Thursday Morning

8:00-9:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast Bar

9:00-9:10 am

Welcome

9:10-9:30 am

Introductions

9:30-10:00 am

Review of Energy Studies

10:00-10:30 am

Regional Energy Options For Communities

10:30-10:45 am

Coffee Break

10:45-12:00 pm

Discussions of the Content of a Regional Energy Plan

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

Thursday Afternoon

1:00-2:00 pm

Ret Screen Demo and Case Study

2:00-3:00 pm

HOMER Introduction

3:00 - 3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15-4:00 pm

Micro grid Tie-in Options and Safety Issues - James Thames

4:00-4:30 pm

Micro Grid and Safety Discussion

4:30-5:00 pm

Energy Efficiency Specialist at Golden Valley Electric Association - Todd Hoener

5:00-5:30 pm

Wrap-up Discussions

Thursday Evening

Welcome Reception hosted by the Dillingham Chamber of Commerce

6:00-9:00pm

Sam Fox Museum and Chamber of Commerce (across lot from UAF Bristol Bay Campus)

April 04, 2008

WAISC sessions, UAF, Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham, Alaska

Multi-Purpose Room

Friday Morning

7:30-9:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast Bar

9:00-9:40 am

Welcome

Gusty Bartman, Bristol Bay Elder

Native Fan Dancers (Nelson Kids)

Alice Ruby, Mayor of Dillingham

Bernice Joseph, UAF CRCD Vice Chancellor

Debi McLean, UAF BBC Campus Director

9:40-10:20 am

Plenary Session

Ecosystem Goods and Services: Economic Interpretation for Conservation and Development - Ken Belcher, Associate Professor University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics.

10:20-10:40am

Break

10:40-12:00 pm

Plenary Sessions

Using Best Practice to Enhance Science Literacy among Students - James Barufaldi, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education, University of Texas at Austin

Energy: we need more choices in Bristol Bay now - Todd Radenbaugh, Assistant Professor, UAF BBC Environmental Science.

The Future of Bristol Bays Salmon Runs - Milo Adkison, Associate Professor, UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Science.

12:00-12:50 pm

Lunch (on your own)

April 04, 2008

Friday Afternoon

SESSIONS

Time

Concurrent Session

Multi-Purpose Room

Concurrent Session

Room 128

Concurrent Session

Computer Lab

Mining, Chair: Andrew deValpine, Bristol Bay Coastal Resources Service Area,

Fisheries, Chair: Paula Cullenberg, Marine Advisory Leader, Associate Director, MAP, UAF and Tim Sands, ADF&G, Dillingham

Solid Waste Chair: Hendrik Van Hemert, Env. Project Coordinator SWAMC and Jody Seitz, Planning Dir, City of DLG

12:50-1:00pm

Welcome and introductions

Welcome and introductions

Welcome and introductions

1:00-1:20pm

1. The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Kuskokwim Mineral Belt, Southwest Alaska - Marti Miller

1. Management of Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery - Lowell Fair

1. Simple Techniques to Address a Comprehensive Problem: Rural Alaska Landfill Improvement Project Success Stories, Creative Techniques to Help Cut Costs - Bryan Reed

1:20-1:40pm

2. Pebble Engineering Geology - David Chambers

2. History and Current Research Activities of the Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) of the UofW - Harry Rich Jr.

2. Statewide Solid Waste Plan Assessment Survey: Comparison between Southwest Alaska Region and the Remainder of the State. - Lynn Zender and Hendrik Van Helmer

1:40-2:00pm

3. Tailings Disposal in Alaska - Charles Cobb

3. Unlocking the Secrets of Lake Clark Sockeye Salmon - Carol Ann Woody

3. The economics of regional recycling - a proposal for Nushagak Mulchatna watershed - Hendrik Van Helmert

2:00-2:20pm

4. Hydrogeology and Geochemistry Issues, Pebble Mine - Robert Moran

4. Monitoring the Abundance of Salmon Smolts in Bristol Bay Rivers - Michael R. Link and Guy D. Wade

4. Recycling - 3rs: Recycle, reduce, and Reuse - Robert Wassily

2:20-2:40pm

Break

Break

5. Electronic Waste - An overview of management strategies & relevance to rural AK. - Reilly Kosinski

2:40-3:00pm

5. Climate and Meteorology of the Pebble Project Area - Rebecca Van Wyck

5. Studies of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in the Marine Water of Bristol Bay - Ed Farley and Milo Adkison

Break

3:00-3:20pm

6. Comparison of Predicted and Actual Water Quality at Hardrock Mines - Jim Kuipers

6. Patterns of Salmon Bycatch in the Eastern Bering Sea pollock Fisheries: Actions to Minimize Impacts - James Ianelli

Interdisciplinary Science Chair: Todd Radenbaugh

1. Resilience and Vulnerability in a Rapidly Changing North: the integration of physical, biological and social processes - Pips Veazey

3:20-3:40pm

7. Hardrock Mining and Community Health - Pamela Miller

7. Experimental Low-Tech Ice Making for Fishing - Joe Faith

2. Moving Toward Integrated Ocean Governance? An examination of Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Policy in Alaska - Kelly Harrell

4:00-4:20pm

8. Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage - Kendra Zamzow

8 Eat Wild Salmon, Support Sustainable Economy, Save Wild Places: an Inquiry into Consumer Values and Buying Power - Lindsay Bloom

3. Hydrology of the Pebble Project Area - Jaime Cathcart

4:40-5:00pm

BBEDC Seminar:

How to Succeed in Business in Rural Alaska - Jane Angvik

April 04, 2008

Friday Evening

Pebble Mine & Oil Leasing Panel (not an official WAISC event)

6:00-10:00 pm

Reception/Pebble Mine & Oil Leasing Panel of Experts Discussion and Open Forum. Refreshments/social time

Venue: Senior Citizen Center, Dillingham

Sponsor: Nunamta Aulukestai (Caretakers of Our Lands) with Co-sponsors: Renewable Resources Coalition, Trout Unlimited, Earthworks, The Wilderness Society, World Wildlife Fund, Defenders of Wildlife

April 05, 2008

Saturday Morning

SESSIONS

Time

Concurrent Session

Multi-Purpose Room

Concurrent Session

Room 128

7:30-8:30am

Registration & Continental Breakfast Bar

Energy Sponsored by Southwestern Alaska Municipal Conference Energy Taskforce, Chair: Rebekah Luhrs and Todd Radenbaugh

NM watershed, Chair: Sue Flensburg, Environmental Control, Bristol Bay Native Association

8:30-8:40am

Welcome and introductions

Welcome and introductions

8:40-9:00am

1. Alaska Energy Inventory Project (AEI), the first step in helping diversify Alaska's Energy Portfolio - Bob Swenson

1. Preliminary Investigations on the Formation of "Tree Islands" and the Forest-Tundra Pattern near Dillingham, Alaska - Emily Sousa

9:00-9:20am

2. Dillingham's Energy Future: Possibilities - Bob Himschoot

2. Soils of the Dillingham, Alaska Area and the Potential for Horticulture - Jodie Anderson

9:20-9:40am

3. Practical Applications of Pre-Existing and "Off the Shelf" Technology: The Windmill Grill - Jon Corbett

3. BEACH Monitoring Program - Erin Strang

9:40-10:00am

4. Small Scale Renewable Energy Projects in the Bering Straits Region, Alaska - Mitch Erickson

4. Applying Traditional Knowledge to Protect Salmon Habitat in the NM Watershed - Tim Troll

10:00-10:20am

Break

Water Quality & Assessment chair: Daniel Bogan, Environment & Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

1. What are the differences and similarities in water quality in the Nushagak and the Koktuli/Swan Rivers? - Daniel Chythlook

10:20-10:40am

5. The potential for tidal energy for the fishing industry in Nushagak Bay, Alaska - Tina Carr

2. Alaskan Water Quality Standards: Priority Projects for 2008-2011 - Jim Powell

10:40-11:00am

6. Can tidal energy being a potential resource for the Bristol Bay fishing fleet and surrounding villages? - Victor Zinger

3. Do current water regulations protect salmon relative to copper? - Carol Ann Woody

11:00-11:20am

7. Outlook for Alternative Energy Development in Western Alaska - Peter Crimp

4. Aquatic Resource Monitoring in Southwest Alaska's National Parks - Jeff Shearer

11:20-11:40am

8. Energy Sustainability for Southwest Alaska: Can you do it? How? - Richard Seifert

5. Understanding the influence of Climate Change on Water Temperature in Alaska's Salmon Streams - Sue Mauger

11:40-12:00pm

9. Lake and Peninsula School District Energy Monitoring and Reduction Project - Roland Briggs

6. Bioassessment in Alaska: Index development and stream assessments - Dan Bogan

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch (on your own)

April 05, 2008

Saturday Afternoon

SESSIONS

Time

Concurrent Session

Multi-Purpose Room

Concurrent Session

Room 128

Subsistence & TK, Chair: Robbin LaVine, Subsistence Fisheries Social Scientist, Bristol Bay Native Association

Ecology, Chair: Mark Lisac, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge

1:00-1:10pm

Welcome and introductions

Welcome and introductions

1:10-1:30pm

1. "Successful Aging Through the Eyes of Alaska Natives." The Health and Wellbeing of Alaska Native Elders - Jordan Lewis

1. Response of Barley to Fish Byproducts Application in Two Interior Alaska Soils - Jodie Anderson

1:30-1:50pm

2. Climate Change and its Impact on Driftwood Deposition and Wood Lot Establishment in western Alaska - Bob Wheeler

2. Tree-ring Evidence for Historic Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Southwest Alaska - Amy Miller

1:50-2:10pm

3. Bristol Bay Beluga Whale Research 2002-2008: Scientists and Hunters Working Together - Lori Quakenbush

3. Examining Char Ecology in Southwest Alaska - Using a Multidisciplinary Approach - Mark Lisac

2:10-2:30pm

4. Subsistence Use of Walrus in Bristol Bay - Helen Chythlook

4. Pebble Project Baseline Wildlife Studies - Terry Schick

2:30-2:50pm

5. Traditional Ecological Knowledge of 20th Century Ecosystems and Fish Populations in the Kuskokwim Bay Region - Robbin LaVine

Break

2:50-3:10pm

Break

5. Muskoxen, Climate Change and Muskox Hunters on the Seward Peninsula - Claudia Ihl

3:10-3:30pm

6. Gold Fish: Considering human dimensions in the management of risk for competing use of natural resources - Ruth Kelty

6. Status, Management, and Research for Declining Southwest Alaska Caribou Herds - Bruce Dale

3:30-3:50pm

7. Resilience and Adaptation of Subsistence Salmon Fishing in Southwest Alaska : A Case Study of Fish Camps in Nondalton - Davin Holen

7. Brown Bear Population Density on Togiak National Wildlife Refuge and BLM Goodnews Block, Southwest, AK - Patrick Walsh

3:50-4:10pm

8. Subsistence Salmon Fishing and Fish Processing in Newhalen, Alaska - Theodore Krieg

8. Life on the Edge: The Fate of Fisheries and Communities in the Context of Federal Offshore Drilling Proposals for Bristol Bay - Richard Charter

4:10-4:30pm

9. MOPping Up When Reaching Out: Maximizing Outreach Potential for School Presentations - Terry Fuller

4:30-4:50pm

10. Documenting Bristol Bay's Past - Mike Davis

Nunamta Aulukestai Concurrent Sessions: (not an official WAISC event)

1:00-5:00pm

Pebble Mine Development - Feedback from local experts representing commercial fishing, sport fishing, subsistence fishing, economic development & audience. Sean Magee - Refreshments / social time.

Venue: Senior Citizen Center, Dillingham

Sponsor: Nunamta Aulukestai (Caretakers of Our Lands) with Co-sponsors: Renewable Resources Coalition, Trout Unlimited, Earthworks, The Wilderness Society, World Wildlife Fund, Defenders of Wildlife.

April 05, 2008

Saturday Night - Banquet Dinner and Keynote Address

Venue: Dillingham Elementary School Gymnasium.

6:00-7:00 pm

Social Hour and Poster viewing (WAISC approved posters will be available for viewing and discussion).

7:00-9:30 pm

Keynote Speakers Ray Barnhardt and Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, UAF Alaska Native Knowledge Network

Poster session (WAISC approved posters will be available for viewing and discussion).

April 06, 2008

Sunday Morning

SESSIONS

Time

Concurrent Workshop

Multi-Purpose Room

Concurrent Session

Room 128

8:00-8:50 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast Bar

Environmental Economics Workshop, Ken Belcher , Associate Professor, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Education, Chair: Victor Zinger, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus

8:50-9:00 am

Welcome and introductions

Welcome and introductions

9:00-9:20 am

Introduction to Value in Economics - Ken Belcher

1. Teaching Western Science and Traditional Knowledge When Studying Weather and Climate - Kyle Casper

9:20-9:40 am

2. Adapt and adopt: an Interdisciplinary Nuclear Science Course that Includes Society and Civic Engagement - Lawrence Duffy

9:40-10:00 am

What is the real value of Nushagak -- Mulchatna Watershed? - Sue Flensburg

3. Integrating Natural Science Field and Laboratory Experiences Across University, Rural Campus, Distance and Pre-College Learners - Patricia Heiser

10:00-10:20 am

Break

4. Yupik Math & Science: Kayak Module - Danielle Rhia, Makayla Walcott (8th grade), Nicholas Christopher (7th grade), and Byron Kapotak (8th Grade)

10:20-10:40am

Environmental Workshop:

Tools to quantify value - Dr. Belcher

This workshop will how value is used in economics to allocate resources. The focus will initially be on the general role of value but quickly focus on how environmental value may or may not be represented in economic decision making. The balance of the workshop will critically explore the range of tools that have been developed to quantify the value of the environment.

5. Teaching Upper Level Mathematics in Collaborative Model: Challenges and Needs- Presenter: Brian Baker

10:40-11:00 am

6. Math Solves the Problem - Krissy Newton

11:00-11:20 am

7. Collaborative Teaching and Mentoring Model University/Village High School Mathematics Partnership in Rural Alaska - Debi McLean and Victor Zinger

11:20-11:40 am

11:40-12:00 pm

April 06, 2008

Sunday Afternoon

FIELD TRIP

1:00pm-3:00 Field Trip - Nushagak Bay

Sign up at registration desk - space limited

Nushagak Bay is a vast glacial-estuarine landscape that has been dominated by glacial sediments for at least the last 150,000 years. Today it hosts one of the world's largest sockeye fisheries, which starts out slowly in early June, hits it peak around the first week of July, and is usually all over by the 1st week of August.

Stop 1- Peter Pan Seafood: Claimed to be the oldest continually operating canneries in Alaska. This plant has been operating since the early 1900s and produces fresh, frozen, and canned salmon products. Both modern and historical topics are covered. The plant employs approximately 320 employees and has one of the largest affiliated fishing fleets in Bristol Bay with over 180 fishing drift fishing boats and 110 set net operations.

Guide: Mike Davis

Stop 2 - Kanakanak Beach (weather permitting): The cliffs of Kanakanak Beach hold the Pleistocene to recent record of the Bay including evidence of Beringia flora and fauna and catastrophic volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. Beach will be very muddy if above freezing - appropriate boots suggested.

Guide: Todd Radenbaugh

OR

1:00pm-3:00 Ski Trip (weather permitting), ski with Andy deValpine on the Flats and Waskey Road meet in front of UAF BBC (skis required ask Andy as a few loaners may be available)

April 07, 2008

Monday

Bristol Bay Regional Recycling/Backhauling Stakeholders Meeting (not an official WAISC Event)

Bristol Bay Campus Multi-Purpose Room

Dillingham, Alaska

9:00-9:10 am

I. Welcome and introductions

9:10-12:00 pm

II. Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference (SWAMC) - Overview

a) Results from SWAMC Solid Waste Survey: willingness to work together, great concern about scrap metal

b)Reason for meeting: connect similar projects to make them more cost effective and sustainable

c) Project focus: all things recycling with a focus on the most cost-effective and ecologically hazardous materials first

d) Role of SWAMC in project: facilitator, partner, objective third party, grant writer

III. Share previous project lessons

a) Electronics Backhaul

b) Junk Car Removal

IV. Moving Forward

a) Breakout into working groups to brainstorm ways to move forward

b) Sharing ideas and discussing feasibility

c) Work plan

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm

V. Formalizing the group

a) Recognizing our shared resources, shared responsibilities

b) MOUs: between communities and partner organizations

VI. Thank you to participants/Wrap-Up

a) Commitment to continue working together

b) Monthly newsletter/teleconference?