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Mead Treadwell, Chair

Mead Treadwell, Chair. Michele Longo Eder. Susan Sugai. Duane Laible. Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf. Tom Royer. Charles Vörösmarty. What is the USARC? • Independent US federal government agency • Established by the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984, as amended

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Mead Treadwell, Chair

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  1. Mead Treadwell, Chair Michele Longo Eder Susan Sugai Duane Laible Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf Tom Royer Charles Vörösmarty

  2. What is the USARC? • Independent US federal government agency • Established by the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984, as amended • 7 presidentially appointed commissioners, and 4 staff in DC &Anchorage offices • By law, works directly with both congressional and executive branches • Develops and recommends an integrated national Arctic research policy • Helps establish a national Arctic research program plan to implement the policy • Facilitates cooperation among federal, state and local governments, and other nations with respect to Arctic research, both basic and applied

  3. Recent USARC activities… • Promoting 5 Goals (climate/environmental change, civil infrastructure, indigenous languages, cultures and identities, Arctic health, resource assessment) • Encouraged initiation & participating in ongoing govt-wide review of Arctic Policy • USARC Chair testified to Congress in support of NAS icebreaker recs & on IPY • Co-sponsored with NIC and organized the symposium “Impact of an ice-diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations” • Brigham leading Arctic Council endorsed “Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment” • Promoting ARRV, IOOS, BARC, etc., and work with Alaskan delegation & gov. • Participating in many interagency groups (JSOST, ECS, etc.) • Helping to reinvigorate SCICEX SAC, leading Scaling Workshop (Vorosmarty).

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