2014 Sessions
Data Collection and Management
Challenges and opportunities for long-term monitoring in Alaska
Session chairs: Michael Bower (Michael_bower@nps.gov) and Chris Sergeant
(Christopher_sergeant@nps.gov)
Data Management for Hydrology and Fisheries Research
Session chair: Jessie Cherry (jcherry@iarc.uaf.edu)
Use of mobile electronic devices for field data collection in Alaska
Session chairs: Ted Otis (ted.otis@alaska.gov) and Kathy Jones (kathleen.jones@alaska.gov)
Climate
Mitigation and Adaption Planning for Climate Change Impacts to Water and
Fishery Resources
Session chair: Hal Shepherd (laoch@uci.net)
Climate Modeling and Hydrology
Session chair: Uma Bhatt (bhatt@gi.alaska.edu)
Habitat
Aquatic habitat restoration in Alaska: innovations, applications, successes and
failures
Session chair: Neil Stichert (neil_stichert@fws.gov)
Assessing the biotic and abiotic responses to fish habitat restoration actions
Session chairs: Scott Harris (scott@sitkawild.org) and Sheila Jacobson (sajacobson@fs.fed.us)
Fisheries and forestry interactions
Session chairs: Mark Wipfli (mwipfli@alaska.edu) and Doug Martin (doug@martinenv.com)
Fisheries and fish populations and their habitats of the North Slope of Alaska
Session chairs: Jeff Adams (Jeff_Adams@fws.gov) and Matthew Whitman
(mwhitman@blm.gov)
Exploring ecosystem linkages across the terrestrial/aquatic interface
Session chair: Allison Bidlack (albidlack@uas.alaska.edu)
Icefield to ocean linkages in coastal Alaska
Session chairs: Shad O’Neel (soneel@usgs.gov) and Jason Amundson
(jmamundson@uas.alaska.edu)
Habitat/Hydrology
Hydrologic and Fish Habitat Modeling and Characterization
Session chairs: Bill Rice (william_rice@fws.gov) and Christine Woll (cwoll@tnc.org)
Groundwater and Fish interactions
Session chair: Coowe Walker (coowe.walker@alaska.gov)
Instream Flow Perspectives and Issues in Alaska
Session chairs: Joe Klein (joe.klein@alaska.gov) and Cathy Flanagan
(Cathleen_flanagan@fws.gov)
Mining Effects on Hydrology and Fisheries
Session chair: Carol Ann Woody (drcawoody@gmail.com)
Hydropower Effects on Hydrology and Fisheries
Session chair: Sue Walker (susan.walker@noaa.gov)
Fish Creek Watershed Studies
Session chair: Chris Arp (cdarp@alaska.edu)
Hydrology
Flood Hydrology
Session chair: Robin Beebee (rbeebee@usgs.gov)
North Slope Hydrology
Session chair: Anna Liljedahl (akliljedahl@alaska.edu)
Groundwater Hydrology
Session chair: Melissa Hill (Melissa.hill@alaska.gov)
Municipal Hydrology
Session chair: Joe Miller (joe.miller@hdrinc.com)
Wastewater
Session chair: Bill Griffith (bill.griffith@alaska.gov)
Freshwater/Marine
Salmon ecology
Session Chair: Joe Orsi (joe.orsi@noaa.gov)
Genetics in Alaska
Session Chairs: Tyler Dann (tyler.dann@alaska.gov) and Sara Gilk-Baumer
(sara.gilk@alaska.gov)
Advances in Fisheries Science & Technology
Session chairs: Kristen Green (kristen.green@alaska.gov) and Jennifer Stahl
(Jennifer.stahl@alaska.gov)
Bridging space and time: distribution and movement of fish in Alaska
Session chairs: Ben Williams (bcwilliams2@alaska.edu) and Julie Nielsen
(julie.nielsen@gmail.com)
Invasive Species
Session chair: Tammy Davis (tammy.davis@alaska.gov)
Marine
Marine Fish Ecology and Ecosystem Processes
Session chair: Jamal Moss (jamal.moss@noaa.gov)
Life on the half-shell: biology and ecology of Alaska shellfish
Session chair: Joel Webb (joel.webb@alaska.gov)
Fisheries Management
Session chair: Jason Gasper (jason.gasper@noaa.gov)
Habitat science to support fisheries management in Alaska marine ecosystems
Session chair: Jodi Pirtle (jodi.pirtle@noaa.gov)
Human dimensions
Small-scale Alaskan fisheries: a focus on sport and subsistence sectors
Session chairs: Anne Beaudreau (abeaudreau@alaska.edu) and Maggie Chan
(nlchan@alaska.edu)
Fishing communities and fisheries management
Session chairs: Courtney Lyons (cdlyons@alaska.edu) and Courtney Carothers
(clcarothers@alaska.edu)
Climate Change Impacts on Water/Subsistence Resources
Session chair: Hal Shepherd (laoch@uci.net)
Lunch Time Talks
Basics of Wordpress/Making a Simple Website
Katrina Mueller (Katrina_mueller@fws.gov)
Fisheries Outreach/In-Reach Discussion & Network Building
Chair: Katrina Mueller (Katrina_mueller@fws.gov)