Alaska Technical Assistance Activities

(showing 1 to 25 of 33 entries)
Description and Agency | Provider(s) | Date |
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Ongoing database maintenance and scientific analysis in support of food web research for the Department of the Interior Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program. U.S. Department of the Interior |
Muehlbauer | April 2021 |
Provided scientific expertise on transboundary rivers and their management across the US and Canadian borders. University of Montana |
Wipfli | January 2016 |
Provided scientific guidance on effects of nutrient additions on water quality for drinking water for Sacramento, CA. CA Dept of Water Resources |
Wipfli | May 2015 |
Organized a Special Symposium on Resource Subsidies Across Ecosystem Boundaries for the American Fisheries Society National Meeting American Fisheries Society |
Wipfli | January 2015 |
Provide routine review of annual workplans and proposals received for Porcupine Caribou herd studies. Participate in responses to International Porcupine Caribou Management Board. Porcupine Caribou Herd Technical Committee |
Griffith | October 2014 |
Member, Technical Advisory Group, Alaska Water Temperature Standards and Protocols. 2014. Alaska Natural Heritage Program |
Falke | April 2014 |
Organized a Special Symposium on Forestry-Fish Interactions for the American Fisheries Society American Fisheries Society |
Wipfli | March 2014 |
Member, Technical Advisory Group, Alaska Stream and Lake Temperature Monitoring Network. 2014. Alaska Natural Heritage Program |
Falke | September 2013 |
Provided scientific guidance to EPA headquarters (DC) on nutrient dynamics and food web interactions in streams, as related to mining. USEPA |
Wipfli | August 2013 |
Assisted Ontario Provincial government agencies with developing guidelines for scientific based decision making on headwater stream development in Ontario. Ontario government |
Wipfli | January 2013 |
Applied AM/SDM techniques to the problems of optimal water level management in USFWS R6 and to the power to detect environmental change in USFWS R7 through a RCRP funded project and delivered the final report at a meeting of all cooperators. US Fish & Wildlife Service |
Griffith | February 2012 |
Reviewed and commented on developing policy guidelines for protection headwater streams in the US. Also attended as an invited scientist a workshop held in DC on headwater policy. USEPA |
Wipfli | January 2012 |
Member, USGS Ecosystem Science Strategy Planning Team USGS Ecosystem Science Strategy Planning Team (SSPT) |
McGuire | November 2010 |
Member, Steering Committee, Arctic Climate Change and Cumulative Effects (ACCCE) analysis conducted by Audubon Alaska, The Wilderness Society, and The Nature conservancy. March 2010 onward Audubon Alaska |
Griffith | March 2010 |
Review Coordinator: National Academy of Sciences/Polar Research Board Committee Report on "Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems." National Academy of Sciences |
McGuire | January 2010 |
Member, USGS Carbon Sequestration Interagency Science Panel (2009 - 2010). U.S. Geological Survey, Carbon Sequestration Interagency Science Panel |
McGuire | October 2009 |
Member, Interagency Advisory Committee on DOT Federal Highway Administration Report on Regional Climate Change Effects: Useful Information for Transportation Agencies U.S. Department of Transportation |
McGuire | October 2009 |
Member, Carbon Cycle Science Working Group to draft new U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan (2009 - present). U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, Carbon Cycle Science Working Group |
McGuire | October 2009 |
Provided reviews of monitoring and operational reports and expert opinion on the environmental effects of a proposed surface coal mine in southcentral Alaska Cook Inlet Keeper |
Wipfli | March 2009 |
Biological Review Panel for Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge |
Wipfli | November 2008 |
Member, Federal Advisory Committee Author Team for U.S. Global Change Research Program Report on Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (2008 – 2009). U.S. Global Change Research Program |
McGuire | October 2008 |
Member, Executive Board of the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network (2008 - present). U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network |
McGuire | October 2008 |
Member, Advisory Committee for the Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service of the Arctic Observatory Network (2008 - present). National Science Foundation, Arctic Observatory Network |
McGuire | October 2008 |
Co-Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission study and report titled Scaling Studies in Arctic System Science and Policy Support: A Call-to-Research (2007 - 2010). U.S. Arctic Research Commission |
McGuire | October 2007 |
External Advisor, Quantifying the Carbon Budget of North Russia -- Past, Present, and Future. European Union Sixth Framework Programme Global Change and Ecosystems, CARBO-North Project |
McGuire | January 2007 |
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Role - Description | Provider | Start Date | End Date |
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Member, Meek Endowed Fisheries Seminar Committee, Department of Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks | Muehlbauer | August 2022 | December 2023 |
Member, UAF Graduate Academic Advisory Committee | Falke | August 2019 | May 2023 |
Member, Space Committee, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks | Falke | September 2015 | May 2023 |
Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Fisheries, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks - Ensures that CFOS academic programs meet student needs in all areas in which CFOS has responsibility. Develops plans for new programs and new ideas concerning delivery methods and core classes. | Falke | May 2014 | May 2023 |
Chair, Department of Fisheries Seminar Committee - Chair seminar committee - update TOR, oversee invited seminars for 2017-2018 | Falke | September 2017 | May 2023 |
Seminar committee member | Wipfli | August 2010 | December 2018 |
NSF-EPSCoR Leadership Team - Invited member of the Coordination, Integration, and Synthesis Leadership Team. Appointed by UAF's Vice Chancellor of Research. | Wipfli | October 2014 | December 2017 |
EPSCoR Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries lead-- SCTC - Lead the research on the fisheries and aquatic ecology components of the Soutcentral Testcase of the EPSCoR IV program. | Wipfli | July 2012 | December 2017 |
Core Team Member, UAF Center for Salmon and Society | Falke | December 2014 | January 2017 |
Wildlife Scholarship Committee (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) | Powell | September 2010 | September 2015 |
Member, Institute of Arctic Biology Space Committee | Powell | April 2005 | September 2015 |
IAB Summer Research Fellowship Committee - Committee Member - evaluate applications for summer fellowships. Vote on applicants to receive awards. | Powell | January 2012 | September 2015 |
Chair, Wildlife Graduate Applications Committee - Responsible for soliciting comments on graduate applications for the wildlife program at UAF. Provide recommendations to the department chair for acceptance into the graduate program. | Powell | January 2012 | September 2015 |
Simon Fraser University outside examiner - Served as an external examiner for SFU PhD student | Wipfli | October 2014 | October 2014 |
Chair, Population Ecologist Search Committee - Conduct search for an recommend top 3 candidates for Institute of Arctic Biology/Department of Biology and Wildlife Assistant Professor of Population Ecology. | Griffith | September 2013 | February 2014 |
Chair, Executive Officer Search Committee - Conduct search for and recommend selection of Institute of Arctic Biology Executive Officer | Griffith | March 2013 | May 2013 |
Member: Human Resources Coordinator Search Committee, Institute of Arctic Biology (2012). - Member: Human Resources Coordinator Search Committee, Institute of Arctic Biology (2012). | McGuire | November 2012 | December 2012 |
Admission Panel, Biol/Wildl Grad Program, Univ. AK Fairbanks - Review graduate applications for suitability for admisssions to UAF graduate program in Biol/Wildlife | Griffith | October 2011 | September 2012 |
Member: Search Committee for faculty position in Ecology | McGuire | September 2011 | April 2012 |
Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Leader Fisheries, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit - Chair committee of university, state, and federal cooperators for Unit Leader search. | Wipfli | April 2011 | March 2012 |
Member, Science Steering Committee for Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning (SNAP) | McGuire | July 2007 | December 2011 |
Chair: Panel to rate applications for Assistant Unit Leader Fisheries position - Chair | McGuire | November 2011 | December 2011 |
Chair, Fisheries Division Seminar Committee - Chair of seminar committee for Juneau and Fairbanks campuses of School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks. | Wipfli | July 2010 | December 2011 |
Outside Examiner, PhD Comprehensive Exam - Serve as Outside Examiner on PhD Comprehensive Exam for Jill Shipman, University of Alaska Fairbanks. | Griffith | July 2011 | July 2011 |
Chair, Meek Invited Scholar Committee - Chair committee, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks | Wipfli | July 2010 | July 2011 |
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Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
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Member, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences | Muehlbauer | August 2021 | December 2024 |
Co-Chair, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee, University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Biology and Wildlife | Muehlbauer | August 2021 | December 2024 |
Agency Chapter Lead, Alaska Chapter, Fifth National Climate Assessment | Falke | July 2021 | January 2024 |
Steering Committee, Chena River Summit | Falke | January 2013 | May 2023 |
Executive Committee, Engaging Salcha and Chena Area Partners on Ecosystems | Falke | June 2015 | May 2023 |
Science panelist for Kuukpik Indigenous Workshop | Wipfli | June 2017 | December 2018 |
Science Expert, International Rivers Working Group, Wilburforce Foundation | Wipfli | November 2015 | October 2017 |
Committee member, MS Graduate committee for University Northern British Columbia graduate student, UNBC | Wipfli | June 2012 | December 2015 |
Chair, Scientific Program, 16th Alaska Bird Conference | Powell | April 2014 | December 2015 |
Team Member, Chena River Watershed Resources Action Plan | Falke | November 2014 | April 2015 |
Forestry-Fisheries Working group | Wipfli | November 2014 | March 2015 |
Organizer & Moderator of a Special Fish-Forestry multi-agency workshop. This was crucial gathering of DEC, ADFG, Dept of Forestry, USFWS, USFS, TU, Native Corporations, private consultants, and NGOs to hammer out the co-management approaches to fisheries and forestry in coastal US | Wipfli | January 2015 | January 2015 |
Student Paper Award Committee; 5th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting | Powell | September 2013 | September 2013 |
Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Alaska Bird Observatory | Powell | January 2002 | December 2012 |
FWS LCC workshop | Wipfli | November 2012 | November 2012 |
DNR, Kenai Watershed Forum | Wipfli | March 2012 | March 2012 |
USGS Research Grade Evaluation Panel | Powell | October 2011 | December 2011 |
Judge, Biology Graduate Student Association Interdisciplinary Research Symposium | Powell | May 2011 | May 2011 |
DNR | Wipfli | May 2011 | May 2011 |
Steering Committee Member, Arctic Climate Change and Cumulative Effects (ACCE) analysis conducted by Audubon Alaska, The Wilderness Society, and the Nature Conservancy | Griffith | March 2010 | March 2011 |
Invited Member, Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), Understanding Arctic Change Workshop and whitepaper development | Griffith | January 2010 | January 2011 |
Chair, Student Awards and Travel, 4th International Sea Duck Conference | Powell | January 2010 | December 2010 |
Chair, Scientific Program, Alaska Bird Conference | Powell | May 2010 | November 2010 |
Student Mentor, The Wildlife Society | Powell | October 2010 | October 2010 |
Student Mentor, 17th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society | Powell | October 2010 | October 2010 |
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Outreach Activity | Provider(s) | Date |
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Demonstration of aquatic insects, ecology, and collection methods for ~150 elementary school children. | Muehlbauer | March 2023 |
Contributed to two newspaper articles on salmon in the Pacific Northwest. | Wipfli | April 2017 |
Invited speaker in the session "From the boreal forest to the open ocean: How climate change impacts the Alaskan Arctic," The Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER) sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Anchorage, AK. | Griffith, Roach | August 2015 |
Chena River Watershed Resource Action Plan - The process included three, 2.5-day workshops with the planning team to target areas in the Chena River Watershed (focusing on ecosystem-level resources), assess current and projected future health of the resources, identify critical threats, and develop conservation strategies to enhance health and abate threats. The workshops were held in November of 2014, February of 2015 and April of 2015. | Falke | June 2015 |
Educational video -- Observations of Change in Interior Alaska. Nenana, Alaska. Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research (BNZ-LTER) Maps and Locals (MALs) project | Wipfli | November 2014 |
Science and research video, NSF-EPSCoR Southcentral Testcase | Wipfli | October 2014 |
Served as supervisory scientist working with ADF&G and FWS on leading fieldwork for a FWS-led school district educational program to guide high school students in hands-on scientific research. | Wipfli | August 2014 |
Murie Science and Learning Center Summer Speaker Series: Life of a Little Known Bird in Alaska: Smith's Longspur | Powell | August 2014 |
Provided narrative on salmon ecology and climate change on educational video for Native Villages in Alaska. | Wipfli | July 2014 |
Consulted with public radio correspondent and Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager on fire and salmon issues. | Wipfli | July 2014 |
Provided scientific expertise regarding fire and salmon in response to a wildfire on the Kenai Peninsula in May 2014. It was for a live broadcast on public radio. | Wipfli | May 2014 |
Presented an overview of biodiversity studies in the Yukon River Basin to Alaska Friends of Refuges through a webinar, focusing on Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. | Griffith | February 2012 |
Led field trip to collect aquatic invertebrates and discuss wetland ecology with 22 7th-grade students and their teacher on Wetland Ecology Field Day, Watershed School, Fairbanks School District. | Wipfli | September 2011 |
Led aquatic ecology team for the 2-day BioBlitz public education outreach event sponsored by USFS, NOAA, ADFG, and USFWS. | Wipfli | June 2011 |
"The effects of changing soil carbon on ecosystem services in interior Alaska," seminar/webinar presented at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP), Fairbanks, AK. | McGuire | March 2011 |
Featured article about a publication that came out in The Condor (Weiser and Powell 2010). | Powell | September 2010 |
BioBlitz 2010: In collaboration with ADFG, NOAA, USFS, and USFWS, organized and led a public education session on freshwater ecosystems, Juneau, AK. | Wipfli | June 2010 |
Nutrient and prey fluxes across ecosystem boundaries sustain freshwater fishes. Article in Oncorhynchus, Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter, American Fisheries Society 30(2):1-4. | Wipfli | April 2010 |
Barnette Magnet School Science Fair | Powell | February 2010 |
"Sensitivity of the Arctic Carbon Cycle to Climate Change." Global Change Seminar Series, University of Alaska Fairbanks. November 19, 2009. | McGuire | November 2009 |
Led a stream ecology field trip, in conjunction with the Marine Advisory Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Petersburg, AK | Wipfli | September 2009 |
Assisted with World Water Monitoring Days at the Chena River, Fairbanks, Alaska, in conjunction with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and Tanana Valley Advisory Board. | Wipfli | September 2008 |
Griffith, B. July 2006. Variability in climate warming: Effects on wildlife habitats and populations. Invited presentation, Denali Foundation Science Series, Denali National Park and Preserve, AK. | Griffith | July 2006 |
Griffith, B. July 2006. Climate change implications for wildlife and their habitats in the North. Invited speaker, International Polar Year Lecture Series, University of Alaska Fairbanks. | Griffith | July 2006 |
Evidence of Recent Climate Change in Terrestrial Regions of Alaska, presented to the Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, AK. | McGuire | May 2005 |