tikahtnu E Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Valuing Matanuska-Susitna Basin Ecosystems 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Tubughneq’ #4 Advanced High Resolution Contaminated Site Characterization Using UVOSTTM And Other Tools Waste Erosion Assessment And Review Kahtnu #1 (WEAR) Project – Final Report Tubughneq’ #5 Climate Change & Extreme Events: Risk, Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessment (Part 1 of 2) 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM Kahtnu #2 Tribal-Military Leaders Meeting And Reception OFF SITE - JBER Demonstration Of The Biomass Fuel Calculator 2015 Tubughneq’ #3 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Circumnavigation Of The Americas - Elements Of A Modern Mine A Solo Sailing Trip Tikahtnu D Tikahtnu D

Imagery Basemap And Elevation Model For Alaska Coal: Lessons From 72 Years Of Mining Coal Coastal Communities And LiDAR – What’s The Point? In Healy Tubughneq’ #4 Tikahtnu C

Looking Back At A Decade Of Solid Waste Removal DEC Solid Waste Program - We’re The Government. From Rural Alaska We’re Here To Help! Tikahtnu E Tikahtnu E

The Alaska Native Fund Engaging Rural Youth With Environmental Tikahtnu C Action Projects

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Geothermal Potential At Pilgrim Hot Springs: Arctic Council, 101 – What Is The Big Deal, Recent Findings - AK Center For Energy & Power Anyway? Kahtnu #1 Kahtnu #1

International Case Studies In Black Carbon Reduction Beginning Your Energy Use Reduction Journey At The Community Level Kahtnu #2 Kahtnu #2 Disposing Of Polluted Soils In Landfills Nearshore Chukchi Sea Survey 2010-2012, Tubughneq’ #3 A Collaborative Effort Between UAF, DEC & NOAA Tubughneq’ #3 Environmental Restoration Efforts At Federal Sites In Alaska The Norton Bay Climate Change Adaption Plan Tubughneq’ #4 Tubughneq’ #4 Marine Debris Programs 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Tikahtnu D How To Get Your Foot In The Door - Getting A Job On Public Lands Should Alaska Have An Associate Degree Tubughneq’ #5 In Sustainable Energy? Tubughneq’ #5 Alaska Forum Film Festival Tikahtnu E 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Alaska Clean Harbors And Abandoned Monitoring Environmental Record Of Alaska’s Hard Derelict Vessels Rock Mines Kahtnu #1 Tikahtnu D Alaska Regional Response Team Updates Renewable Energy Fund Projects: Which Are Having Kahtnu #2 The Greatest Impact On Greenhouse Gases? Kahtnu #1 Allowable Solid And Hazardous Waste Activities Under The GAP Program (Part 1 of 3) Story Telling As A Model For Environmental Education Tikahtnu C Kahtnu #2 Arctic Council 101 - Alaskan Innovations In Using Research To Improve How We Communicate Adaptation And Resilience To Climate Change About Climate Change Tikahtnu D Tubughneq’ #3 One Health For Alaska: It’s An Environmental BLaST Village-Driven Dump Clean Up: The YKCA Clean Tubughneq’ #3 Coast Initiative Tikahtnu C Point McIntyre Eroding Landfill – A Chilly Solution To A Legacy Problem Wednesday February 11th Tubughneq’ #4 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MORNING KEYNOTE EVENT: Sulfate-Enhanced Groundwater Cleanup Of Dr. Julia Parrish - Citizen Science Chlorinated And Petroleum Hydrocarbons Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Tubughneq’ #5

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Susitna-Watana Hydro Project Update A Successful Partnership Restoration Between State Tikahtnu E And Tribal DNRs

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Introduction To Compound Specific Isotope Analysis Alaska Renewable Schools - Burning Wood Into And Applications At Contaminated Sites Education Dollars! Kahtnu #1 Kahtnu #1 Marine Debris Monitoring Program (Part 2 of 2) Amchitka Underground Nuclear Test Site Monitoring Tikahtnu E Kahtnu #2 US Environmental Protection Agency/Tribal Assisting Alaska’s Adaptation To Climate Change: Leaders Dialog Stories Of Early Progress (Part 1 of 2) Tikahtnu C Tubughneq’ #3 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Construction And Demolition Debris: EVENING SOCIAL EVENT The Trouble With Rubble Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Tubughneq’ #4 Thursday February 12th How To Best Bring Up Local Environmental Issues In 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Your Community MORNING KEYNOTE EVENT: Byron Mallott, Tikahtnu D Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Increasing Local Stewardship Through Forming A Tribal Conservation District - 3 Yukon River Tribes 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Tubughneq’ #5 Donlin Gold Project - Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Status Update Marine Debris Monitoring (Part 1 of 2) K’enakatnu Board Room Tikahtnu E EPA Brownfields Program Overview In Alaska Solid And Hazordous Waste Management In Rural Tikahtnu C Alaska: New Initiatives And Partnerships (Part 2 of 3) Tikahtnu C Fish In Alaska: How Environmental Contaminants Impact Them, And How Their Health Impacts Our Health 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Tikahtnu D A Hydrokinetic Panel Discussion On Recent Demonstra- tion Of This Power Generation Technology In AK Green Star’s Green Communities Program - Achieving Tikahtnu D An Environmentally Responsible & Healthy Community Tikahtnu E

Alaska State Parks: Learning In Every Direction 2015 Tubughneq’ #4 Gustavus - A Community Based Recycling & Balefill Facility Assisting Alaska’s Adaptation To Climate Change: Kahtnu #1 Stories Of Early Progress (Part 2 of 2) Tubughneq’ #3 Invasive Species Monitoring And Control Kahtnu #2 Collaborative Working Session: Sustainable Solid And Hazardous Program Development In Rural Alaska Mapping Alaska’s Water: The Alaska Hydro Database (Part 3 of 3) - Unraveling Circulation With Novel Technologies Tubughneq’ #5 Tubughneq’ #3

How Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Can Be Used To Sup- Public Land - Your Community - Your Voice...BLM Land port Environmental And Engineering Programs Use Planning In Alaska Kahtnu #2 Tubughneq’ #4

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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Solid Waste Incinerators - The Good, The Bad, Climate Change: Our Voices, Sharing Ways Forward And The Ugly Tikahtnu D Tubughneq’ #3

Community Marine Debris Work In Alaska (Part 1 of 2) State Water Quality Standards And The Triennial Kahtnu #1 Review Process Tubughneq’ #4 Forest Health Monitoring In Alaska Kahtnu #2 Tribal Wetlands And You Tubughneq’ #5 Roots Of Change: Plant-Based Remediation And Social Change Research For Cleanup Projects In Rural AK 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Tubughneq’ #3 1st Year General Assistance Program (GAP) Recipients Orientation General Assistance Program Grant Application Tikahtnu C Working Session Tikahtnu C Alaska Forum Film Festival Tikahtnu E The Digital Dump: Electronic Waste In Landfills In Alaska Tubughneq’ #4 Arctic Wetlands, Lakes, And Chukchi Sea Survey Results Great Bear’s LiDAR Project Kahtnu #1 Tikahtnu E Monitoring And Assessment Related To Marine Working With Alaska Department Of Environmental Food Resources Conservation’s Division Of Water Tubughneq’ #3 Tubughneq’ #5 Stump The Dump Chumps 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM Tubughneq’ #4 NOON KEYNOTE EVENT - Joel Sartore, The Photo Ark The Effects Of Climate Change On Cultural Resources Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Tubughneq’ #5

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM The Cross-Border Mine Review Process And Alaska Water Reservations And Adaptive The KSM Mine Co-Management Strategies Tikahtnu D Tikahtnu E Friday February 13th Community Marine Debris Work In Alaska (Part 2 of 2) 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM Kahtnu #1 8-Hour Rural Alaska Landfill Administrator (RALA) Training For Village Administrators Food And Drug Administration Testing Of Alaska Fish Kahtnu #1 For Fukushima Radiation Tikahtnu D 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Beached Bird Training By COASST General Assistance Program (GAP) Oversight For Kahtnu #2 Council Members Tikahtnu C 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM HAZWOPER New Geohazard Tools & Map Products For Alaskan Tubughneq’ #3 & #4 Coastal Communities & Deciphering Geospatial Datasets Kahtnu #2 2015 Printed on Recycled Paper notes

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8:00 AM - 4:45 AM 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Mining 101: An Overview Of The Hard-Rock US Environmental Protection Agency IGAP Mining Industry Closing Session Tubughneq’ #5 Tikahtnu C

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Communities And Oil Spill Response: Alaska Forum Film Festival How Do Citizens Fit In? Tikahtnu E K’enakatnu Board Room

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM US Environmental Protection Agency IGAP And Tribal Grantee Breakout Session Tikahtnu D 2015

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7:30 AM 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Registration Complexity, Risk Assessment, And Building Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Sustainability Onsite registration is available for all Alaska Forum Kahtnu #1 on the Environment Sessions and Keynotes throughout the Presentation #1 considers the sources, sinks and feed- event. If you are registering on site please arrive early to backs of water systems critical to healthy ecosystems ensure you don’t miss our opening Keynote! If you have and rural communities. Industrial development, energy registered in advance, you may pickup your event materi- production and municipal waste, can increase the als at the Alaska Forum Registration and Service counter. vulnerability of subsistence lifestyles in rural Alaska. Risk assessment must monitor not only toxicological risks, 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM but also various benefits. Risk assessment and the scale Morning Music - Diana Z that it is practiced need to be continuously examined for Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B effective monitoring. In presentation #2 Alaska teens will Grab your morning coffee and listen to inspire you with their efforts to ensuring a sustainable the acoustic music of Diana Z! Diana Z future for all Alaskans. Teens from the Alaska Youth for is a local singer/songwriter who lives in Environmental Action (AYEA) program describe their Palmer, Alaska. Originally from Toronto, efforts to empower and strengthen Alaska communities Canada, Diana has been performing live to: be effective advocates on climate change, increase on stage for over 20 years. She performs education of Alaskan students about climate and energy, regularly around Alaska at local venues and encourage state leaders to enact bold climate policy. as a solo artist, and on occasion with Presenters: Gillian Pletnikoff, Hannah Manasio, ‘The Z Band’. Iris Tullar, Sofia Astaburuaga, Vika Morozova, Alaska Youth for Environmental Action; 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Lawrence Duffy, University of Alaska Fairbanks Oil Spill Recovery Institute Advisory Board Moderator: John Duffy, University of Alaska Annual Meeting Fairbanks K’enakatnu Board Room This is a semi-annual meeting of the Prince William Sound 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Oil Spill Recovery Institute Advisory Board. The Oil Spill Environmental Impacts & Heath Risk In Recovery Institute was established by the Oil Pollution Act Yakutat From Former Military Operations: of 1990 to fund and carry out research and development A 3 Part Case Study and education on Arctic and sub-Arctic oil spills; spill Tikahtnu D response technologies; and the assessment of impacts to Part 1: The military impact from World War II raised the environment, economy and lifestyles of Alaskans. concerns of dioxins in Yakutat shellfish and potential Trib- Presenter: W. Scott Pegau, Oil Spill al exposure. Extensive sampling was and continues to Recovery Institute define the dioxin problem in Yakutat shellfish, and clean- ing up of Formally Used Defense sites in Yakutat. Part 2: 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM An overview of the dioxin contamination from samples OPENING KEYNOTE EVENT: Vicki Hitzges - taken from the Ankau Saltchucks located in the Yakutat Creating Cultures of Encouragement community with an explanation of how safe Yakutat Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B shellfish are for the community, and a comparison of Vicki Hitzges is a Motivational Keynote dioxin levels to shell fish sold in stores in United States. Speaker & Author who began her career as a How much shellfish can a single person consume in our Dallas TV news anchor. She worked at NBC, Yakutat area of concern? Part 3 : The cancer registry has FOX, CBS and ABC affiliates and even won provided a report that summarizes the result of cancer a Headliner Award from the National Press mortality in the Yakutat area. Is there a connection be- Club for “outstanding” reporting. From there tween dioxins found in Yakutat and the high cancer rates Vicki headed into public relations, and with within Yakutat? Zig Ziglar as her personal mentor, her career Presenters: Alex James, Office of Science and as a public speaker was launched. In 2004 Vicki earned the Technology; Sandrine Delgin, David O’Brien, Certified Speaking Professional designation. Less than 7% of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services speakers worldwide who belong to the International Federa- Moderator: Joe Sarcone, US Department of Health tion for Professional Speakers hold that designation. and Human Services Vicki Hitzges

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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM IARPC And You: Advancing Collaborations Ocean Currents: Memorializing And Applying To Further Arctic Research And Community Traditional Knowledge Resilience Tikahtnu E Kahtnu #2 Ocean Currents is a project on indigenous knowledge This session will describe the Interagency Arctic Research in the Bering Strait led by Julie Raymond-Yakoubian of Policy Committee (IARPC) and highlight activities of the Kawerak, Inc. This session will share perspectives based Communities and Human Health teams with the goal of upon traditional understanding of ocean currents as a providing opportunities for local people to provide input critical aspect of the body of knowledge held by indige- and get involved to create stronger collaborations between nous communities in the region, how this knowledge was Arctic indigenous communities and federal agencies. collected, and the modern-day practical applications for Presenters: Simon Stephenson, Office of Science marine policy, planning, and safety considerations. The and Technology; Thomas Hennessy, Center for session will include examples where knowledge is being Disease Control used, including the development of guidance during the Moderator: Robert Delgado, US National Science planning of a large-scale marine debris removal project Foundation in northwest Alaska. Presenters: Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, Kawerak Inc.; 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Tahzay Jones, National Park Service Innovative Citizen Science Community Projects Moderator: Jean Gamache, National Park Service Tikahtnu C This session will feature an overview of current projects 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM happening in Environmental Protection Agency’s Office Recent Research On Dispersants For Oil of Research and Development. A uniquely Alaskan Spill Response project called, Salmon Blitz: Engaging Citizen Scientists Tubughneq’ #4 in Documenting Salmon Habitat in the Copper River This session will provide an introduction to the science Watershed will also be shared. Come and listen, share, of dispersants as one potential tool for oil spill response. and get involved! Presenters will provide an overview of research on Presenters: Ed Washburn, US Environmental Protec- dispersant topics, including effectiveness, physical trans- tion Agency; Kate Morse, Copper River Watershed port, chemical behavior, degradation, and toxicity. Project Presenters: Tom Coolbaugh, ExxonMobil Research Moderators: Satina Gay, Michelle Davis, US and Engineering Company; Kelly McFarlin, Environmental Protection Agency University of Alaska Fairbanks; John Incardona, Sarah Allen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Administration Observing Alaska’s Coasts And Ocean: Best Moderator: Doug Mutter, Alaska Forum Practices For Community-Based Monitoring Tubughneq’ #3 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Youth And Adult Environmental Project

In April 2014, Alaskans from communities throughout 2015 the state gathered for a two-day workshop to share their Showcase (Part 1 of 2) experiences and “lessons learned” in planning and Tubughneq’ #5 implementing successful Community-Based Monitoring This session will highlight the following exemplary youth (CBM) programs. This presentation will summarize the and adult environmental project partnerships from “best practices” that came out of the workshop and around the state: Camp’Phibian Frog Research; Catch begin the distribution of a new Alaska CBM handbook Fish, Not Plastic; ECoTeen Camp, and Young Leaders that provides more detailed guidance. Making A Difference On Kodiak Island. The session will Presenters: Julie Matweyou, Ellen Tyler, provide ideas for partners and funding sources, and Marilyn Sigman, Alaska Sea Grant Marine explore successes, challenges, and lessons learned. Advisory Program Presenters: Jing O’Brien, Laura Helgeson, Sophie O’Brien, Kara Helgeson, Wrangell; Shaun Dyress, Anchorage; Gabe Nummer, Katrina Courchaine, Rubylyn Ulatan, Kodiak; Justus Evans, Marcus Wilson, Nanwalek Moderator: Laurel Devaney, US Fish & Wildlife Service

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12:00 PM - 1:45 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM NOON KEYNOTE EVENT: The Ocean Research Climate Adaptation At The Local Level: Use Of Project Team Shares 14,000 Miles Of Marine Plans & Zoning To Build Sustainability Debris Surveying Tikahtnu E Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B The first presentation discusses the seriousness of local Matt Rutherford’s epic solo non-stop sailing government’s pursuit of sustainability and resiliency, adventure around the America’s and which may be gauged by the statements and measures through the Northwest Passage inspired him found within their comprehensive hazards mitigation to commit to serving the scientific communi- plans and zoning documents. A content analysis of ty in order to encourage the sustainability of these planning documents was conducted of 14 local the oceans. In Spring 2012, he founded the governments located in Alaska and Oregon. The study non-profit Ocean Research Project with field identifies how these primary planning tools of local scientist, Nicole Trenholm. Together they have surveyed governments are being used for climate adaptation over 14,000 miles, exploring world wide ocean issues, and provide practitioners with a better understanding focusing on marine plastic pollution while addressing chal- of how to use these tools for pursuing sustainability and lenging encounters underway. The team sails for science, resiliency at the local level. Presentation #2 discusses the education and exploration and has planning efforts used by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough journeyed through many remaining for a new community at Point MacKenzie. The discussion gaps where microplastic adrift in focuses on how planning for a new community offers the North Atlantic and North Pacif- unique opportunities for incorporating sustainability and ic Gyre’s have not been sampled. resiliency into community design and infrastructure. The Their 2 year Plastic Pollution Project presentation discusses the challenges, opportunities, and has come to a close and in coordi- proposals of this new community planning effort. nation with partnering plastic pollution research institutions Presenters: Eileen Probasco, Matanuska-Susitna Bor- they now share just how widespread this problem is and ough; John Duffy, University of Alaska Fairbanks why it is toxic to both marine and human health. Keynote Speakers: Matt Rutherford, Nicole Trenholm, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Ocean Research Project Federal Agency Tribal Liaisons: Tribal Engagement And Consultation Overview 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Tikahtnu C Assessing Risks Of Oil Spills In Alaska Federal Agency Tribal Liaisons will be offering a joint Tikahtnu D presentation on tribal engagement and consultation. This session will have four presentations that address oil spill Concept and Practice: How federal agencies are work- risks in the State of Alaska, Cook Inlet, the Aleutians, and ing with tribal environmental staff on projects. Liaisons Bering Strait. First, the NOAA Alaska Oil Spill Risk Analysis from a variety of agencies will present and discuss ideas examines the threat of marine spills in Alaska and provides to make partnerships successful in rural Alaska. a modeling tool for the public to explore the data. Second, Presenters: Givey Kochanowski, US Department of the Cook Inlet Risk Assessment analyzes oil spill risks posed Energy; Sharon Strutz-Norton, Department of Veter- by marine vessels transiting throughout Cook Inlet and ans Affairs; Ramona VanCleve, Federal Emergency presents findings from technical studies, the final report, and Management Agency; Leslie Grey, Federal Aviation recommendations. The next presentation provides new re- Administration; Timothy Smith, National Oceanic sults on marine shipping traffic in the Aleutian Islands based and Atmospheric Administration; Kristi Tapio-Harp- on satellite data. Last, the Community Integrated Coastal er, US Department of Agriculture; Tasha Deardorff, Incident Preparedness project in the Bering Strait region Jolene John, US Department of Agriculture Rural works to better understand and inform communities of ma- Development; Bill Zachares, Housing and Urban rine traffic for future risk assessments, develop a simulation Development; Jack Lorrigan, Bureau of Safety and model of projected increases in marine traffic, help prepare Environment; Joel Neimeyer, Denali Commission; communities by providing spill response workshops, and to Greg Balough, National Oceanic and Atmospheric conduct spill response strategy field evaluations. Administration; JR Herbst, US Environmental Protec- Presenters: Tim Robertson, Nuka Research and Plan- tion Agency; Jean Gamache, National Park Service ning Group; Erika Ammann, National Oceanic and Moderators: Sudie Hargis, US Coast Guard; Atmospheric Administration; Doug Burn, US Fish & Todd Bender, Kristy Fry, US Environmental Protection Wildlife Service; Tahzay Jones, National Park Service Agency

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Futures OPEN: Sustainable Agriculture EPA Tier 4 Fuel Standards: Are You Ready? Education In Alaska’s Interior Info & Answers For Rural AK Mobile & Tubughneq’ #5 Stationary Applications The Farm at Effie Kokrine Early College Charter School Tubughneq’ #4 in Fairbanks has developed from a summer garden pro- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has gram into a year-round agriculture and natural resources recently set more stringent emission standards for diesel program. Students learn how to manage the farm, take engines used in many types of construction, agricultural, care of animals, and sell their food to the local school industrial, and electric utility equipment. Yukon Equip- district so it can be served in the cafeteria. Through ment will be on hand to provide an informational pre- project-based and service learning opportunities, sentation on how the new Tier 4 air emission standards students make a positive difference in their communities for vehicles will work and two ways to get there. Gray while engaging in hands-on STEM education. Agriculture Stassel Engineering will provide info on specifying new instructor, Avril Wiers, will describe the development and re-manufactured diesel gensets for electric utilities. of this farm program, and share resources available Crowley Marine Services will outline your options for de- throughout the state for creating similar programs. livery of Tier 4 compliant Ultra Low Sulfur fuels to remote Presenter: Avril Wiers, Effie Kokrine Early College villages. Learn how to best prepare for this new type of Charter School fuel and what’s ahead. Moderator: Peter Stortz, Alaska Cooperative Exten- Presenters: John West, Yukon Equipment; sion Service -Retired Randy Breaux, Crowley Marine Services; Steve Stassel, Gray Stassel Engineering 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Moderator: David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority Innovative Approaches To Wildlife Interactions At The Point Thomson Project 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Kahtnu #2 Climate Change Learning And Responding The Point Thomson Project is located on the North Slope Tools For Communities of Alaska, approximately 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay. Tubughneq’ #5 A key objective for our project is to avoid negative Explore a sampling of polar-focused climate change human-wildlife interactions. A number of mitigations have activities that includes innovative, game-like tools devel- been implemented to help keep humans and wildlife safe. oped by the NSF-supported Polar Learning and Respond- Presenter: Eric Febbo, ExxonMobil ing (PoLAR) Climate Change Education Partnership. Also Moderator: Sam Widmer, ConocoPhillips Alaska learn about a culturally responsive project, the Signs of Incorporated the Land Climate Change Camp, that welcomes Alaska Native Elders, classroom teachers, local resources man- 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM agers and planners, community members and climate Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Updates scientists as participants. Tubughneq’ #3 Presenters: Elena Sparrow, International Arctic Research Center; Malinda Chase, Association for Calling all Local Environmental Observers! This is NOT 2015 a repeat of previous sessions! Find out the latest LEO Interior Native Educators; Sharon Attla, Joy Elemen- program developments and say hello to the LEO APP! tary School Share your thoughts on NEW trends in LEO mapping, Moderator: Peter Stortz, Alaska Cooperative Exten- international partnerships, and more. sion Service -Retired Presenters: Mike Brubaker, Moses Tcheripanoff, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Moderators: Santina Gay, Mahri Lowinger, US Environmental Protection Agency

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Community Participation In Spill Planning Flood Outreach To Galena Residents - And Response Getting Them Back Into The Home Safely Tikahtnu D Kahtnu #1 Learn about ways to participate in preparedness plan- Through UAF Cooperative Extension Services and Ta- ning and responses to oil spills and other hazardous nana Chiefs Conference Office of Environmental Health, material releases. First, presenters will provide informa- “The Returning Home After The Flood Workshop” was tion on spill planning and response processes, as well provided to exiled residents waiting in Fairbanks as well as identify opportunities for those in the community to as in Galena to return home. The workshop educated get involved. Next, results of the 2014 Northwest Arctic folks on how to begin the drying out process before Joint Industry Exercise will be presented, which highlight building materials became more ruined or mold covered. the benefits gained through community participation and Presenter: Arthur Nash, University of Alaska the integral part the community played in the success of Cooperative Extension Service the exercise. Lastly, a demonstration of an on-line ocean Moderator: Theo Garcia, Knik Tribe data portal developed through the Alaska Ocean Ob- serving System will show how communities can integrate 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM and visualize coastal information and high resolution Preserving Heritage shoreline imagery to improve oil spill planning and Kahtnu #2 response activities. Remembering people, places, events, and methods from Presenters: Steve Russell, Alaska Department of ancient to modern times is critical to understanding the Environmental Conservation; Matt Melton, Alaska world we live in today and in the future. This session will Chadux Corporation; Sue Saupe, Cook Inlet highlight different ways to preserve heritage, such as Regional Citizens Advisory Council; Nick Knowles, documenting using written accounts, audio recordings, US Environmental Protection Agency photographs, hand-drawn maps, video recordings, Moderator: Lisa Matlock, Prince William Sound diaries or journals, and more. In addition, the presenters Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council will discuss recent projects and provide information on available grants and technical assistance. 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Presenters: Janet Clemens, Annie Matsov, EPA Tier 4 Fuel Standards Follow Up Discussion Eileen Devinney, National Park Service Tubughneq’ #4 Moderator: Jennifer Pederson Weinberger, National This session will be a moderated informal discussion Park Service based on the topics raised in the 2PM Tier 4 Fuel Standards presentations. Participants may include rural 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM decision-makers, utility managers, fuel suppliers, ven- Stakeholder Collaboration For Marine Safety dors, contractors, state and federal regulatory agencies, And Conflict Avoidance the Alaska Energy Authority, and others. It will be an Tubughneq’ #3 opportunity to raise questions related to compliance with Each year during open water season on Alaska’s EPA regulations on fuel delivery, use and storage; how to North Slope, subsistence users hunt in close proximity procure and operate diesel gensets; the regulatory relief to other marine vessel traffic in the Beaufort Sea. In already in place for rural utilities and stakeholder efforts 2014, ExxonMobil worked with the Marine Exchange to obtain further relief based on the unique needs and of Alaska and subsistence crews from two local villages conditions present in rural communities. to test improved safety and communications technology. Moderator: Doug Mutter, Alaska Forum The collaboration improved coordination and helped to create a safer maritime environment. Presenter: Mark Brundage, ExxonMobil Moderator: Sam Widmer, ConocoPhillips Alaska Incorporated

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Tools For Advancing Community Environmental Using Indigenous Knowledge And Western And Sustainability Issues Science To Understand Change In The Yukon K’enakatnu Board Room River Basin This session’s first presentation, Social Media: Tools Tikahtnu E to achieve community goals faster, demonstrates the The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, through productively and limits of using social media to achieve direction from its Member Nations, has formed the larg- community environmental goals. The presentation will est international Indigenous Observation Network in the focus on Twitter and Facebook, but also touch on a world. In collaboration with the United States Geological number of other platforms.Topics will include; creating Survey, we have developed three projects that focus on content, using analytics, identifying stakeholders, and water quality, permafrost monitoring and observations of building community. The second presentation, Scenarios change. First, we’ll describe how the Arctic Great Rivers planning as a tool for risk management, addresses local Observatory project compares discharge, water chemis- stakeholder needs for addressing concerns in the midst try, and climate change among the great rivers draining of uncertainty, especially when experiencing rapidly into Arctic Ocean. Second, we will present preliminary changing environments and complex social-environ- data and analysis from the water quality and permafrost mental problems. Traditional and resilience-based risk studies based on our major contributions to the interna- management approaches are discussed. Scenarios as a tional Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network. tool for defining and modeling the complexities of risk, Finally, we will describe the Strategic Needs Of Water vulnerability and resilience are presented. A report is on the Yukon project, which asks community members provided on an ongoing project to bring the scenarios about their knowledge and perspectives of environmen- process to Northern Alaska, specifically the Northwest tal changes they have observed in their lifetime. Arctic and North Slope Boroughs. Presenter: Edda Mutter, Yukon River Intertribal Presenters: Richard Hum, Beril Blair, University of Watershed Council Alaska Fairbanks Moderator: Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Moderator: John Duffy, University of Alaska Fairbanks 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Celebrating Youth As Environmental Leaders 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Evening Social Traditional Food And Water Monitoring In Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Rural Alaska During A Time Of Rapid Join the Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Educa- Environmental Change tion Association (ANROE) from 5:00 - 6:30 pm as we Tikahtnu C welcome youth delegates from around Alaska to AFE The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) this year. Youth participants will share highlights of their will launch a traditional food and water monitoring projects back home and what they are learning while at website recently developed through an EPA IGAP grant, the conference. ANROE members will also be on hand in response to widespread concerns in rural Alaska to provide information on workshops, curriculum and communities. As a next phase of their project, ANTHC educational kits available through our network that can 2015 will implement a village-based, resident-operated environ- help you improve your community environmental pro- mental monitoring program in the spring of 2015. The grams. Light snacks will be provided. For those interest- combination of food chain contaminants, changing cli- ed in learning more about the resources and benefits of mate regime, and movement of new species to the Arctic joining ANROE, follow us over to the Crush Wine Bistro brings both opportunities and potential risks to residents. and Cellar, 343 West 6th Ave. from 6:30 - 8:30 pm for The new Rural Alaska Monitoring Program is made networking at a no-host bar. possible by an EPA Science to Achieve Results grant, and is aimed at ensuring communities can continue to enjoy the cultural and health benefits of the traditional diet, and reduce exposure to any potential risks from contaminants or infectious diseases in subsistence species. Presenters: James Berner, Mike Brubaker, Desirae Roehl, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Moderator: Michelle Davis, Satina Gay, US Environmental Protection Agency

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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM MORNING KEYNOTE EVENT: Ann Mayo-Kiely - Climate Change & Extreme Events: Risk, Youth and Community Engagement Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessment Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B (Part 1 of 2) Ann Mayo-Kiely is the Program Director for Youth and Kahtnu #2 Community Engagement at Alaska Geographic. Ann In the first workshop we will assess vulnerability and has over a decade of experience involving youth with risk based on changing climate and extreme events by environmental programs and stewardship projects. With looking regionally and by type of event. We will look at Alaska Geographic, Ann developed youth and commu- individual response and possible scenarios, as well as at nity engagement programs for the Chugach Children’s the community level and appropriate responses. We will Forest partnership. (http://www.chugachchildrensforest. explore available resources and how individuals and org/) Ann will speak on the benefits of including youth communities should prepare, and then break out into in community environmental programs, will show a short regional groups and prioritize vulnerabilities by region. video developed by Youth from Kodiak, and kick off the Presenter: Valerie Barber, University of Alaska shoe recycling program. Cooperative Extension Service Keynote Speaker: Ann Mayo-Kiely, Moderator: Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Alaska Geographic Fairbanks

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Advanced High Resolution Contaminated Demonstration Of The Biomass Fuel Calculator Site Characterization Using UVOSTTM Tubughneq’ #3 And Other Tools The University of Minnesota in partnership with the Alas- Kahtnu #1 ka Energy Authority has developed a Wood Fuel Energy Fred Vreeman from Alaska DEC will lead a panel presen- Cost Calculator. This free on-line program will help any tation on contaminated site characterization techniques entity decide if installing wood energy makes financial in Alaska. Project Managers from the Federal Aviation sense. The program has the ability to print out a simple Administration (FAA) will present case studies demon- Payback spreadsheet that can be included in funding strating successful use of UltraViolet Optical Screening requests, and used to demonstrate to boards and organi- Tool (UVOSTTM) and other sampling techniques to char- zations what the cost savings might be. acterize contamination at prior to remediating a site. Presenter: Karen Petersen, University of Alaska Paul Caron from Hammer Environmental Services will Cooperative Extension Service present UVOSTTM technology and its application. Tools Moderator: Devany Plentovich, Alaska Energy Authority to study and determine contaminants in soil and rock, geophysical parameters, soil permeability and hydraulic 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM conductivity will also be discussed. Attendees will gain Elements Of A Modern Mine a better understanding of high resolution advanced con- Tikahtnu D taminated site characterization tools and how to apply The course uses a visual tour of an open-pit and un- them in Alaska. derground hard-rock mine to explain the elements of a Presenters: Paul Caron, Hammer Environmental modern mine. The session will highlight the major envi- Services; Aemon Wetmore, Federal Aviation Adminis- ronmental issues, particularly water handling and water tration; Jamie Oakely, quality, facing mining in Alaska. Participants should Brice Environmental come out of the session understanding of the following: Moderator: Fred Vreeman, Alaska Department of function of the major mine facilities; process by which ore Environmental Conservation becomes metals and tailings; basic processes for using water and controlling water quality; important environ- mental issues with mining, particularly water quality. Presenter: Bob Loeffler, University of Alaska Moderator: Todd Bender, US Environmental Protection Agency

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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Imagery Basemap And Elevation Model For The Alaska Native Fund Alaska Coastal Communities And LiDAR – Tikahtnu C What’s The Point? The Alaska Native Fund, established in 2011 in a partner- Tubughneq’ #4 ship between ACF and an Alaska Native Fund Steering This session will include two presentations. The first Committee, is an innovative grantmaking program that presentation will discuss a statewide initiative to produce supports Alaska Native non-profit organizations and a common basemap, consisting of satellite imagery and individuals seeking solutions to conservation issues facing elevation data on which other mapped themes could be their communities. The Fund supports projects that utilize overlaid. The project is the first to produce high-resolu- Indigenous Knowledge to address food security, climate tion orthorectified imagery statewide and is now in its change, sustainable economic development, alternative final year. This imagery is being used to support the de- energy solutions and holistic wellness. This groundbreak- velopment of new USGS topographic maps for Alaska, ing partnership is the first grant making program at ACF to and as a source for other research and datasets such as be guided by Alaska Native advisers using an Indigenous hydrography updates and environmental monitoring. The framework for impacting critical environmental issues. second presentation will discuss the Matanuska- Susitna Since its inception in 2011, the Fund has awarded over Borough’s use of LiDAR, a technology that is used to $400,000 to support Alaska Native priorities and solu- create very accurate elevation information. This presen- tions to some of the state’s most pressing issues such as the tation will provide a brief explanation of LiDAR, show need to increase salmon populations and support tradition- how it has vastly improved mapping information in the al subsistence lifestyles. The Fund also advocates several Borough, and highlight a number of more recent projects tribal governments in their efforts to co-manage natural that have leveraged the LiDAR data and improved our resources and by doing this, empowering and enabling knowledge and understanding of the region. tribes towards self-determination. In addition to grant mak- Presenters: Anne Johnson, University of Alaska Fair- ing, the partnership between ACF and the Alaska Native banks; Heather Kelley, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Steering Committee hosts a bi-annual event called The Moderator: Susan Howard, Matanuska-Susitna Gathering every other year. The Gathering brings together Borough several past and current grantees, foundation represen- tatives and other partners from around the world to build 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM understanding of shared conservation goals and leverage Looking Back At A Decade Of Solid Waste Re- additional financial support for Alaska Native projects. moval From Rural Alaska Presenters: Princess Lucaj, Alaska Native Fund; Tikahtnu E Liz Medicine Crow, First Alaskans Institute Over the past 10 years, Alaskan communities have pro- Moderators: Jean Gamache, National Park Service; gressed significantly with regard to solid waste matters. Joaqlin Estus, KNBA News Since 2005 we’ve seen a large number of organizations and communities band together and collaboratively tackle trash, HHW, and recycling issues in both commu- 2015 nity specific and regional manners. Currently there are numerous entities and programs dedicated to educating, training, and providing assistance to removing potential- ly harmful wastes from Rural Alaska. Though we’ve come a long way, there are a number of challenges (present and future) that need to be addressed (ex: funding, transportation costs, turnover) to continue Rural Alaska’s progression on solid waste issues. This session plans to look back at where we were 10 years ago and high- light the strategies, successes, and resources that have developed over the past decade. Further, we will explore new/needed strategies to counter future challenges and ensure sustainable programs. Presenter: Reilly Kosinski, Total Reclaim

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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Youth And Adult Environmental Project Fire In A Changing Climate Showcase (Part 2 of 2) Tikahtnu D Tubughneq’ #5 During this interactive session participants will receive This session will highlight the following exemplary youth a taste of the Fire in a Changing Climate course for and adult environmental project partnerships from any educator that is offered in communities throughout around the state: National Park Service Yellow-billed Alaska. We will learn how climate change is affecting Loon Videography Project, Young Leaders Making A Dif- the fire regime in Alaska, and the effects of these fires on ference On Kodiak Island, Empowering Youth To Raise our ecosystems. We’ll learn about the importance of our Their Voices, and the Cordova Invasive Species Monitor- own experiences and expertise, and how we can make ing Program. The session will provide ideas for partners our homes safe from wildland fire. Come prepared to and funding sources, and explore successes, challenges, share your knowledge and have fun! and lessons learned. Presenter: Lilly Goodman-Allwright, Alaska Insights Presenters: Andrew Kennedy, Frairbanks; Sam Bernitz, Moderator: Laurel Devaney, US Fish & Wildlife Anchorage; Sam Tocktoo, Shishmaref; Service Eunice Cortez, Leila Pyle, Kodiak; Cadi Moffitt, Sarah Hoepfner, Cordova; Rylee Flint, Amanda Friendshuh, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Amanda Wygant, Kenny Lake STAR: A Green Remediation Technology For Moderator: Laurel Devaney, US Fish & Wildlife Service Petroleum Hydrocarbons Tubughneq’ #3 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Self-Sustaining Treatment for Active Remediation (STAR) Balancing Hydroelectric And Environmental is an innovative thermal technology based on the princi- Resources ples of smoldering combustion, where the petroleum con- Kahtnu #1 taminants are the energy source for active remediation. A review of hydroelectric and environmental resource The process is initiated through a low energy “ignition issues that shape the development of hydroelectric proj- event,” and then the energy of the reacting contaminants ects. This presentation will provide an overview of con- pre-heats and initiates combustion in adjacent areas, cepts relating to each resource, the goals and analysis propagating a self-sustaining combustion front that in the development process, followed by specific project requires no external fuel input provided a sufficient flux examples for small rural Alaska projects in various stag- of oxygen is supplied. STAR is an in situ technology, but es of development. can be adapted for ex situ applications (STARx) using Presenter: Daniel Hertrich, Alaska Energy Authority a fabricated reactor system or an engineered soil pile. Moderator: Alan Baldivieso, Alaska Energy Authority STAR is effective for sites impacted by crude oil, coal tar, creosote, and diesel range organic compounds. 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Presenter: Sean Ragain, Geosyntec Consultants Climate Change & Extreme Events: Moderator: Ben Martich, Geosyntec Consultants Risk, Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessment (Part 2 of 2) Kahtnu #2 In the second session of this workshop, we will use the vulnerability assessments from the first session and ex- plore adaptation options at the individual and communi- ty level while working through an adaptation plan and incorporating different tools. We will look at examples and a case study. Presenters: Nancy Fresco, Tina Buxbaum, Lena Krutikov, Krista Heeringa, University of Alaska Fairbanks Moderator: Valerie Barber, University of Alaska Fair- banks Cooperative Extension Service 2015 Printed on Recycled Paper notes

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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Rural Alaska Utility Study Valuing Matanuska-Susitna Basin Ecosystems Tikahtnu C Tubughneq’ #4 Rural Alaska is exposed to the highest electricity costs This presentation highlights the economic characteriza- in the United States. Nearly 200 communities predomi- tion of the environmental goods and services in the Mata- nantly rely on expensive and unpredictably-priced diesel nuska-Susitna Basin. Using the benefit transfer method fuel for almost all electricity generation. Demand-side (BTM), which is comparable to a house or business ap- resources, including energy efficiency, and renewable praisal, we look at 13 categories of goods and services sources of electricity appear to be viable options in including recreation, flood control and food subsistence. many communities, but these resources are currently The natural economy is commonly valued at zero, how- under-utilized. There is evidence that there may be ever, using the BTM has shown to be a an important tool substantial opportunities for rural Alaska communities to for outreach to shift investments towards conservation. lower electricity costs through strategic and coordinated Presenter: Maya Kocian, Earth Economics investments in energy efficiency, distribution plants, and generation. The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Indian Energy Policy and Programs is partnering with Waste Erosion Assessment And Review the Regulatory Assistance Project and Lawrence Berkeley (WEAR) Project – Final Report National Laboratory to assist local utilities and policy- Tubughneq’ #5 makers identify new (or improvements to existing) pro- The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s grams intended to lower the economic cost of meeting Solid Waste Program has been conducting a 4-year rural Alaska’s electricity needs. This session will report inventory of landfills, contaminated sites, tank farms and on the progress of the Rural Alaska Utility Study. other sites of environmental concern for their potential to Presenter: Riley Allen, The Regulatory Assistance Project erode. We visited 124 communities and inventoried over Moderator: Doug Mutter, Alaska Forum 650 sites of environmental concern within those commu- nities. The Final Report will be completed in May 2015 10:30 AM - 11:45 PM and will include how each site was ranked according to Surface Water Quality Analysis: An its potential to erode and the contaminants within it. This Occupational Endorsement That Meets session will give an overview of the project, some of its EPA IGAP Requirements findings, and provide an update for communities visited. Tikahtnu E Presenter: Rebecca Colvin, Alaska Department of EPA Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP) recently Environmental Conservation adopted a new policy that grant recipients demonstrate Moderator: Neil Lehner, Alaska Department of “competency” prior to collecting environmental data Environmental Conservation including the use of a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). This announcement is a compelling avenue for Ancillary Event establishing a UAF statewide Occupational Endorsement 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM (OE) for Surface Water Quality Monitoring. This session Tribal-Military Leaders Meeting And Reception 2015 reviews the new EPA IGAP polices and the new QAPP OFF SITE - JBER template and how the proposed UAF OE Surface Water Tribal-Military Leaders Meeting and reception will be Quality Monitoring can help train individuals to meet held on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, from 10:30 a.m. EPA’s new quality assurance requirements. to 5:00 p.m., at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER). Presenters: Gina Grepo-Grove, US Environmental A bus will be available from 9:30-10:00 a.m. at the De- Protection Agency; Sue Flensburg, Bristol Bay Native na’ina Center, AFE venue, at 600 West 7th. Attendance Association; Dan Bogan, University Alaska is restricted to First Chiefs, Presidents or Chairs from Anchorage Federally Recognized Tribes. Moderators: Todd Radenbaugh, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Katherine Brown, US Environmental Protection Agency

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Circumnavigation Of The Americas - DEC Solid Waste Program - We’re The Govern- A Solo Sailing Trip ment. We’re Here To Help! Tikahtnu D Tikahtnu E Come hear about Matt’s adventurous trip sailing solo Join the Alaska Department of Environmental Conserva- around the entire North and South American continents tions (ADEC) Solid Waste Team for an overview of what without stopping ashore from start to finish. Matt sailed we do and how we can help. In addition to regulatory his craft solo starting in Chesapeake Bay, up through the oversight, learn some of the many other responsibilities Northwest Passage, down around Cape Horn and back the program is responsible for, including the unusual ap- up to Chesapeake Bay. Matt’s motivation for the trip was plications that one might not necessarily associate with to show people, particularly those with disabilities, that the program. The Program goes far beyond implement- there are no limits to what can be accomplished in life; ing solid waste regulations by providing assistance on and to raise money for Chesapeake Region Accessible a wide range of waste related issues and is a resource Boating, a nonprofit sailing program for people with for questions regarding all types of disposal options for disabilities. Matt’s epic adventure inspired him to commit the great State of Alaska. Examples include; biosolids, to serving the scientific community in order to encourage construction & demolition debris, dredge material, drill- the sustainability of the oceans. In Spring 2012, he ing waste, marine debris, medical waste, mining waste, co-founded the nonprofit Ocean Research Project. Nicole polluted soil, and wood waste. Bring your notebook and will discuss their data collection services in monitoring see how the ADEC Solid Waste team can be of assis- plastic pollution, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, tance with your landfill or special solid waste project. climate change and how they work to provide an un- Presenters: Neil Lehner, Marty Brewer, Alaska derstanding of today’s greatest oceanic problems. Since Department of Environmental Conservation Greenland hold’s the Arctic’s largest contribution to sea Moderator: Rebecca Colvin, Alaska Department of level rise the team heads Northbound for Greenland in Environmental Conservation 2015 to monitor glacial stability relative to our warm- ing planet and ocean acidification dynamics along the 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM eastern seaboard. Engaging Rural Youth With Environmental Keynote Speakers: Matt Rutherford, Nicole Trenholm, Action Projects Ocean Research Project Tubughneq’ #5 Moderator: Karen Kroon, Alaska Forum This session will share case study examples of successful youth environmental action projects. You will have the 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM opportunity to plan how you can adopt these models Coal: Lessons From 72 Years Of Mining to fit your community. The workshop will also provide Coal In Healy training on how to work with youth and share example Tikahtnu C activities and games you can use to engage youth in Alaskans have been mining coal for 72 years adjacent environmental projects. If you want to learn how rural to the community of Healy, Alaska. This session reviews communities can create and sustain their own youth the history, lessons learned, and discusses effects on the environmental group - this is the workshop for you! environment and the community from different perspec- Presenters: Megan McBride, David Wieland, Alaska tives: the company, the regulatory authority, and the Center for the Environment community. Moderator: Peter Stortz, Alaska Cooperative Presenters: Clay Walker, Mayor, Denali Borough; Lo- Extension Service -Retired rali Simon, Usibelli Coal Mine; Russ Kirkham, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Moderator: Bob Loeffler, University of Alaska 2015

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Geothermal Potential At Pilgrim Hot Springs: Nearshore Chukchi Sea Survey 2010-2012, A Recent Findings- AK Center For Energy & Power Collaborative Effort Between UAF, DEC & NOAA Kahtnu #1 Tubughneq’ #3 Pilgrim Hot Springs is the hottest geothermal resource in The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Alaska not directly associated with a volcanic system. It University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) School of Fisheries has a lengthy history of local use, and is currently listed and Ocean Sciences, and NOAA’s National Status and on the national historic register. Since 2010 the Alaska Trends Program conducted a survey of the nearshore Center for Energy and Power has been leading geother- corridor between Point Hope and Barrow. UAF will be mal exploration at the site which included a variety of presenting results on fish abundance and biomass, sed- geophysical surveys and drilling activities. Recent testing iment contaminants and organism toxicity, and benthic has shown that the shallow resource has the ability to community structure and abundance. This project was sustainably provide thermal fluid for on-site power gener- funded by the Coastal Impact Assistance Program. ation and district heating applications. Presenters: Douglas Dasher, Max Hoberg, Presenter: Gwen Holdmann, Alaska Center for Brenda Holladay, University of Alaska Fairbanks Energy and Power Moderator: Terri Lomax, Alaska Department of Moderator: Alan Baldivieso, Alaska Energy Authority Environmental Conservation

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM International Case Studies In Black Carbon Re- The Norton Bay Climate Change Adaption Plan duction At The Community Level (Part 1 of 2) Tubughneq’ #4 Kahtnu #2 The changing weather patterns in Alaska are, already, hav- What is Black Carbon? How can we help reduce it? ing substantial impacts on Native Alaskan villages. Norton Participate in this session to find out the answer to these Bay Village communities, the Model Forest Policy Program questions! Presenters will share tips and resources for and Laoch Consulting have a shared vision to enhance rural communities in setting your own goals, and will the resiliency of the Norton Bay village communities and summarize the Black Carbon Case Study Platform Project watershed. In 2013 the Villages took the leadership role to (BCCS) slated to extend from 2015-17 during the US engage in the Climate Solution’s University Plan Develop- Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The session will also ment Program created by the Model Forest Policy Program. feature specific community projects aiming for black The goal is to empower rural, under-served communities to carbon reductions. become leaders in climate resilience using a cost effective Presenters: JoAnn Chase, US Environmental distance learning program. This Climate Change Adaption Protection Agency; Gillian Mittelstaedt, Tribal Healthy Plan for the Norton Bay Watershed is the result of a year Homes Northwest; Roderick Phillip, Native Village of of community team effort. The presentation will summarize Kongiganak; Bobbi Anne Barnowsky, Native Village development of the Plan and discuss implementation. of Old Harbor Presenter: Hal Shepherd, Laoch Consulting Moderators: Santina Gay, Kristy Fry, US Moderator: Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska 2015 Environmental Protection Agency 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM How To Get Your Foot In The Door - Getting A Job On Public Lands Tubughneq’ #5 This session will share information about internships and work study programs that will help prepare students for work with public land management agencies along with tips for navigating the application process. Presenters: Chandre Szafran, Jeff Chen, Student Conservation Association; Beth Nordlund, Anchorage Parks Foundation Moderator: Peter Stortz, Alaska Cooperative Extension Service - Retired

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Alaska Forum Film Festival Story Telling As A Model For Environmental Tikahtnu E Education Moderators: Karen Kroon, Serena Mason, Kahtnu #2 Alaska Forum What on earth do you say to Alaska youth who will go on to create new knowledge in fields of scientific 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM re­search, public lands policy, and natural resource Monitoring Environmental Record Of Alaska’s careers? This session explores reflective storytelling, Hard Rock Mines through an activity that focuses on the salmon life cycle, Tikahtnu D that each participant enters in: Why do kids from This session describes the monitoring system used to kindergarten through high school respond to this crazy determine whether Alaska’s hard rock mines are protect- predator/prey tag game that stories the salmon life cycle ing water quality and fish habitat, and the results from and challenges salmon face in their diverse habitats, decades of monitoring. from mountain streams to estuaries to the open ocean? Presenters: Parker Bradley, Alaska Department of Fish Because acting like a sea lion is fun. Because tagging and Game; Allan Nakanishi, Alaska Department of your peers with a bear or eagle puppet is ridiculous, Environmental Conservation and brings heaps of laugh­ter to the activity. Because Moderator: Bob Loeffler, University of Alaska running through the salmon life cycle, avoiding being turned into “sushi” by a dam’s turbines is challenging, to 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM say the least. Because, in Alaska, our families and our Renewable Energy Fund Projects: future depend on a healthy salmon habitat. It’s relevant Which Are Having The Greatest Impact to us all. On Greenhouse Gases? Presenter: Kay Shoemaker, University of Alaska Kahtnu #1 Anchorage Since 2008, the Alaska Legislature has appropriated Moderators: Santina Gay, JR Herbst, US Environmen- more than $250M to fund renewable energy project tal Protection Agency development, design, and construction in Alaska through the Renewable Energy Fund. The projects run the gamut 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM from biomass heating for schools to Megawatt-scale Using Research To Improve How We wind turbines at Kodiak Electric. The intent of this pro- Communicate About Climate Change gram is public benefit in terms of energy cost reduction, Tubughneq’ #3 however there are significant environmental benefits In the past decade, several public opinion polls and as well. Come hear the Program Director discuss the scholars in the fields of psychology, communication, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from and economics have made significant advances in our renewable energy development in Alaska. understanding of what Americans think about climate Presenter: Sean Skaling, Alaska Energy Authority change and how we can best motivate engagement and Moderator: David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority action. However, there are sometimes gaps between the research being generated and the practitioners expected 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM to communicate about the risks of climate change. This Village-Driven Dump Clean Up: The YKCA presentation will provide a synthesis of several recent Clean Coast Initiative studies on the science of climate change communication. Tikahtnu C In addition, it will provide specific ideas for communi- Rather than imposing top-down, one-size-fits-all sol- cation practitioners, community members, managers, id waste “solutions,” the Yukon-Kuskokwim Coastal and decision makers who are interested in applying the Association asked villages how they could improve their research results to every day climate change communica- dumps - then funded the best proposals. Come see how tion and outreach activities. it’s working. Presenter: Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Presenters: Tom Atkinson, Yukon-Kuskokwim Coastal Fairbanks Association; Eric Milliken, Darrell Behymer, Moderator: Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska RurAL CAP Moderator: Sylvia Kreel, Alaska Department of Natural Resources 2015 Printed on Recycled Paper notes

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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM MORNING KEYNOTE EVENT: Dr. Julia Parrish - Arctic Council, 101 – Citizen Science What Is The Big Deal, Anyway? Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Kahtnu #1 Participants of the 2013 Alaska Forum Panelists will give an overview on the Arctic Council will remember when Dr. Parrish came to (what it is, who participates, how it works); priorities for share with us the success of the Coastal the United States as it becomes Chair of the Arctic Coun- Observation and Seabird Survey Team cil in May; and how Alaskans may benefit, participate, (COASST) — of which she is Executive learn and contribute. We’ll have time for Q and A also. Director. Her keynote talk this year will Presenters: Fran Ulmer, Arctic Council; continue the conversation of the impor- Craig Fleener, State of Alaska Arctic Advisor to the tance of the citizen scientist. Dr. Parrish Governor; Jimmy Stotts, Director of Inuit Circumpo- admits that she has always had a hard time deciding lar Conference on what her research focus was to be. As a result her Moderator: Margaret Williams, World Wildlife research, and that of the numerous students, post-docs, Fund technicians, and citizens scientists whom she guides and inspires, reflects a broad diversity, from fish to birds, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM from theoretical science to in-your-face conservation. As Beginning Your Energy Use Reduction Journey an undergraduate for Carnegie-Mellon, she focused on Kahtnu #2 biochemistry and biophysics. Her next step was the Duke IECC, ASHRAE, Energy Services Performance Contract- Marine Lab, where she worked on the schooling behav- ing, LEED, energy auditing, retro-commissioning, energy ior of fish as a graduate student. As a post-doc at the efficiency procurement, what does it all mean? Many University of Washington, Dr. Parrish’s study focus went commercial building owners and managers would like to from schooling fish to seabirds, in particular the common lower their energy use and associated bills, but get stuck murre. Presently Dr. Parrish holds a joint position in the in a world of acronyms, standards and services that are Biology Department, and in the School of Aquatic and unique to the energy efficiency world and confusing to Fishery Sciences at UW. most. While there are many specialists offering their ser- Keynote Speaker: Julia Parrish, University of vices as the key to YOUR savings, one service or solution Washington doesn’t fit all. It is important for building owners to un- derstand their options of and current status on the energy 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM reduction journey so the best long-term and sustained A Successful Partnership Restoration Between results for them can be achieved. Audience interests and State And Tribal DNRs roles will be shared at the beginning of the presentation Tikahtnu C to best tailor information to their needs. The Samish Indian Nation’s Department of Natural Presenter: Dena Strait, Bettisworth North Architects Resources is working to integrate traditional knowledge and Planners into current restoration and preservation projects that Moderator: Katie Conway, Alaska Energy Authority 2015 they are involved in. They are working with State, Feder- al and local agencies to identify, preserve, protect and enhance all natural resources within Samish historical and cultural territory is important to the Samish Com- munity, continuing a long tradition of natural resource stewardship. Presenter: Samuel Barr, Samish Indian Nation Moderator: Theo Garcia, Knik Tribe

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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Disposing Of Polluted Soils In Landfills Should Alaska Have An Associate Degree In Tubughneq’ #3 Sustainable Energy? What is a polluted soil? Should we test it? How should Tubughneq’ #5 it be disposed of and by whom? What is a polluted soil With the state of Alaska’s policy to increase energy demonstration? What are the regulations for dispos- efficiency by 15 percent in 2020 and obtain half of its ing of polluted soils in landfills? This presentation will electricity from renewable sources by 2025, sustainable provide a general overview of what polluted soil is, what energy education plays an important role in achieving options are available for disposal in a landfill, and what these goals. The highest academic program in sustain- requirements need to be met for proper disposal. What able energy that is currently available in the state of is proper documentation, how should it be done, when, Alaska, is the Occupational Endorsement in Sustainable and who gets it, will be discussed. Information is geared Energy - a 12-16 credit program delivered by several towards contractors, consultants, community members, educational entities across the state. Students interested and municipal operations managers as an educational in a sustainable energy program that is above the oc- overview of how polluted soil can be properly disposed cupational endorsement level either have to create their of in landfills. A short discussion as to how polluted soils own by utilizing interdisciplinary studies, or pursue an can migrate contaminates to the surrounding environ- established program in a different state. The purpose of ment if not contained and stockpiled properly will also this session is to facilitate a discussion focused on explor- be included. ing the potential for developing an associate degree pro- Presenters: Sarah Durand, Neil Lehner, gram in sustainable energy in Alaska. The stakeholders Melody Debenham, Trisha Bower, Alaska Depart- included in this discussion will be educators, education ment of Environmental Conservation coordinators, students, and general public. Moderator: Rebecca Colvin, Alaska Department of Presenters: Mark Masteller, Frank Chythlook, Environmental Conservation Paula Williams, David Johnson, University of Alaska Anchorage; Robin Gilcrist, University of 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Alaska Southeast; Katie Croft, Renewable Energy Environmental Restoration Efforts At Federal Alaska Project Sites In Alaska Moderator: Tom Marsik, University of Alaska Tubughneq’ #4 Fairbanks This session will provide an opportunity for the Air Force, Army, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, and Federal 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Aviation Administration to present information on their Alaska Clean Harbors And Abandoned respective environmental cleanup projects in Alaska. The Derelict Vessels discussion will address progress that has been made in Kahtnu #1 the past year to accomplish remediation goals. This session will focus on the Alaska Clean Harbor Pro- Presenters: Justin Peach, US Navy; Ken Andraschko, gram, and identify ways for community involvement in US Army Corps of Engineers; Therese Deardorff, De- certifying their harbor through this program. The session fense Logistics Agency; Jacki Holzman, Federal Avia- will also give information on Alaska’s problem of aban- tion Administration; Charley Peyton, US Air Force doned derelict vessels and legal implications. Moderator: David Bell, US Air Force Presenters: Rachel Lord, Cook Inlet Keeper; Emily Haynes, State of Alaska; Holly Wells, Birch 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Horton Bittner Cherot Marine Debris Programs Moderator: Erika Ammann, National Oceanic and Tikahtnu D Atmospheric Administration This session will describe new opportunities with the NOAA Marine Debris Program. Presenter: Peter Murphy, National Ocean Service; Moderator: Erika Ammann, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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10:30 AM - 11:45 PM 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Alaska Regional Response Team Updates One Health For Alaska: Kahtnu #2 It’s An Environmental BLaST The US Coast Guard and EPA Co-Chairs of the Alaska Tubughneq’ #3 Regional Response Team (ARRT) will provide an up- Highlights of a University of Alaska Fairbanks $23.8 date on action items and planning activities over the million, five-year award from the National Institutes of past year, as well as provide information on upcoming Health to launch a new undergraduate program that will opportunities for Tribes to participate in local area and engage students from diverse backgrounds, especially emergency response planning efforts. those from rural Alaska, in biomedical and environmen- Presenters: Chris Field, Jim Woods, US Environmental tal health research as a way to foster their interest and Protection Agency; Mark Everett, US Coast Guard success in biomedical and health careers. Moderator: Marcia Combes, US Environmental Presenters: Barbara Taylor, Karsten Hueffer, Protection Agency Arleigh Reynolds, University of Alaska Fairbanks Moderator: Todd Radenbaugh, University of Alaska 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Fairbanks Allowable Solid And Hazardous Waste Activities Under The GAP Program (Part 1 of 3) 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Tikahtnu C Point McIntyre Eroding Landfill – The Indian Environmental General Assistance Program A Chilly Solution To A Legacy Problem (GAP) authorizes EPA to provide financial assistance to Tubughneq’ #4 tribes for the development and implementation of solid This session will present the successful efforts of the US waste management programs consistent with the Solid Navy to remove an eroding landfill at Point McIntyre. Waste Disposal Act (also known as the Resource Conser- Previous federal agencies that operated the Former Dis- vation and Recovery Act). This presentation will cover the tant Early Warning (DEW) Line Station at Point McIntyre foundational tribal solid waste program capacities that along the arctic coast of Alaska left behind a landfill that can be established under GAP and that provide an essen- suffered erosion and subsequent release of material. The tial foundation for program implementation. The session selected remedy was excavation of exposed shoreline will also describe the allowable and unallowable solid waste and the eroding landfill, and incorporation of ex- waste program implementation activities GAP can fund. cavated landfill materials into a new freezeback landfill Presenters: Luke Jones, JoAnn Chase, David Allnut, at the onsite airstrip approximately 1000 feet inland. Linda Anderson-Carnahan, Karin Koslow, Janice Presenter: Kendra Leibman, US Navy Sims, US Environmental Protection Agency Moderator: David Bell, US Air Force Moderators: Sherry Kimmons, Santina Gay, US Environmental Protection Agency 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Sulfate-Enhanced Groundwater Cleanup Of 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Chlorinated And Petroleum Hydrocarbons Arctic Council 101 - Alaskan Innovations In Tubughneq’ #5 2015 Adaptation And Resilience To Climate Change Sulfate reduction is a robust anaerobic process that can Tikahtnu D be used for cleanup of contaminated groundwater. Addi- Panelists will inform Alaskans about recent research on tion of sulfate can enhance bioremediation of chlorinated two “hot” topics related to the Arctic Council’s agenda solvents by producing reduced iron sulfide minerals that on climate and energy. We’ll hear about cool technol- abiotically degrade chlorinated compounds, or anaer- ogies that are helping remote Alaskans to save money, obic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons when and brainstorm about how to amplify these innovations other native electron acceptors are depleted and the rate in the Arctic, with possible policy and financial support of biodegradation slows under methanogenic conditions. in the future. This session will focus on selection of these approaches Presenters: Kord Christianson, TDX Power; with special consideration for applying the technologies Chris Rose, Renewable Energy Alaska Project in cold temperatures at remote Alaskan sites. Moderator: Margaret Williams, World Wildlife Fund Presenter: Bruce Henry, Parsons Moderator: Win Westervelt, CH2M HILL

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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Susitna-Watana Hydro Project Update Amchitka Underground Nuclear Test Tikahtnu E Site Monitoring Wayne Dyok, Susitna-Watana Hydro Project Manager Kahtnu #2 for the Alaska Energy Authority, will provide updates The U.S. DOE Legacy Management is collaborating with from the 2014 field season. personnel from the Alaska Department of Environmental Presenters: Wayne Dyok, Betsy McGregor, Alaska Conservation, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, US Energy Authority Fish & Wildlife Service and the University of Alaska, Moderator: Doug Mutter, Alaska Forum Fairbanks to plan the 2016 biological sampling on Amchitka and Adak Islands. The 2016 sampling event 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM will investigate the levels of radionuclides in the marine Alaska Renewable Schools - waters surrounding both islands, to assess food safety Burning Wood Into Education Dollars! and provide baseline activity concentrations that will Kahtnu #1 support quantitative statistical trending analysis with With the sharp increase of heating oil prices in Alaska future sampling results. The session will also describe the this past half decade, and with no substantial tax base 2014 inspection of earthquake damage to drilling-mud for many Alaskan school districts to levy from, many disposal pits and roadways caused by the June 23, districts have no recourse to recoup lost resources for 2014 magnitude 7.9 Little Sitkin earthquake, which educational delivery without considering a cheaper fuel triggered shaking-induced ground failure on Amchitka. source for heating their schools. Nearly a dozen dis- This session will show the extent of damage to infrastruc- tricts in Interior and Southeast Alaska have successfully ture on Amchitka, describe plans for repairing it, and switched to burning wood, which has resulted in cutting describe improvements made to the seismic monitoring fuel costs dramatically. What community ‘capitals’ or as- network on the island. sets did these locations that made the switch, have? This Presenters: Rob Witter, US Geological interview-based research looks at the resulting benefits of Survey; Paul Darr, S.M. Stoller Corp; these biomass efforts in light of the Community Capitals Merry Maxwell, US Fish & Wildlife Service Framework, which looks at a utility/heat project from the Moderator: Mark Kautsky, US Department of Energy point of view of community development, sustainability, and resiliency. 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Presenter: Art Nash, University of Alaska Fairbanks Assisting Alaska’s Adaptation To Climate Moderator: Dan Parrent, US Forest Service Change: Stories Of Early Progress (Part 1 of 2) Tubughneq’ #3 Come and hear what the new (since 2010) Alaska Cli- mate Science Center and five Landscape Conservation Cooperatives serving Alaska have been doing. These Cooperatives work with partners to address resource management challenges in coastal and interior systems under changing climate conditions. The presentation will include an introduction to the Science Center and the LCCs. Examples of early work will highlight projects and initiatives and will be followed by a listening circle during Part 2 beginning at 3:30. Session input from the audience will identify existing needs and inform future direction of the collaborative partnerships. Come join us! Moderator: Barbara Schrader, US Forest Service

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Construction And Demolition Debris: Increasing Local Stewardship Through Forming A The Trouble With Rubble Tribal Conservation District - 3 Yukon River Tribes Tubughneq’ #4 Tubughneq’ #5 As the cost of new landfills have skyrocketed to multimil- The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council is currently lion dollar projects, existing landfill space is a precious funded by the Administration for Native Americans to support commodity. This presents a special challenge for rural Tanana, Venetie, and Arctic Village in establishing a Tribal and urban projects that create Construction and Demo- Conservation District (TCD) through community workshops lition (C&D) debris. Options for disposal of C&D debris and administering jurisdictional challenges of setting up TCDs can vary depending on the project location and the acknowledged by the US Department of Agriculture. We amount of waste generated. This session will focus on will discuss the current state of our 3-year project as well as what C&D debris is, what are its impacts, available challenges and benefits for Tribes to secure their environmental disposal options, and compliance issues and enforce- stewardship role toward jurisdictional and political changes in ment actions. Come find out what all this means to your environmental regulation. community, organization or business. Presenters: Kim Jochum, Edda Mutter, Yukon River Presenters: Neil Lehner, Stephen Price, Alaska Inter-Tribal Watershed Council; Christy Cincotta, Tyonek Department of Environmental Conservation Tribal Conservation District Moderator: Rebecca Colvin, Alaska Department of Moderator: Theo Garcia, Knik Tribe Environmental Conservation 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Marine Debris Monitoring (Part 1 of 2) How To Best Bring Up Local Environmental Tikahtnu E Issues In Your Community This session will inform about the COASST program and our Tikahtnu D approach/goals/vision for marine debris monitoring and our This session will highlight success stories of how individ- process for developing a marine debris monitoring protocol.In uals and organizations have identified and confronted this session we invite input about potential data uses/consider- an environmental issue in their community. Best practices ations with respect to fishery gear, harm to wildlife, biofouling, to help solve the issue are discussed as well as how and and identifying sources of marine debris. when individuals should approach federal, state and Presenter: Julia Parrish, University of Washington private agencies. Discussion also will be held on the Moderator: Peter Murphy, National Ocean Service importance of doing place-based studies on the cause of the issue before corrective action is taken. 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Presenters: Mariah Jerman, Karin Landsberg, Solid & Hazardous Waste Management In Rural Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation; AK: New Initiatives & Partnerships (Part 2 of 3) Suzanne Marcy, Ecosecurity Solutions Tikahtnu C Moderator: Todd Radenbaugh, University of Alaska The session will focus on new and emerging initiatives and Fairbanks partnerships which are designed to relieve solid waste pres- sures in rural Alaska. The panelists are leaders from the nation- al EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, the EPA Region 10 Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, the Alaska Solid Waste Workgroup, the Alaska Native Health Consortium’s Sustainability program, and Solid Waste Alaskan Task Force. Together they will offer attendees an opportunity to learn about important leading-edge programs in waste management. Presenters: Desirae Roehl, Oxcenia O’Domin, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Kate Kelly, Mimi Guernica, US Environmental Protection Agency; Lynn Zender, Zender Environmental Moderators: Sherry Kimmons, Santina Gay, US Environmental Protection Agency 2015 Printed on Recycled Paper notes

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM A Hydrokinetic Panel Discussion On Recent Collaborative Working Session: Sustainable Demonstration Of This Power Generation Solid And Hazardous Program Development In Technology In AK Rural Alaska (Part 3 of 3) Tikahtnu D Tubughneq’ #5 With field demonstrations of 3 different hydrokinetic de- This session will follow the earlier solid waste sessions vices in Alaska in the past year, much has been learned in the day on the General Assistance Program (GAP), about the technical and environmental challenges faced and will be a working session designed for the GAP by hydrokinetic developers and communities hoping to manager, assistant, technician, and AmeriCorps member take advantage of this nascent technology. This panel will to discuss collaborative solutions to Alaska’s solid and discuss progress and experiences to date, challenges that hazardous waste management issues in Alaska. exist for hydrokinetic power generation, and potential op- Presenter: Anahma Shannon, Kawerak Inc. portunities that may exist among different device designs. Moderator: Desirae Roehl, Alaska Native Tribal Presenter: Alan Baldivieso, Alaska Energy Authority Health Consortium Moderator: David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM How Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Can Be Alaska State Parks: Learning In Every Direction Used To Support Environmental And Tubughneq’ #4 Engineering Programs Alaska is big, wild, and scenic, with a state park system Kahtnu #2 that provides learning opportunities in every direction. This session will present examples of past operations Encompassing more than 3.3 million acres, the Alaska & future potential applications where various small State Park systems has premier natural history education- Unmanned Aircraft Systems with a variety of sensors al opportunities for all. In cooperation with our partners, offer new & safer ways to collect data supporting Alaska State Parks provide learning experiences in environmental science, observing, and monitoring. It will geographic processes (glacier, river processes, mass briefly describe the governing regulations & policies and wasting) and wildlife-viewing. Through day visits, camp- how University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska Center for ing, or public-use cabins, connect with Alaskan heritage Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration has successfully at a number of environmentally and culturally significant navigated them to gain permission to fly. sites. Leaning is more fun outdoors - so we invite you to Presenter: Ro Bailey, University of Alaska Fairbanks participate in Alaska State Park’s learning adventures. Moderator: Jacki Holzman, Federal Aviation Presenters: David Griffin, Emily Lochart, Alaska Administration Department of Natural Resources Moderator: Todd Radenbaugh, University of Alaska 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Fairbanks Introduction To Compound Specific Isotope Analysis And Applications At 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Contaminated Sites 2015 Assisting Alaska’s Adaptation To Climate Kahtnu #1 Change: Stories Of Early Progress (Part 2 of 2) This presentation will give a basic overview of the prin- Tubughneq’ #3 ciples of Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA), Part 1 of this 2-part session provided an introduction to its application to contaminated site assessment and Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) and the remediation, and case studies where it has been used at Climate Science Center (CSC). This Session (Part 2) is a Alaskan contaminated sites. conversation about YOUR natural and cultural resource Presenters: Andrew Weller, Olga Stewart, AHTNA concerns that might influence future work of LCCs and Engineering Services CSC; and, a discussion about how, when, where to best Moderator: Ben Martich, Geosyntec Consultants engage our partners in their conservation work and that of the LCCs and CSC. Session input from participants will identify existing needs and inform future direction of the collaborative partnerships. Come join us! Moderator: Barbara Schrader, US Forest Service

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Marine Debris Monitoring Program US Environmental Protection Agency/Tribal (Part 2 of 2) Leaders Dialog Tikahtnu E Tikahtnu C This session will inform about the COASST program and This session is an opportunity for Alaska Tribal Leaders our approach/goals/vision for marine debris monitor- to meet with EPA’s Regional Administrator, Dennis Mc- ing and our process for developing a marine debris Lerran on issues that are important to rural human health monitoring protocol. In this session we invite input about and environment. potential data uses/considerations with respect to fishery Presenters: Kate Kelly, Kathleen Salyer, gear, harm to wildlife, biofouling, and identifying sourc- Dennis McLerran, JoAnn Chase, Jim Woods, es of marine debris. Dianne Soderlund, David Allnutt, Presenters: Julia Parrish, University of Washington; Linda Anderson-Carnahan, Karin Koslow, Erika Ammann, National Oceanic and Atmospher- US Environmental Protection Agency ic Administration; Chris Pallister, Gulf of Alaska Moderators: JR Herbst, Tami Fordham, Keeper; Beth Trowbridge, Center for Alaska Coastal US Environmental Protection Agency Studies; Tom Pogson, Island and Trails Network; Margot O’Connell, Sitka Sound Science Center 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Moderator: Peter Murphy, National Ocean Service EVENING SOCIAL EVENT Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Region 10 Regional Tribal Operations Committee invites you attend an evening social. Enjoy a light buffet and a performance by Allison Warden - AKU-MATU. AKU- MATU is an Iñupiaq Eskimo inter-disciplinary artist with a passion for the self determination of Indigenous Peoples. She raps under the name AKU-MATU and is an “Artist in the Schools” for the Alaska State Council of the Arts, giving workshops to youth, empowering them through the use of theatre and music. After the performance, the 2014 recipient of the Daniel L. Ellanak Environmental Excellence Award will be presented. Book Store Available:

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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM MORNING KEYNOTE EVENT: Byron Mallott, Fish In Alaska: How Environmental Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Contaminants Impact Them, And How Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Their Health Impacts Our Health Byron Mallott’s history of public service Tikahtnu D began in his ancestral home of Yakutat, Some environmental contaminants can be found naturally Alaska, when he was elected mayor at in the ecosystem while others are generated by various the age of 22. He later went on to serve industries. These chemicals can be deposited locally or as mayor of Juneau. Byron’s early start transported long distances. They can accumulate in the in public leadership has grown into a ecosystem and food chain then finally concentrate in fish. deep unique knowledge of all aspects of Fish are a critical component of the diet of many in Alaska. Alaskan life, including commercial fish- Fish harvesting and consumption have numerous benefits ing, aviation, timber, communications, that are not only nutritional, but cultural and physical as banking, Alaska Native Corporations and investments. well. But just how much fish can you safely consume, and He has served as the president of the Alaska Federation how is that number generated? This session will focus on of Natives, executive director of the Alaska Permanent 1) the impact of environmental contaminants on fish and Fund Corporation, co-chair of the Commission on Rural how the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Governance and Empowerment, chair of the Nature monitors those impacts; 2) Fish consumption recommenda- Conservancy of Alaska and president and CEO of First tions; and 3) Water quality criteria for State freshwater and Alaskans Institute and Sealaska Corporation. marine waters: How does the state derive human health cri- teria. What are the potential opportunities and challenges? 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Presenters: Ali Hamade, Alaska Department of Donlin Gold Project - Environmental Impact Health and Social Services; Robert Gerlach, Statement (EIS) Status Update Brock Tabor, Alaska Department of Environmental K’enakatnu Board Room Conservation This session will provide an update on the status of the Moderator: Tim Hoffman, Alaska Department of Donlin Gold Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental Conservation issues raised in scoping, the path forward regarding de- velopment of the EIS, outreach, public input, incorporation 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, issue resolution, etc. Green Star’s Green Communities Program - Presenter: Keith Gordon, US Army Corps of Achieving An Environmentally Responsible & Engineers Healthy Community Moderator: Taylor Brelsford, AECOM Tikahtnu E This session will provide insight into Green Star’s new Com- 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM munities Program. This program is designed to engage rural EPA Brownfields Program Overview In Alaska communities and promote healthy, environmentally respon- Tikahtnu C sible practices throughout Alaska. We have taken the tra- 2015 The US Environmental Protection Agency Alaska Brown- ditional Green Star model and molded it into a format that fields Project Manager, Mary Goolie, will provide an can help rural communities prioritize and accomplish their overview of Brownfield resources available and will high- environmental objectives. This program provides a robust list light the EPA Brownfields Targeted Brownfields Assessment of environmental initiatives including landfill management, (TBA) service as well as ADEC’s State Response Program conservation, sustainable resource use, and energy efficien- funding assistance. Current EPA Brownfield Grantees Alas- cy. Communities that successfully complete the Green Star ka Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Communities Program they will be presented with the Green Group will provide an overview of their Environmental Star Community Award for Environmental Stewardship. Our Workforce Development Job Training programs. mission is to assist, certify and recognize communities com- Presenters: Lynn Zender, Zender Environmental; Kar- mitted to resource efficiency and environmental leadership. en Kroon, Alaska Forum; Mary Goolie, US Environ- Please join us to learn how your community can be involved. mental Protection Agency Presenters: Josh Sherwood, Matt Schmitt, Alaska Moderator: Kate McLaughlin, Alaska Forum Forum Greenstar Program Moderator: Richard Porter, Knik Tribe

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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Gustavus - A Community Based Recycling & Public Land - Your Community - Balefill Facility Your Voice...BLM Land Use Planning In Alaska Kahtnu #1 Tubughneq’ #4 The Gustavus Disposal & Recycling Center (DRC) is a The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently unique facility that operates in the remote community of looking at Resource Management Plans for 34 million Gustavus, Alaska. We operate a thrift store and recycling acres in Alaska - an area the size of the entire state of facility that processes aluminum cans, glass bottles, all Alabama. Information about the location of the planning metals, batteries, three grades of plastics, TVs, refrigerators areas and BLM land in question will be presented along etc. and a food waste composting program. Our facility with information about how tribes and communities can has a 60% - 70% diversion ratio (recycled rather than effectively work with BLM in the planning process. Tools landfilled) for the waste that flows through our facility. We and maps for working with BLM will be available. operate with a small staff and budget typical in rural Alas- Presenter: Wayne Jenkins, Yukon River Drainage kan communities. Basically, we have a good story to tell. Fisheries Association Presenter: Paul Berry, City of Gustavus Moderator: Theo Garcia, Knik Tribe Moderator: Rebecca Colvin, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 10:30 AM - 11:45 PM Climate Change: Our Voices, Sharing 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Ways Forward Invasive Species Monitoring And Control Tikahtnu D Kahtnu #2 During this session there will be an opportunity for Tribal Monitoring and control of invasive species is ongoing in members from all over Alaska to share their observations many parts of Alaska to protect resources important to on a changing climate and its impact on traditional way subsistence, the economy, and the integrity of ecosystems. of life. An emphasis will be on discussion of potential Presenters in this session will describe their projects, goals, adaptation actions. challenges, and successes. Presenter: Wilson Justin, Cheesh’na Tribal Council Presenters: Genelle Winter, Metlakatla Indian Moderators: Todd Bender, Michelle Davis, US Community; Elizabeth Bella, Kenai National Environmental Protection Agency Wildlife Refuge; Steve Ebbert, US Fish & Wildlife Service; Tim Stallard, Alien Species Control, LLC 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Moderator: Mary Stensvold, U.S. Forest Service Community Marine Debris Work In Alaska (Part 1 of 2) 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Kahtnu #1 Mapping Alaska’s Water: The Alaska Hydro Description of Community marine debris cleanups in Database - Unraveling Circulation With Alaska ranging from detail on the cleanups themselves to Novel Technologies the outreach and education conducted. Tubughneq’ #3 Presenters: Loretta Brown, Center For Alaska This session has two presentations. First, Kacy Krieger will Coastal Studies; Chris Pallister, Gulf of Alaska present the Alaska Hydrography Database, a regional, Keeper; Tom Pogson, Island and Trails Network collaborative stewardship model that uses familiar GIS tools Moderator: Tim Veenstra, Airborne Technologies to edit, maintain and map Alaska’s waters and update the National Hydrography Dataset. In the second presentation Thomas Weingartner will summarize the various technologies being used to measure the spatial and temporal distribution of ocean currents and water properties in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. The technologies include radars, autonomous underwater vehicles, satellite-tracked drifters, oceanographic moorings, and shipboard measurements. Presenters: Thomas Weingartner, University of Alaska School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Kacy Kreiger, University of Alaska Anchorage Moderator: Win Westervelt, CH2M HILL 2015 Printed on Recycled Paper notes

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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Forest Health Monitoring In Alaska The Digital Dump: Electronic Waste In Kahtnu #2 Landfills In Alaska Learn about how agencies and land managers monitor Tubughneq’ #4 forest health in Alaska, the current status of some of Electronic Waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest growing our major forest pests, and ways you can participate in waste streams in the world. The United States alone forest health monitoring. produces 3.3 million tons per year. This presentation will Presenters: Jason Moan, Curtis Knight, Alaska focus on the risks associated with e-waste. Topics include Department of Natural Resources; Nathan Lojewski, common contaminates found in e-waste, how they are Chugachmiut; Jessie Moan, University of Alaska released into the environment, impacts to human health, Cooperative Extension Service bioaccumulation, and how they are handled in large Moderator: Mary Stensvold, US Forest Service municipal landfills to small rural landfills. What options are available to Alaskans for proper disposal will also be dis- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM cussed, from the smallest rural village to the big city hubs. Roots Of Change: Plant-Based Remediation Presenters: Sarah Durand, Sandi Woods, Alaska And Social Change Research For Cleanup Department of Environmental Conservation; Projects In Rural AK Anahma Shannon, Kawerak Inc.; Reilly Kosinski, Tubughneq’ #3 Total Reclaim Presenters will introduce a research project underway in Moderator: Rebecca Colvin, Alaska Department of Kaltag, Alaska investigating the effectiveness of phytore- Environmental Conservation mediation (plant-based soil remediation via increased microbial activity in the root zone) for treatment of 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM diesel-contaminated soil, and exploring ways to increase General Assistance Program Grant Application community involvement in cleanup projects. Phytoremedi- Working Session ation could revolutionize how contaminated soil is treated Tikahtnu C in rural Alaskan communities and at other remote sites. Bring your Fiscal Year General Assistance Program (GAP) Presenters: Rodney Guritz, Mary Beth Leigh, Grant workplan and budget, SAM Registration informa- University of Alaska Fairbanks tion, GAP Online entries, and other questions and meet Moderator: Jim Fish, Alaska Department of with an EPA Project Officer. Environmental Conservation Moderators: Sherry Kimmons, Santina Gay, Katherine Brown, Kristy Fry, JR Herbst 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM US Environmental Protection Agency Great Bear’s LiDAR Project Tikahtnu E 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM This session will present how Great Bear is using LiDAR Working With Alaska Department Of Environ- technology to determine topography, lake depths, and mental Conservation’s Division Of Water

wetland distribution on its oil and gas leasehold. With its Tubughneq’ #5 2015 partners at the University of Texas, Bureau of Economic The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Geology, Great Bear has covered over 460 square miles (DEC) Division of Water has just closed out a multi-year with LiDAR acquisition, obtaining over 13 billion data grant to develop models and tools to enhance communica- points. Great Bear will also discuss potential application tion with local and tribal governments and to increase local of LiDAR technology in permitting, site selection deci- and tribal government participation in the Alaska Pollutant sion-making, and infrastructure planning. This discussion Discharge Elimination Program. The tools and models that should be of particular concern to state land managers, were developed with the grant will be shown and discussed. wetland permitters, water use managers, and fish and Presenter: Gina Shirey, Alaska Department of wildlife managers. Environmental Conservation Presenter: Pat Galvin, Great Bear Petroluem Moderator: Tim Hoffman, Alaska Department of Moderator: Sam Widmer, ConocoPhillips Alaska Environmental Conservation Incorporated

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12:00 PM - 1:45 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM NOON KEYNOTE EVENT - Joel Sartore, Alaska Water Reservations And Adaptive The Photo Ark Co-Management Strategies Tikahtnu Ballroom A/B Tikahtnu E Joel Sartore is a photographer, speaker, This workshop presentation will address water quality author, teacher, and a 20-year contribu- and quantity issues for Alaska communities, what water tor to National Geographic magazine. reservations are and how communities can establish His hallmarks are a sense of humor and them, and fish and wildlife habitat concerns as they a Midwestern work ethic. Joel’s assign- relate to water quality and quantity issues. Adaptive ments have taken him to every continent co-management strategies for protecting Alaska water and to the world’s most beautiful and resources will be discussed through an examination of challenging environments, from the the Yukon River Intertribal Watershed Council’s current High Arctic to the Antarctic. Simply put, work in this area. Joel is on a mission to document endangered species and Presenters: Ryan Toohey, US Geological Service; landscapes in order to show a world worth saving. His Edda Mutter, Yukon River Intertribal Watershed first National Geographic assignments introduced him to Council; Erica McCall-Valentine, Independent nature photography, and also allowed him to see human Consultant impact on the environment first-hand. In his words, “It is Moderator: Marie Lowe, University of Alaska folly to think that we can destroy one species and ecosys- Anchorage tem after another and not affect humanity. When we save species, we’re actually saving ourselves.” Joel has written 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM several books including RARE: Portraits of America’s Community Marine Debris Work In Alaska Endangered Species, Photographing Your Family, and (Part 2 of 2) Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky. His most recent book is Kahtnu #1 Let’s Be Reasonable, a collection of essays from the CBS Description of Community marine debris cleanups in Sunday Morning show. In addition to the work he has Alaska ranging from detail on the cleanups themselves to done for National Geographic, Joel has contributed to the outreach and education conducted. Audubon Magazine, Geo, Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Presenters: Veronica Padula, University of Alaska Illustrated and numerous book projects. Joel and his work Anchorage; Janna Stewart, Alaska Department of have been the subjects of several national broadcasts Environmental Conservation including National Geographic’s Explorer, the NBC Nightly News, NPR’s Weekend Edition and an hour-long 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM PBS documentary, At Close Range. He is also a contrib- Food And Drug Administration Testing utor on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Of Alaska Fish For Fukushima Radiation Osgood. Joel is always happy to return from his travels Tikahtnu D around the world to his home in Lincoln, Nebraska where Alaskans demanded Alaska specific data to support the he lives with his wife Kathy and their three children. claim that their seafood was safe. The Alaska Depart- Keynote Speaker: Joel Sartore ments of Environmental Conservation and Health and Social Services coordinated with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on testing of Alaska seafood for Fukushima related radiation. Come hear how the results confirm that seafood in Alaska waters poses no Fukushi- ma radiation related health concerns to those who consume it. Presenters: Clyde Pearce, Ali Hamade, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services; Rachel Lord, Cook Inlet Keeper; Robert Gerlach, Marlena Brewer, Alaska Department of Environmen- tal Conservation Moderator: Win Westervelt, CH2M HILL

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM General Assistance Program (GAP) Oversight Solid Waste Incinerators - The Good, The Bad, For Council Members And The Ugly Tikahtnu C Tubughneq’ #3 This session is for Council members who oversee Gener- Communities throughout Alaska are considering incin- al Assistance Program (GAP) grants. The session will fo- eration of solid waste to provide an economical and cus on the basics of the GAP Agreement terms and con- environmentally friendly solution to the trash overload ditions. The group will discuss common misconceptions we all face, but how well do incinerators work? Are they in supervisory roles and responsibilities. Participants feasible for your community or business? This presenta- will also discuss budget elements such as: guidelines tion will examine the use of incinerators in small rural for charging special meetings as a GAP expense, how communities, businesses, and a larger rural community. to incorporate Council stipends, and travel for Council Dillingham Public Works Department will talk about their members to conferences. The training will also address recent trials and tribulations with obtaining an incinera- purchase, inventory, use, and disposition of equipment. tor, plus their first thoughts as they fire it up. A business Intergovernmental agreements and EPA Tribal Environ- that owns a small incinerator will discuss their experienc- mental Agreements will also be a topic of discussion. es operating within commercial regulations. Presenters: Mahri Lowinger, JR Herbst, Presenters: Neil Lehner, Trisha Bower, Michelle Davis, US Environmental Protection Agency Sandi Woods, Alaska Department of Environmental Moderator: Santina Gay, US Environmental Conservation; Rose Leora, City of Dillingham; Protection Agency Linda Edwards, Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. Moderator: Doug Huntman, Alaska Department of 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Environmental Conservation New Geohazard Tools & Map Products For Alaskan Coastal Communities & Deciphering 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Geospatial Datasets State Water Quality Standards And The Kahtnu #2 Triennial Review Process Two presentations will be made in this session. In the Tubughneq’ #4 first, the Division of Geological and Geophysical Sur- The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation veys (DGGS) will share their 2015 suite of new data, Water Quality Standards staff will be presenting on maps and interactive online tools that will fuel informed efforts to update state water quality standards as part of decision-making in coastal communities that are at risk the triennial review process. Staff will be presenting on to flooding and erosion. DGGS will also be soliciting water quality issues being considered, providing back- feedback about how we should direct coastal geohaz- ground information on the process for updating water ard research in coming years. The second presentation quality standards, and information regarding how the will discuss geospatial datasets which contain varying public can participate in this process. spatial accuracies and precisions that often produce Presenter: Brock Tabor, Alaska Department of confusion, even to experts. This presentation will help Environmental Conservation 2015 decipher how, where, and when to use geospatial accu- Moderator: Tim Hoffman, Alaska Department of racy information in your mapping projects! Environmental Conservation Presenters: Nicole Kinsman, Lauren Southerland, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Moderator: Sylvia Kreel, Alaska Department of Natural Resources

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Tribal Wetlands And You Arctic Wetlands, Lakes, And Chukchi Sea Tubughneq’ #5 Survey Results This session will look at efforts underway that bridge Kahtnu #1 traditional Tribal uses of wetlands into wetland science, The Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program, connect Tribes to projects that focus on relationships under the State of Alaska Division of Water, will review between wetland conditions and specific cultural practic- findings from several recent surveys in the Arctic. This es, and inform rural environmental program managers session will cover the 2011 Arctic Wetlands, 2013 on upcoming training opportunities offered by the EPA Arctic Lakes, and 2010-2012 Chukchi Sea survey. An Region 10 Tribal Wetland Working Group. upcoming arctic streams and estuaries survey will also Presenters: Scott O’Daniel, Confederated Tribes of be discussed. the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Tim Troll, Bristol Bay Presenters: Doug Dasher, University of Alaska Heritage Land Trust Fairbanks; Terri Lomax, Alaska Department of Envi- Moderator: Kristy Fry, US Environmental Protection ronmental Conservation Agency Moderator: Tim Hoffman, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 1st Year General Assistance Program (GAP) 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Recipients Orientation Monitoring And Assessment Related To Tikahtnu C Marine Food Resources This session is specifically tailored to grantees in their Tubughneq’ #3 first year as General Assistance Program (GAP) En- Three topics will be discussed during this session: Para- vironmental Coordinators and Technicians. Topics of lytic Shellfish Poisoning on Kodiak Island:Monitoring and discussion will include doing Council briefings, utilizing Research Results, Fish Consumption Assessment of Cook your local, regional, statewide, and national resources, Inlet Tribes Phase I and Phase II, and Southeast Alaska reading the Assistance Agreement, reporting timelines, Tribal Toxins (SEATT), A Partnership to Monitor Harmful GAP Online, 2015-16 application deadlines, work plan Algal Blooms. and budget development, allowable activities, creating Presenters: Julie Matweyou, Alaska Sea Grant Ma- and maintaining files, and other sustainable manage- rine Advisory Program; Michael Opheim, ment practices. Tracie Merrill, Seldovia Village Tribe; Presenters: Sherry Kimmons, Mahri Lowinger, Chris Whitehead, Sitka Tribe of Alaska Kristy Fry, JR Herbst, Michelle Davis, US Environ- Moderator: Katherine Brown, US Environmental mental Protection Agency Protection Agency Moderators: Santina Gay, Todd Bender, US Environ- mental Protection Agency 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Stump The Dump Chumps 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Tubughneq’ #4 Alaska Forum Film Festival This presentation will be an ‘open for questions’ type Tikahtnu E forum. The attendees will ask question of the ‘Chumps’ Moderators: Serena Mason, Alaska Forum (experts in the Solid Waste field) pertaining to problems with managing the waste stream in their communities. The ‘Chumps’ will try to answer all the questions and those that they can’t will be researched and answers provided later. Questions about money will have to be answered by a different kind of ‘Chump’ (Grant Special- ist). Ted Jacobson, Doug Huntman and special invited guests will be the ‘Chumps to Stump.’ Presenter: Doug Huntman, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Moderator: Ted Jacobson, US Environmental Protection Agency

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM The Effects Of Climate Change On Cultural The Cross-Border Mine Review Process Resources And The KSM Mine Tubughneq’ #5 Tikahtnu D Climate change is rapidly changing many facets of Mines in Canada across the border from Southeast Alas- life today. This session examines how climate change ka have been controversial for some in southeast Alaska. impacts a wide range of cultural resources including This session will focus on the review process used for archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, subsistence cross-border mines and Alaska’s participation in the pro- resources, and historic buildings. The presenters will talk cess. In addition, there will be discussion of one of the about recent projects in Alaska and discuss what can be mines, the proposed KSM Mine, that has been reviewed done to preserve these important resources. by the Canadian government and by Alaska and federal Presenters: Dael Devenport, Rhea Hood, agencies. It will discuss potential impacts to waters of Rachel Mason, National Park Service southeast Alaska and methods to minimize risk. It is an Moderator: Jean Gamache, National Park Service example of the cross-border review process. Presenters: Rob Sanderson, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; Brent Murphy, Seabridge Gold; Jeff Bruno, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Moderator: Bob Loeffler, University of Alaska 2015

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8:00 AM - 4:45 PM 8:00 AM - 4:45 AM 8-Hour Rural Alaska Landfill Administrator Mining 101: An Overview Of The Hard-Rock (RALA) Training For Village Administrators Mining Industry Kahtnu #1 Tubughneq’ #5 The Rural Alaskan Landfill Administrator (RALA) training This one-day course will provide an overview of the is a full day (eight hour) class that focuses on duties re- mining industry, especially as it exists in Alaska. In a quired of rural village administrators and Indian General intensive format, the course will provide the student with Assistance Program coordinators. This training is divided an understanding of the exploration and development into ten sections and will explore the basics of operating process, environmental issues, industry economics, the a landfill, required administrative paperwork, permits, permitting/regulatory process and public issues. The selecting an operator and collection program. The pre- course is designed for those who may one day work in sentation and general discussion will cover solid waste the industry, those who are interested in natural resource topics in an effort to ensure success at a rural site. and environmental policy that surrounds mining, or those Moderators: Ted Jacobson, US Environmental Protec- who are interested in the issues of the day that one hears tion Agency; Doug Huntman, Alaska Department of about almost daily on TV or in the press. Participants will Environmental Conservation receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course. 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Presenter: Bob Loeffler, University of Alaska Beached Bird Training By COASST Kahtnu #2 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM Help make a difference for the environment by collecting Communities And Oil Spill Response: How Do data for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Citizens Fit In? Team (COASST). COASST is a citizen science project K’enakatnu Board Room dedicated to involving volunteers in the collection of high This interactive workshop is designed for community quality data on the status of coastal beaches, and trends members and stakeholders who might be affected in the of seabirds. Our goal is to assist government agencies event of an oil spill. Any citizen who is curious about and other organizations in making informed manage- how an oil spill incident is handled and the role of ment and conservation decisions, and promote proactive citizens is invited to participate. Workshop presentations citizen involvement and action. COASST volunteers sys- will include the basics of the Incident Command System, tematically count and identify bird carcasses that wash the roles of different agencies, how decisions are made, ashore along ocean beaches from northern California and how citizens can voice their concerns throughout to Alaska. Volunteers need NO experience with birds, the process. just a commitment to survey a specific beach (about 3/4 Presenters: Jeremy Robida, Prince William Sound mile) each month. Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council; Presenter: Julia Parrish, University of Washington Tim Robertson, Nuka Research and Planning Group

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM HAZWOPER US Environmental Protection Agency GAP And Tubughneq’ #3 & #4 Tribal Grantee Breakout Session Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Tikahtnu D Response Training. Meet with an EPA Alaska Tribal Coordinator and get Note: You must be registered under the weekly rate or the most up-to date information on what’s going on with the day rate for Friday to attend this event. If you are grant negotiations for fiscal year 2016. Also, share registering guests who are attending the full day Friday your questions, thoughts, and comments on how things HAZWOPER session, please enter the total number are going in your community with the environmental participating including yourself and your guests. All program, share solutions, and ask questions. HAZWOPER participants will be charged a $25 fee for Presenters: Sherry Kimmons, Todd Bender, course materials. Mahri Lowinger, Katherine Brown, Kristy Fry, JR Herbst, Michelle Davis, US Environmental Protection Agency Moderator: Santina Gay, US Environmental

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10:15 AM - 11:30 AM US Environmental Protection Agency IGAP Closing Session Tikahtnu C Share your observations and insights on the week long conference event. Complete an evaluation form for the Indian General Assistance Program Track sessions. And don’t forget to grab a raffle ticket!

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Alaska Forum Film Festival Tikahtnu E Moderators: Karen Kroon, Serena Mason, Carley Dunn, Alaska Forum; Doug Huntman, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Doodle Biz thedoodlebiz.com We once again welcome Anne Jess with Doodle Biz to map out our keynotes and selected sessions throughout the week. Be sure to stop 2015 by the foyer to look at Anne’s visual representations of our sessions and speakers. These works of art provide more than just a record of what was said, they give us a touchstone for AFE 2015 and a jumping off point for further exploration and discussion!

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Ahtna Engineering Services, LLC Alaska Forum - Environmental Cook Inletkeeper Dan Frank, [email protected] Technician Apprenticeship Rachel Lord, [email protected] 907-433-0727 Karen Kroon, [email protected] 907-235-4068 (x29) 110 West 38th Avenue, Suite 200A 907-331-0282 3734 Ben Walters Ln, Suite 201 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Near Registration Homer, Alaska 99603 Space #46 Space #18 Alaska Forum - Green Star Program Cowater Alaska Alaska Association of Josh Sherwood, [email protected] Kilby Baron, [email protected] Environmental Professionals 907-952-0047 907-644-0302 Anna Kohl, [email protected] P.O. Box 212409 6605 Arctic Blvd 907-644-2008 Anchorage, Alaska 99521 Anchorage, Alaska 99518 HDR Alaska, Inc. Near Registration Space #39 2525 C Street, Suite 305 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Alaska Forum - Youth Booth Department of Defense Space #30 Laurel DeVaney, [email protected] Chris Allen, [email protected] Anchorage, Alaska 87 Wateredge Lane Alaska Center for Climate Space #44 Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406 Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) Space #31 Tina Buxbaum,[email protected] Alaska Native Tribal Health 907-474-7812 Consortium Energy Laboratories Inc. 3352 College Road Desirae Roehl, [email protected] John Holst, [email protected] Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 907-729-3496 307-247-4915 Space #21 4000 Ambassador Dr. PO Box 30916 Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Billings, Montana 59107-0916 Alaska Coastal Impact Space #20 Space #45 Assistance Program Stacey Norman, stacey.norman@alaska. ALS Environmental United Tribes of Bristol Bay gov Katie Wells, [email protected] Christina Salmon, 907-465-3937 360-501-3278 [email protected] 400 Willoughby Ave., Suite 400 1317 S. 13th Aveune 907-533-3260 Juneau, Alaska 99811 Kelso, Washington 98626 P.O. Box 4064 Space #25 Space #33 Igiugig, AK 99613 Space #47 Alaska Cooperative Extension Bureau of Land Management Service Brandi Bradford, [email protected] Huesker Meg Burgett, [email protected] 907-271-3244 Annie Kane, [email protected] 907-746-9472 222 W. 7th Ave, #13 704-588-5500 533 E. Fireweed Anchorage, Alaska 99513 P.O. Box 411529 Palmer, Alaska 99645 Space #19 Charlotte, North Carolina 28241 Space #08 Space #48 Bureau of Land Management Alaska Department of Teresa McPherson, [email protected] Interstate Technology and Commerce, Community, and 907-267-1420 Regulatory Council (ITRC) Economic Development, DCRA BLM Anchorage Field Office Carolyn Sistare, [email protected] Sally Cox, [email protected] 4700 BLM Road 202-266-4932 907-269-4588 Anchorage, Alaska 99507 50 F STREET NW, SUITE 350 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1640 Space #50 WASHINGTON, District of Columbia Anchorage, Alaska 99501 20001 Space #49 Bureau of Ocean Energy Space #43 Management (DOI) Alaska Department of Michael Haller, [email protected] Kawerak, Inc. Caleb Scholars Environmental Conservation 907-334-5276 Program Ty Keltner, [email protected] 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500 Kristine McRae, [email protected] 907-465-5009 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 907-443-4361 410 Willoughby Ave. Space #35 P.O. Box 948 Juneau, Alaska 99811 Nome, Alaska 99762 Space #40 CH2MHill Space #10 Jeremy Blei, [email protected] Alaska Department of 907-694-1004 National Park Service Environmental Conservation, 949 E 36th Avenue, Suite 500 Jean Gamache,[email protected] Contaminated Sites Program Anchorage, Alaska 99508 907-644-3511 Kevin Gardner, Space #37 240 West 5th Avenue, Rm 114 [email protected] Anchorage, Alaska 99501 907-269-7658 Coffman Engineers Space #14 555 Cordova Street Tony SlatonBarker, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 [email protected] NOAA National Weather Service Space #41 907-276-6664 Aimee Fish, [email protected] 800 F Street 907-271-3451 Alaska Energy Authority Anchorage, Alaska 99501 222 W 7th Ave, #23 Katie Conway, [email protected] Space #02 Anchorage, Alaska 99513 907-771-3000 Space #03 813 W Northern Lights Blvd Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Space #16 2015 Printed on Recycled Paper See Booth Floorplans on Page 36 and 37 Exhibitors and booth locations 43

NORTECH, Inc. State of Alaska UAF Bristol Bay Campus Michele Sherwood, Sylvia Kreel, [email protected] Tara Borland, [email protected] [email protected] 907-465-3177 907-842 907-222-2445 400 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 400 PO Box 1070 3105 Lakeshore Drive, Suite A106 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0101 Dillingham, Alaska 99576 Anchorage, Alaska 99517 Space #26 Space #27 Space #15 Stericycle Environmental Solutions UAF-Cooperative Extension Service North Wind Jeff Scott, [email protected] Alif (Meg) Burgett, [email protected] Amanda Matson, 503-298-3056 907-746-9472 [email protected] 5151 San Felipe, Suite 1000 1509 S Georgeson Dr. 907-277-5488 Houston, Texas 77056 Palmer, Alaska 99645 7910 King St, Suite 130 Space #38 Space #07 Anchorage, Alaska 99518 Space #17 Summit Consulting Services, Inc UICUmiaq David Lancaster, Gene Pavia, [email protected] NRCS [email protected] 907-677-8220 Molly Voeller, [email protected] 907-350-9625 6700 Arctic Spur 907-982-3436 HC 72 Box 850, SUITE C-10 Anchorage, Alaska 99518 800 W Evergreen Ave, Suite 100 4500 Business Park Blvd. Space #12 Palmer, Alaska 99645 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Space #01 Space #09 U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Indian Energy Prince William Sound Regional Susitna River Coalition Givey Kochanowski Citizens’ Advisory Council Ellen Wolf, [email protected] Alaska Program Manager Lisa Matlock, [email protected] 503-961-4452 510 L Street, Suite 420 907-273-6235 PO Box 320 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 3709 Spenard Road, Suite 100 Talkeetna, Alaska 99676 Space #56 Anchorage, Alaska, 99503 Space #06 Space #32 US Forest Service TestAmerica Wendy Zirngibl, [email protected] Regenesis Michael Priebe, 907-209-2094 Lori Muggee, [email protected] [email protected] 709 W 9th St 949-366-8000 907-317-3412 Juneau, Alaska 99801 1011 Calle Sombre 7311 White Hawk Drive Space #13 San Clemente, California 92673 Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Space #23 Space #51 Visit Anchorage Julia Dodds, [email protected] RTOC Region 10 The Alaska Wilderness League 907-257-2327 Christy Belanger, [email protected] Rosemary Ahtuangaruak 524 W 4th Avenue 253-328-4026 [email protected] Anchorage, Alaska 99501 PO BOX 216 907-717-3522 Space #42 Dillingham,Alaska 99576 P.O. Box 143 Space #28 Barrow, Alaska 99723 WHPacific Space #11 Jay Hermanson, Rural Alaska Fuel Services [email protected] Carolynn Sanders, [email protected] Tok Welding 907-339-6514 907-562-0285 Martin Marshall, 3111 C Street, Suite 300 6000 C. Street Suite 201 [email protected] Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Anchorage, Alaska 99518 907-590-7363 Space #05 Space #24 HC 63 Box 1313A Tok, Alaska 99780 Yukon Inter-Tribal Watershed Scenarios Network for Alaska and Space #04 Council Arctic Planning (SNAP) JoEllen Lottsfeldt, [email protected] Tina Buxbaum, [email protected] Total Reclaim 830-9263 907-474-7812 Reilly Kosinski, 725 Christensen 930 Koyukuk Drive, 2nd floor [email protected] Anchorage, Alaska 99501 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 222-6306 Space #52 Space #22 12101 Industry Way, C4 Anchorage, Alaska 99515 Zender Environmental Health and SGS North America Space #54 Research Group Julie Shumway, [email protected] Lynn Zender, [email protected] 907-550-3215 Total Reclaim 907-277-2111 200 W. Potter Drive Gary Smith, [email protected] 310 E 10th Ave Anchorage, Alaska 99518 907-561-0544 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Space #55 12101 Industry Way, C4 Space #36 Anchorage Alaska 99515 ShoreZone Space #53 Amalie Couvillion, [email protected] 907-865-5703 TTT Environmental 715 L Street Deborah Tompkins, [email protected] Anchorage, Alaska 99501 907-565-3388 Space #34 4201 B. Street Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Space #29

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