A Toolbox for Resilience and Adaptation in Coastal Arctic Alaska 2017 Guide for Alaska Communities, Tribes, Agencies and Citizens Strategies, Actions and Resources
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A Toolbox for Resilience and Adaptation in Coastal Arctic Alaska 2017 Guide for Alaska Communities, Tribes, Agencies and Citizens Strategies, Actions and Resources Coast photo courtesy of Molly Mylius. King Salmon Workshop courtesy of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. Contents Credits ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Resilience .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Adaptation .................................................................................................................................................. 9 About this Guide ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Toolbox 1: Resilience and Adaptation Strategies ................................................................................. 11 Resilience and Adaptation in a Changing World ....................................................................................... 11 We all have the power to do something. .............................................................................................. 11 Leadership and Communication ............................................................................................................. 13 Commit to a positive future. ........................................................................................................................ 13 Get involved. .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Tools for involvement: ............................................................................................................................ 13 Improve relationships and share information........................................................................................... 14 Story: Collaborative research provides helpful information in Kotzebue. ....................................... 14 Tool: Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program ............................................................................................ 15 Plan for responding to change. ................................................................................................................... 15 Story: Ecosystem corridors connect Alaska’s Boreal Forest. .............................................................. 15 Tool: Landscape Conservation Design .................................................................................................. 16 Tools for Agency Resource Managers ................................................................................................... 16 Story: Environmental monitoring uses GIS to document change and inform plans....................... 16 Tool: Plans for Adaptation and Resilience ............................................................................................ 17 Tool: Resources for Planning ................................................................................................................. 19 Work together as a region. ........................................................................................................................... 20 Story: Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture brings people together to conserve habitat. ................. 20 Story: Alaska’s Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) ........................................................... 20 Increase funding and resources. ................................................................................................................. 21 Tool: Funding Resources for Adaptation .............................................................................................. 21 Story: Grant Writing Assistance Program helps members access funding. ..................................... 21 Engage in collaborative research. ............................................................................................................... 22 Story: Scientists assemble 160 years of walrus haulout observations in Russia and Alaska. ....... 22 Tool: Collaborative Community-Based Research ................................................................................ 22 Coordinate agency actions and resources. ................................................................................................ 23 Tool: Federal Agency Adaptation Programs ......................................................................................... 23 Create a climate change information hub. ................................................................................................ 23 Promoting Resilience and Adaptation in Coastal Arctic Alaska | Strategies, Actions and Resources 1 Tool: Existing Climate Change Information Hubs ................................................................................ 24 Develop a list of recommended reading. ................................................................................................... 24 Natural Systems ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Track and quantify change. .......................................................................................................................... 25 Story: Nushagak Mulchatna Soil Survey supports land use and conservation decisions. ............. 25 Tool: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Alaska (NRCS) Soil and Snow Studies ......... 25 Tool: Rapid Ecoregional Assessments in Alaska .................................................................................. 26 Story: Vulnerability Assessments and Action Plan reduces risks and impacts to fisheries. ........... 26 Tool: Community-based Erosion Monitoring ...................................................................................... 27 Story: Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed Council monitors water quality. .................................... 27 Tool: Alaska Water Level Watch ............................................................................................................ 27 Tool: Stream temperature monitoring helps communities understand climate change. .............. 28 Tool: Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network ........................................................................... 28 Tool: NOAA Coastal Imagery Viewer ..................................................................................................... 28 Tool: BeringWatch App ........................................................................................................................... 29 Tool: Alaska Native Science Commission.............................................................................................. 29 Tool: Weather Ready Nation .................................................................................................................. 29 Tool: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Support Programs ...................................................................... 29 Tool: Erosion and Deposition in Western Arctic Alaska (1972-2013)................................................ 30 Support sustainable natural systems management. ................................................................................ 32 Story: Scenario planning fosters community-supported resource management. .......................... 32 Tool: Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP) ....................................................... 32 Tool: Alaska Invasive Weeds App ........................................................................................................... 33 Tool: USDA Forest Health Protection Program .................................................................................... 34 Story: British Columbia uses assisted migration to help trees adapt to climate change. .............. 34 Story: Adjusting seasons ensures access to subsistence harvest of moose and caribou. ............. 34 Story: Communities and agencies work together to protect walrus at Point Lay. .......................... 35 Story: Togiak forms Tuyuryaq Conservation District to manage their own lands. .......................... 36 Tool: USDA NRCS and the Alaska Tribal Conservation Alliance ......................................................... 36 Public Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................. 37 Reduce carbon-based fuel emissions. ........................................................................................................ 37 Story: Renewables and heat recovery projects save money and lower emissions. ........................ 37 Story: Kokhanok moves forward on wind-diesel integration. ............................................................ 37 Story: Northwest Arctic Leadership Team takes a regional approach to energy. ........................... 38 Story: New wind turbines offset diesel generation in rural Alaskan communities. ........................ 38 Tool: Alaska Renewable Energy, Efficiency and Conservation Programs ......................................... 38 Story: The Alaska