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EPSCoR and WAISC

EPSCoR and WAISC. Promoting Community Science in Rural Alaska. UAF, Alaska Climate Research Center. Rates of Change to Rural Alaska. outside forces are changing the social and biophysical landscape. Climate Change. Globalization. Challenges of Scientist Working in Remote Locations.

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EPSCoR and WAISC

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  1. EPSCoR and WAISC • Promoting Community Science in Rural Alaska

  2. UAF, Alaska Climate Research Center Rates of Change to Rural Alaska outside forces are changing the social and biophysical landscape Climate Change Globalization

  3. Challenges of Scientist Working in Remote Locations

  4. Some Issues/Concerns • Limited capacity • Lab facilities or education space • Limited baseline data • Region has not traditionally seen science as an important learning experience. • Economy not diverse • Many more

  5. Summer fish camp, Togiak Alaska Traditional Activities Commercial collecting of roe on kelp Togiak, AK.

  6. WAISC Science Results and Data for Rural Alaska

  7. Major sponsors EPSCoR and WAISC Marine Advisory Program

  8. College of Rural and Community Development

  9. Local data for Communities • Building capacity for data collection and field-based techniques to inventory, monitor and manage environment • Bring data and results back to the communities were it was collected

  10. Milestones • 2007 – UAF BBC and UAF NWC meet define a regional science conference • 2008 – First meeting hosted by UAF BBC in Dillingham • 2009 – UAF NWC hosts second WASIC in Nome • 2010 – UAF MAP hosts third WASIC in Unalaksa • 2010 – First WAISA membership meeting (AGM) held, constitution ratified and officers elected. • 2011 - Fourth WAISC to be hosted by UAF KU in Bethel

  11. WAISC 2008 Dillingham, April 3-6 "Weathering Change, Monitoring Uncertainty" Host: UAF Bristol Bay Campus, 11 Sponsors 183 participants (including 25 high school students) 69 papers 2 workshops 2 fieldtrips

  12. WAISC 2009 Dillingham, 3-6 April • Highlights • SWAMC pre-conference Sustainable Energy Workshop • Renewable energy sessions • Ret Screen and Homer Demo • Mining in Bristol Bay • Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed • Subsistence and TEK sessions • Local renewable energy projects • Keynote Speakers: Ray Barnhardt and Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, UAF Alaska Native Knowledge Network • Environmental economic workshop • Rural Education Workshop

  13. WAISC 2009 Nome, 7-9 April " Energizing our Future " Host: UAF Northwest Campus 150 participants 78 papers – 20 local 2 fieldtrips 3 Workshop

  14. WAISC 2009 Nome, 7-9 April • Highlights • Reindeer herding session • Reindeer butchering workshop • Home retrofit workshop • COASST training • Bearing Strait Research Consortium Roundtable • Local renewable energy projects

  15. WAISC Unalaska, 24-27-March-2010 “Linking Communities and Building Bridges" Host: UAF Marine Advisory Program 106 participants 40 papers – 10 local 3 Workshops 3 Fieldtrips

  16. WAISC 2009 Nome, April • Highlights • 1st WAISA Annual General Meeting • Fisheries session • EPSCoR integration meeting • Environmental science sessions • Fieldtrips – UNISEA Processer, New diesel power plant, Orthodox church • Climate change panel discussion • Future of WAISC

  17. Natural Capital • Maximize ecological goods and services • Conserve renewable resources Human Capital • Science training • Integrating TK • Elders knowledge • Baseline data on watershed • Manufactured Capital • Sustainable use of technology • Greener lifestyles • Reduce consumerism • Social Capital • Inc. education levels • Capacity building • Institutional structures • Partnerships Rural Sustainable Communities WAISC

  18. The Region Must Adapt to Change:WASIC helps build local capacity Future Paths

  19. Thank You

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