Thursday, November 8, 2012 to Friday, November 9, 2012
The Inupiat Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska
North Slope Borough Workshop Report
Meeting Goal
The goal of this meeting will be to discuss community involvement in spill response and natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) and restoration/recovery.
- To integrate local community knowledge into Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®)
- To enhance relationships between local communities and government agencies regarding planning and preparation for potential oil spill response, NRDA and restoration/recovery.
Presentations
- Welcome, Overview and Goals of Meeting (Nancy Kinner)
- Report on the Northwest Arctic Borough Oil Spill Workshop (Ukallaysaaq Tom Okelasik)
- Overview of Spill Response (Dale Gardner)
- Introduction to Arctic ERMA®(Amy Merten) [pdf]
- "How can science improve decision-making in the Arctic?" (Fran Ulmer)
- Day 2 - Opening Presentation (Nancy Kinner)
- Introduction to Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), Restoration/Recovery (Mary Baker) [pdf]
- Arctic ERMA® in NRDA and Restoration/Recovery (Amy Merten) [pdf]
Pre-reading Resources
- Northwest Arctic Borough Oil Spill Workshop Report (May 2012)
- NRDA in Arctic Water: The Dialogue Begins Workshop Report (April 20 -22, 2010 in Anchorage, AK)
- Opening the Arctic Seas: Envisioning Disasters & Framing Solutions Workshop Report (March 18-20, 2008 in Durham, NH)
- Arctic ERMA Overview
Meeting Location
The Inupiat Heritage Center
Barrow, AK
(907) 852-0422
Lodging
Top of the World Hotel (use booking code: oil spill workshop )
Barrow, Alaska 99723
(907) 852-3900
(Use booking code: oil spill workshop for rate of $190 plus tax per room (Government rate: $159.00 plus tax)
Local Transportation
City Bus will shuttle from Top of the World Hotel to/from Inupiat Heritage Center (free)
Taxis - flat rate of $6.00
Working Organizing Committee
Nancy Kinner, CRRC Co-Director nancy.kinner@unh.edu
Amy Merten, NOAA Co-Director, ORR Spatial Data Team amy.merten@noaa.gov
Mary Baker, NOAA ORR ARD mary.baker@noaa.gov
Cheryl Rosa, U.S. Arctic Research Commission crosa@arctic.gov
Gary Shigenaka, NOAA gary.shigenaka@noaa.gov
George Edwardson, Inupiat Traditional Government george_edwardson@hotmail.com
Jennifer Schorr, Alaska Dept of Law jennifer.schorr@alaska.gov
Johnny Aiken, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission aewc1@gci.net
Randy Hoffbeck, North Slope Borough randy.hoffbeck@north-slope.org
John Whitney, NOAA john.whitney@noaa.gov
Scott Pegau, OSRI wspegau@pwssc.org
Todd Sformo, Dept of Wildlife Management Todd.Sformo@north-slope.org
