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Filters Contacts (Less) Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LCC Network Data Steward Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Karen A Murphy U.S. Geological Survey University of Alaska, Fairbanks Alaska Climate Science Center Alaska Department of Natural Resources University of Alaska, Anchorage National Park Service Alaska Ocean Observing System Alaska Science Center Joel Reynolds National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Alaska Department of Fish and Game Bristol Bay Native Association Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative Aleutian Bering Sea Islands LCC Geophysical Institute Other partners Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. U.S. Forest Service Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Alaska Pacific University Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust Bureau of Ocean Energy Management David McGuire, PhD Joshua Bradley Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association Mark Lara Sun'aq Tribe The Wilderness Society University of Georgia University of Victoria Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Bureau of Land Managment Cindy Hartmann Moore Greg Balogh Jamie Trammell Jet Propulsion Laboratory Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Michael Brubaker Scott Rupp, PhD Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Vienna University of Technology ABR, Inc. Alaska Fire Service Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program More... View Results as: JSON ATOM CSV

Alaska invasive plant identification and record input smartphone app Concern about invasive species in Alaska is a growing concern, attracting attention from land managers, politicians and the public. Nearly half the new discoveries of invasive plants, animals, and insects in the state are reported by concerned individuals with a general interest in invasive species. The development of a mobile application for invasive plant identification and reporting will help enable the public to gather and share new invasive plant discoveries. This project will result in the development of a decision tool for identifying non-natives plant species, which will provide the foundation for the app. Project staff will also review user-submitted requests for identification assistance, review app-generated... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Applications and Tools, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision Support, IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, All tags... IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, Interested public, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, LCC Network Science Catalog, PLANTS, PLANTS, Project, Regional & county planners, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, underDevelopment, Fewer tags Assessing the Vulnerability of Western Alaska Ecosystems and Subsistence Resources to Non-native Plant Invasion To assess the vulnerability of a region to invasive plants, documentation of the presence or absence of invasive plants is necessary. This project expands on work initiated by the EPA to identify invasive plants in rural communities in the Bristol Bay region. Between the two efforts, 26 villages will be inventoried for invasive plant species; this will provide both an essential baseline for understanding the potential impact from these plants and the opportunity to treat the existing populations before they invade new areas. The second part of the project will use these data to assess the vulnerability of important subsistence plants (blueberry and low-bush cranberry) to changes in pollination, as key insect species... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, Project, All tags... Regional & county planners, Report, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Travel Support for Stakeholder Involvement in "Differential effects of climate-mediated forest change on the habitats of two ungulates..." This project will fund travel for face to face meetings with stakeholders (State and Federal agencies and Subsistence resource users) of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (WALCC) in regard to a scientific modelling project. The modelling seeks to project the effects of climate on available forage for moose and caribou, as modified by snow cover and fire regimes, through 2100. The face to face meetings will present the goals and objectives of the modelling effort, seek identification of areas of particular concern for managers and subsistence users, and seek input on additional objectives that may be addressed by the project. At the completion of the project, there will be a second set of face... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: DEER/MOOSE, DEER/MOOSE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, environment, All tags... environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Community Observation and Vulnerability Assessment Full Project TitleProject Summary​Project ID: WA2012_23 ​Lead Investigator: Michael Brubaker, Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumCollaborators: James Berner, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Kevin Zweifel, Norton Sound Health Corporation; Anahma Shannon, Kawerak, Inc.; Paul Eaton, Maniilaq Association; John Chase, Northwest Arctic BoroughProject Duration: 2012 - 2014No one has better knowledge, and opportunity to document, how coastal storms affect the coast than the people who live in coastal communities. By training the network of Local Environmental Observers (LEOs) to collect coastal storm data in Western Alaska, we improve local capacity to engage in coastal observations. In addition, this project... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, Project, Regional & county planners, All tags... Report, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, completed, environment, environment, health, health, planningCadastre, planningCadastre, society, society, Fewer tags Ecosystem Dynamics and Fate of Warm Permafrost after Tundra Wildfire and Lake Drainage on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) encompasses the southernmost, warmest parts of the arctic tundra biome and is renowned for its high biological productivity and large subsistence-based human population. Ice-rich permafrost currently is widespread and strongly influences terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including local topography, vegetation, soil hydrology, and the water balance of lakes. Ground temperatures are near the freezing point, however, and recent projections indicate that the YKD is poised for widespread loss of permafrost by the end of this century. This has implications for the region’s extensive and heretofore stable terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Tundra wildfire is a common ecological “pulse” disturbance... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2016, AK-00, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, All tags... DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE, Data Acquisition and Development, ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, Interested public, Interested public, LAKES, LAKES, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Large mammals, MODELS, MODELS, Map, Monitoring, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST MELT, PERMAFROST MELT, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Vulnerability Assessment, WILDFIRES, WILDFIRES, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Traditional ecological knowledge of Mulchatna Caribou Herd phenology, habitat change, subsistence use, and related species interactions Caribou are an important source of food for residents of western Alaska, but as environmental conditions and migration patterns change, some local hunters have encountered difficulty accessing the Mulchatna caribou herd (MCH). Existing data describe MCH harvests, herd movements, and caribou abundance through time, but an investigation drawing from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has not occurred. This project will integrate TEK with existing knowledge of caribou movements and subsistence harvests. Targeted stakeholders include local tribes, including Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA), local village councils, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LCNP), and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 2016, AK-00, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, State agencies, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Tribes, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative, biota, biota, onGoing, Fewer tags Lidar collection in outer coastal regions of the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Deltas The coastal areas of the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Deltas (YKD) are among the most productive in Alaska. The fish, wildlife, and plant resources have been an integral part of communities in this region for thousands of years. Some of the same traits that make it so productive also make it a challenging place to live and work. To better understand and plan for coastal erosion and storm surges, or plan for roads and trails, information about elevation patterns on the YKD are needed. Current topographic maps have limited value given the flatness of the area. A group of partners worked together with USGS to collect elevation information and create a map that will reveal a portion of the delta’s topography. Kodiak Mapping... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... LIDAR, LIDAR, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, Tribes, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags Timing and extent of winter snow thaw/refreeze events in Alaska 2001-2008 Mid-winter icing events have the potential to lead to population declines of grazing caribou and to some species of small mammals due to reduced survival and reproduction associated with restricted access or lack of forage. Population-level effects of icing events remain unclear partly due to limited information on icing events in Alaska. The assessment results provide a baseline data set and remote sensing method, both of which have broad applicability, allowing the community of users to better understand the recent past, better link changes in ecological drivers and responses of wildlife populations, and aid in planning for the future. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision Support, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, State agencies, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Develop an existing vegetation layer for the Western Alaska LCC region. This project will produce an existing vegetation type map at 30m resolution for the entire Western Alaska LCC region. The lack of a consistently mapped vegetation data layer for Alaska has been identified as a primary road block for many conservation and management entities across the state. This project will address a number of the LCC conservation goals by addressing a baseline science need that is the foundation for current and future project within the region. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Project, Report, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags Nearshore Bathymetric Data Collection in the vicinity of Western Alaska Communities Nearshore bathymetry is a vital link that joins offshore water depths to coastal topography. Seamless water depth information is a critical input parameter for reliable storm surge models, enables the calculation of sediment budgets and is necessary baseline data for a range of coastal management decisions. Funding from the Western Alaska LCC resulted in the purchase of field equipment capable of shallow water measurements in rural settings, allowing collection of nearshore bathymetry around western Alaska communities. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, All tags... Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Tribes, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Assets Map & Project Inventory null Categories: Data, Project; Tags: LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, completed Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Berry Outlook: Identifying berry vulnerabilities to climate and landscape change using local knowledge and other ecological data We propose to develop a Yukon-Kuskokwim Berry Outlook: a data- and observer-driven ecological monitoring and modeling framework that forecasts changes in berry habitat and abundance with climate and environmental change. Berry-producing plants are extremely important to human and wildlife communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta. Berry yield can be influenced by snow cover, rainfall, soil moisture, air temperature, availability of insect pollinators, and seasonal weather extremes; and berry habitat can be altered by more frequent tidal inundation, increased frequency of storm surges, and permafrost deterioration, all of which may be significantly impacted by climate change. In a recent survey of Alaskan environmental... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, All tags... Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Tribes, biota, biota, onGoing, Fewer tags The Tundra in Transition: Unraveling the Dynamics of Western Alaska Caribou-Tundra Ecosystems The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. This framework is underpinned by the concept that tundra ecosystem productivity is ultimately driven by the thermodynamics of the system induced by climate. In winter, soil microbial processes drive N mineralization and thus N available for plant growth... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, Conservation Planning, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LCC Network Science Catalog, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, Report, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Storm Surge Impacts on Biological Resources in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta The purpose of the research is to develop a storm surge model for the YK Delta area and to apply it to determine biological impacts of storm surges in the current and future climates. This research is needed as storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme. With the model, we will study 10 storms over the 1980 – 2011 time period. Model output will be used to determine the recurrence interval for the individual storms. With the model output from individual storms, an inundation index (time-integral of water level during a storm) will be calculated.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Report, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, null, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Alaska Online Aquatic Temperature Site (AK-OATS) Alaska’s freshwater resources, vitally important for salmon and other species, are vulnerable to changes resulting from climate change. Though temperature is a critical element in the suitability of aquatic habitats, Alaska’s stream and lake temperature monitoring is occurring through independent agencies/partners without a means to link and share data. Because a coordinated network of monitoring data can help scientists and managers understand how aquatic systems are responding to climate change, conducting an inventory of past and present stream and lake temperature monitoring efforts has been identified as a priority science need for Alaska. This project will consolidate existing monitoring site locations and... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Presentation, Project, Report, State agencies, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags ShoreZone Mapping in Bristol Bay This project uses existing ShoreZone coastal imagery to map 719 km of shoreline in Bristol Bay, from Cape Constantine to Cape Newenham. This section of coastline is an extremely important herring spawning area and an important component of the Bristol Bay fisheries. Intertidal and nearshore vegetation, on which herring spawn, will be catalogued as part of the ShoreZone mapping and, along with shore types, coastal substrate, and coastal biota, added to the state-wide ShoreZone dataset.​ Categories: Data, Project; Tags: DATA DELIVERY, DATA DELIVERY, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RESPONSE, Data Management and Integration, All tags... Decision Support, Federal resource managers, HAZARDS PLANNING, HAZARDS PLANNING, IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Tribes, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, Vulnerability Assessment, WEB MAP SERVICE, WEB MAP SERVICE, WEB PROCESSING SERVICES, WEB PROCESSING SERVICES, WEB-BASED, WEB-BASED, boundaries, boundaries, completed, environment, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, planningCadastre, planningCadastre, Fewer tags Estimating moose abundance at varying snow cover levels Lack of complete snow cover for the past 3 winters in southwestern Alaska has forced agencies to postpone moose surveys due to the likelihood of underestimating the population/lack of comparability to previous surveys. Poor snow conditions lower the sightability of moose, yet, for most regions of Alaska, the variation in moose sightability during suboptimal conditions has not yet been quantified. Because scientists are predicting less snowfall in this region over the long term, we initiated research to estimate sightability correction factors (SCF_c) using radiocollared animals to apply to abundance estimates obtained via the GeoSpatial Population Estimator (GSPE) method. The Project Goal is to develop a model that... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2016, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, CALIBRATION/VALIDATION, CALIBRATION/VALIDATION, All tags... DEER/MOOSE, DEER/MOOSE, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, Interested public, Interested public, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Large mammals, Methodology/Protocol, Monitoring, Monitoring, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Regional & county planners, Report, Report, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS, STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS, State agencies, State agencies, Tribes, Tribes, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative, biota, biota, onGoing, Fewer tags ShoreZone mapping in SE Alaska Penninsula This project provided systematic coastal habitat imagery and mapping for the Alaska Peninsula shoreline following the Alaska ShoreZone Mapping Protocol and made these products web-accessible. The completed mapping product is available on the ShoreZone website in a searchable dataset. Individuals and communities can query coastal habitat information for use in coastal zone planning. Mapped features include features such as shore types and morphology (e.g., dunes, beaches, and estuaries), intertidal biota (e.g., salt marshes, eelgrass beds, kelp beds) and man-made features (e.g., seawalls, docks). In addition to the dataset, the web-accessible, high resolution low-tide imagery (video and photos) complement the mapped... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, All tags... Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, completed, environment, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Western Alaska LCC Project Tool Support null Categories: Data, Project; Tags: AUTHORING TOOLS, AUTHORING TOOLS, CATALOG SERVICE FOR THE WEB, CATALOG SERVICE FOR THE WEB, DATA DISCOVERY, All tags... DATA DISCOVERY, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, SERVICE DISCOVERY, SERVICE DISCOVERY, WEB FEATURE SERVICE, WEB FEATURE SERVICE, WEB MAP SERVICE, WEB MAP SERVICE, WEB PORTAL SERVICES, WEB PORTAL SERVICES, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Invasive plant identification and record input smartphone app for western Alaska This project supports the technical development of a mobile application for identifying and reporting invasive plant species in Alaska. It will result in a portable, digital version of a field guide that can be easily updated and that supports integration of reports into the Alaska Exotic Plants Information Clearinghouse (AKEPIC). Under development for both Android and iOS operating systems, the app has the potential to increase the public’s knowledge of invasive plants, as well an improve opportunities for reporting new occurrences. See also project WA2014_33. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision Support, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Project, Regional & county planners, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, underDevelopment, Fewer tags « 1 2 3 »