Interior Alaska
Explore the unique conditions shaping Interior Alaska and the approaches communities are using to respond.
Tools include community conversations, vulnerability assessments, monitoring efforts, mitigation actions, and adaptation planning.
| Title | Summary | hf:categories |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center | Provides managers with scientific information, tools, and techniques that managers and others interested in land, water, wildlife and cultural resources can use to anticipate, monitor and adapt to climate change. | data-expertise interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Alaska Native Cultural Charter School | Maintains Alaska Native culture and curriculum in Anchorage. | education health-culture interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program | Brings career guidance and opportunities for work experience to younger students. | education interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program | Helps Alaskans with the practical use and conservation of the state’s marine and freshwater resources. | economy health-culture interior leadership northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program | Brings together youth from across Alaska to serve as ambassadors for their communities and country in building awareness at home and abroad about life in the Arctic. | interior leadership northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Climate Adaptation Planning in Alaska | The attached report and accompanying StoryMap provide an overview of the current state of climate adaptation planning across Alaska. | adaptation-plan interior mitigation monitoring northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Community Partnerships for Self-Reliance | Works with UAF researchers to support rural Alaska communities in long-term self-reliance and sustainability through community-driven research. | data-expertise health-culture interior |
| Environmental Health Field Services | Works with Tribal partners and communities to prevent the spread of disease and protect the health of Alaska Native people. | data-expertise health-culture interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Foundations for Modular Buildings, Unstable Soils, and Floodplains | Multipoint Foundations was developed in response to continued demand for a foundation strong enough to withstand the rigors of flooding, permafrost, and other variable soils. | infrastructure interior mitigation northern southwest |
| Get Help with Hazard Mitigation Planning | Hazard Mitigation Plans may be integrated into community or comprehensive plans. FEMA requires baseline data of normal conditions to which changes resulting from disaster or hazardous events can be compared. | emergency interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Handbook for Youth Engagement | This handbook is intended to provide advice and guidance for the meaningful inclusion of youth within professional convenings, and specifically environmental conferences and forums. | interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network | Provides access to first-hand accounts of climate and environmental change, made by expert observers based on local and traditional knowledge in the area. | interior monitoring northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Personal Preparedness Guidelines | Offers guidelines and a checklist for personal emergency preparedness, including a set of guidelines specifically for Alaska Native communities. | emergency interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning | Uses climate data to create and share ideas of what a future Northern climate could look like. | data-expertise interior northern southcentral southwest |
| Tok School Garden Serves Many Purposes | Tok’s commercial greenhouse provides vegetables to feed the school’s students, and Tok School has been able to hire a music teacher and a counselor. The greenhouse continues to be used as a learning laboratory for biological science, indoor agricultural practices and nutrition. | economy health-culture interior |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide—University of Oregon | Database providing up-to-date information on grants, programs and plans, potential partners, publications, events, and more that may assist tribes in addressing climate change through a broad range of sectors. | funding interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
| WAGE Report | This report authored by Alaska Sea Grant shines a light on the challenges remote communities face in taking advantage of resources for addressing environmental threats caused by a rapidly warming Arctic. It provides insight and details regarding climate adaptation planning across the state and recommendations for federal funding agencies, community planners, nonprofits, and others to help them get assistance to all communities in need. | adaptation-plan interior northern southcentral southeast southwest |
