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  NRDA in Arctic Waters: The Dialogue Begins

 

The Center is pleased to announce the Workshop Report, "Natural Resource Damage Assessment in Arctic Waters: The Dialogue Begins" here>>


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Workshop participants. Please click the image for a larger view.

 

April 20-22, 2010
Anchorage, Alaska

Co-sponsored with Alaska's Oil Spill Response Institute (OSRI)

MEETING GOAL

The immediate goal of this workshop is to initiate a dialogue among NRDA practitioners and Arctic scientists that will identify the most significant data gaps in our understanding of the ecologies of resources potentially at risk from oil released into Alaskan Arctic waters, including fate and exposure pathways. Overview >>

Overview of Workshop Outcomes here>>

AGENDA

Click here for Agenda (pdf)

Welcome & Introductions

Nancy E. Kinner & Amy A. Merten, Co-Directors, CRRC
Background & Workshop Goals Mary Baker, NOAA ARD
Jon Hockman, OLA Consulting
Gordon Robilliard, ENTRIX
NRDA: An Economist's Perspective Norman Meade, NOAA ARD
Ice Primer/Overview Christian Petrich, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Scenario: Open Water Jacqui Michel, Research Planning, Inc
Scenario: Under Ice Mike Bronson, BP
Scenario: Broken Ice Ken Lee, Fisheries & Ocean Canada

Plenary Session: Restoration Panel Discussion

Restoration: fish, fish habitat, human services Erika Ammann
Restoration: arctic revegetation, habitat Steve McKendrick
Restoration: birds, marine mammals Jenifer Kohout

 

WORKSHOP RESOURCES

Discussion Questions

PRE-READING MATERIALS

PARTICIPANTS here>>

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

North Slope Nearshore and Offshore Breakup Study Literature Search and Analysis of Conditions and Dates (2007) Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.

SINTEF Report: Joint Industry Program on Oil Spill Contingency for Arctic and Ice-Sovered Waters (2010)

Alaska North Slope Borough; Department of Wildlife Management

Alaska Ocean Observing System

International Oil & Ice Workshop, Anchorage, October 10-11, 2007

Empirical Weathering Properties of Oil in Ice and Snow (2008) US MMS


LOCATION

Millennium Alaskan Hotel (Redington Room)
4800 Spenard Rd
Anchorage, AK 99517
(907) 243-2300

LODGING

Millennium Alaskan Hotel - ($99 government ID/ $119 others)
4800 Spenard Rd
Anchorage, AK 99517
(907) 243-2300

Use Group Code: 1004UNHNRD

When booking your hotel room, also reserve free airport shuttle if needed.

DIRECTIONS:

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WORKING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mike Amman, Chevron mammann@chevron.com
Mary Baker, NOAA, mary.baker@noaa.gov
Catherine Berg, US FWS, catherine_berg@fws.gov
Nancy Bird, OSRI
nbird@pwssc.org
Dale Gardner, Alaska DEC
dale.gardner@alaska.gov
Nancy Kinner, CRRC nancy.kinner@unh.edu
Ken Lee, Bedford Institute of Oceanography leek@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Amy Merten, NOAA amy.merten@noaa.gov

Jacqui Michel, RPI jmichel@researchplanning.com
W. Scott Pegau, OSRI wspegau@pwssc.org
Jeep Rice, NOAA
jeep.rice@noaa.gov
Gordon Robilliard, ENTRIX
grobilliard@entrix.com
Cheryl Rosa, North Slope/USARC
cheryl.rosa@north-slope.org
Jennifer Schorr, Alaska Attorney General Ofc
jennifer.schorr@alaska.gov
Mead Treadwell, USARC
meadwell@alaska.net

 

Questions? Please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu or 603.862.1545.

 
   
   
       
   
 

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