Drought and Extreme Weather Events in SE Alaska Workshop: List of Presentations and Speakers

Topic: Weather and Climate

Weather versus Climate – Jessica Cherry

• Affiliation: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information  

Our Changing Environment – Rick Thoman

• Affiliation: NOAA RISA Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy, ACCAP
• Resource: Alaska’s Changing Environment: Documenting Alaska’s physical and biological changes through observations

Extreme Weather Events – Aaron Jacobs

• Affiliation: NOAA National Weather Service Juneau Forecast Office
• Resource: Atmospheric River Impacts Southeast Alaska: December 1-2 2020

Drought – Andrew Hoell

• Affiliation: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
• Resources: Publications on Southeast Alaska Drought: Future    Impacts    History    Causes

Future Climate – Jeremy Littell

• Affiliation: USGS Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
• Resource: Using Information From Global Climate Models to Inform Policymaking—The Role of the U.S. Geological Survey

Accessing Weather and Climate Information, Past, Present, and Future – Jonathan Suk

• Affiliation: NOAA National Weather Service Juneau Forecast Office
• Resources: NOAA Regional Climate Centers – Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)   xmACIS2

Topic: Socioeconomics 

Socioeconomic Impact of Climate Change in Southeast Alaska – Kenneth Weitzel

• Affiliation: The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes
• Resources: Climate Change Adaptation Plan, Climate Change Adaptation Plan Template for Tribes, Climate Change Adaptation Plan – Socioeconomic impacts of Climate Change in Southeast Alaska    

Topic: Streams and Salmon

Alaska EPSCoR Coastal Margins Research – Julie Schram

• Affiliation: University of Alaska – Southeast
• Resource: EPSCoR Fire and Ice

Direct and Indirect Effects of Ocean Acidification on Juvenile Pink Salmon Physiology and Biominerology – Amanda Kelley

• Affiliation: University of Alaska-Fairbanks

How Foundation Species in an Extreme Intertidal are Coping with Change – Scott Gabara

• Affiliation: University of Alaska – Fairbanks
• Resource: Alaska EPSCoR

Extreme Heat Leads to Extreme Algal Blooms in Southeast Alaska – John Harley

• Affiliation: University of Alaska-Southeast

Identifying Salmon Strongholds in a Warming World – Molly Kemp

• Affiliation: Chichagof Conservation Council

Modeling Salmon Abundance in a Changing Climate, Data & Model Presentation – Ryan Bellmore, Rebecca Bellmore, and Chris Sergeant

• Affiliations: USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station, Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
• Resource: Southeast Alaska Salmon Simulator

Extreme Events: Challenges and Opportunities for Salmon – Eran Hood

• Affiliation: University of Alaska-Southeast

Topic: The Forest Environment

Patterns of Forest Development Following Extreme Events in Southeast Alaska – Kellen N. Nelson

• Affiliation: USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

Yellow Cedar and the Value of Long-term Forest Monitoring – Glenn Juday

• Affiliation: Emeritus, University of Alaska-Fairbanks

Insect Outbreaks & Extreme Events in Southeast Alaska – Elizabeth Graham

• Affiliation: USFS State & Private Forestry
• Resources: Alaska Forest Health on iNaturalist, Forest Health Reports & Storymaps, Western Blackheaded Budworm

A Hoonah Community Forestry Initiative and Its Implications for a Changing Climate – Ian Johnson

• Affiliation: Hoonah Indian Association
• Resources: Snowpack Monitoring in Hoonah, Alaska, Hoonah’s Climate Change (stream temperature monitoring), Coastal Resiliency Program, Black Seaweed Social-Ecological Resilience and Vulnerability Assessment, Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP),   Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research, TRAYLS (Training Rural Alaskan Youth Leaders and Students), Fisheries Technology Course 

Alaska’s Berries in a Changing Climate – Katie Spellman

• Affiliation: University of Alaska-Fairbanks
• Resources: Winterberry project

Historical and Emerging Challenges in Quantifying Soil Moisture in Complex Forested Terrain – David D’Amore

• Affiliation: USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

Kutí: Geohazards in Southeast Alaska – Annette Patton

• Affiliation: Sitka Sound Science Center

Risk Dashboard in Sitka – Jacyn Schmidt

• Affiliation: Sitka Sound Science Center
• Resources: Landslide research Sitka Landslide Risk Dashboard