Course Title: Brownfield Site Restoration and Remediation-Webinar Course ID: REM-404W Status: OPEN Date(s): May 12, 2015: 10:00am - 12:00pm May 13, 2015: 10:00am - 12:00pm May 14, 2015: 10:00am - 12:00pm Instructor: Mark E. Selman, P.E. Tuition: $345 $295 / $295* (Before April 4, 2015 Description: **This course will be presented online as a […]
How is socioeconomic monitoring different from ecological and other types of monitoring? Why is it important, and what do the results show? Speakers will address these questions and others on the mechanics of socioeconomic monitoring during this upcoming peer learning session on Assessing the Socioeconomic Impact of Forest Restoration. This session will feature Cassandra Moseley […]
DATE: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 TIME: 1:00pm – 2:30pm LOCATION: Online COST: Free RELATED PROGRAM(S): Community Food Projects Registration New Entry Sustainable Farming Project will be hosting a webinar for organizations interested in learning more about how to prepare for the Community Food Projects grant program. Long-range planning and community engagement are two fundamental aspects […]
June 9, 2015; 3:00 – 4:30 pm AKT – Climate Change Planning Resources and Funding. Presentation by Hal Shepherd, Principle, Water Policy Consulting, focusing on a selection of climate change adaptation funding sources and other resources specific to Alaska. The Webinar will focus on programs and publications that directly address flooding, shoreline erosion, drinking water protection, […]
CHANGING EXTREME STREAMFLOW PATTERNS in BOREAL FOREST WATERSHEDS of ALASKA will be held from 10 to 1 with speaker Katrina E. Bennett Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Interior discontinuous permafrost zone of the boreal subarctic represents one of the largest ecosystems on earth and is vastly understudied with respect to changing hydrologic extreme events. The […]
July 16, 2015; 10:00 – 11:30 am AKT – Food Security and Climate Change. Presentation by Jessica Ryan, Interim Manager, Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, focusing on the impacts of climate change to food security in Alaska and food resiliency practices that are underway. Topic includes: 1) Assessing the current state of food security in […]
Since passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, federal agencies have been required, under Section 7, to “insure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out” by an agency “is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of […]
Lately it seems as though every National Forest in the country is revising a forest plan or thinking about when the time will come. In addition to differing in purpose and scale from traditional project-level planning, forest plan revision under the 2012 Planning Rule represents a major shift from traditional land and resource management planning. […]
Deadline for applications for the LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZING AND ACTION: LEADING CHANGE Online course to be held February 8 to May 13. The course is an online opportunity to learn how to organize communities to mobilize their resources to create the power they need to make change. Effective organizing requires learning to identify, recruit, and develop […]
January 5, 2015; 10:00 – 11:15 am AKT – Strategies for Strengthening Alaska Native Village Roles in Natural Resource Management Presentation by Barrett Ristroph, Ph.D. Student, University of Hawaii Pacific Policy Director, Pacific Environment.Unlike tribes in other U.S. jurisdictions, Alaska's tribes do not have sovereignty (or direct ownership in many cases) over their traditional lands […]