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2007 PowerPoint Presentations

Monday, February 12th

Session 1 (10:30 – 11:45am): Climate Change – Scientific, Native, Religious, & U.S. Gov’t Perspectives Moderator: Jacqueline Poston, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Elaine Abraham, Alaska Native Elder, Yakutat
  • Robert W. Corell, Director, Global Change Program, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment - PPT Presentation (27.5 MB)
  • Joel Scheraga, Manager, Global Change Research Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - PPT Presentation (4.85 MB)
  • Rabbi Warren G. Stone, Chair, Central Conference of American Rabbis Committee on the Environment

 

Session 2  (2:00 -  3:15pm):   Climate Change - Frontiers in Science: Impacts to Polar Bears, Oceans, Ponds & Permafrost, Forecasting, and the Aviation Industry Moderator:  Andrew Halcro, President, Avis Alaska

  • Eric Regehr, Biological Sciences Division, U.S.Geological Survey
  • Richard Feely, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - PPT Presentation (43.3 MB)
  • Katey Walter, Oil Spill Recovery Institute & University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • James Partain, Chief, Environmental & Scientific Services, National Weather Service - PPT Presentation  (2.17 MB)

Session 3  (3:30 -  4:45pm): Climate Change - Oceans & Fisheries Moderator: Nick Hardigg, Executive Director Alaska Conservation Foundation

  • Clarence Pautzke, Executive Director, North Pacific Research Board - PPT Presentation (31.5 MB)
  • George Hunt, University of Washington - PPT Presentation (6.19 MB)
  • Tim Ragen, Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission - PPT Presentation (20.5 MB)
  • Gary Hufford, National Weather Service - PPT Presentation (475 KB)

 

Tuesday, February 13th

   Session 4a & b  (9:30 -  11:45pm): Climate Change - Coastal Erosion - Newtok Case

   Study: Is YOUR community affected? Moderator: Sheila Selkregg, University of  

   Alaska Anchorage, Business Enterprise Institue

  • Stanley Tom, Newtok Traditional Council
  • Brenda Kerr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Jon Menough & Greg Magee, Village Safe Water Program

  • Richard Sewell, AK Department of Transportation
  • Mike Black, AK Division of Commerce, Community & Economic Development
  • Sally Cox, AK Division of Commerce, Community & Economic Development
  • Jamilia George, Denali CommissionJon Menough & Greg Magee, Village Safe Water Program
  • Scott Simmons, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management - PPT Presentation (30.8 MB)
  • David Vought, Housing & Urban Development

 

Session 6a & b [2:00 - 4:45pm Two-part Panel]: Climate Change - Subsistence, Wildlife, & Land Management Moderator: Martha Levensaler, Sunrise Non-Profit  Consulting

 

  • Larry Merculieff, Alaska Native Science Commission & Seven Generations Consulting
  • Glenn Juday, University of Alaska Fairbanks - PPT Presentation (28.2 MB)
  • Charlie Johnson, Alaska Nanuuq Commission
  • Patricia Cochran, Inuit Circumpolar Council & Alaska Native Science Commission
  • Jim Glaspell, URS Corporation
  • Danielle Jerry, US Fish & Wildlife Service - PPT Presentation (2.33 MB)
  • Steve Davis, National Marine Fisheries Service
  • George Helfrich, National Park Service
  • Dick Mylius, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
  • Matt Robus, Alaska Department of Fish & Game
  • Libby Roderick, University of Alaska AncElaine Abraham, Alaska Native Elder, Yakutat

 

Wednesday, February 14th 

Session 8a & b  [9:30 – 11:45am  Two-part Panel]: Climate Change – The Costs, the Sources, and Effective State-based Strategies Moderator: Deborah Williams, President, Alaska Conservation Solutions

  • Terry Tamminen, Author and former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Cabinet Secretary to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger - PPT Presentation (5.13 MB)
  • Fran Ulmer, Director Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage - PPT Presentation (3.06 MB)
  • Stephen Roe, Center for Climate Strategies/E. H. Pechan & Associates - PPT Presentation (3.77 MB)
  • Paul Klitzke, Alaska Interfaith Power and Light