Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience served by the project were under-represented populations such as Alaska Native and rural students. Efforts over the grant period included formal course instruction, lab intensives, course intensives, internships, workshops, experiential learning opportunities, and K-12 outreach activities. Changes/Problems:COVID-19 interrupted face-to-face evaluation meeting plans in 2020. Additionally, Drumbeats Alaska Consortium faculty transitioned face-to-face courses to online platforms due to social distancing protocols as noted in the Strengthening Alaska Native Stewardship progress report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Chukchi Campus 2017-18: Sept. 2017: Project coordinator, Annabelle Alvite participated in 3-day "Niqipiat Nigikkavut" (Traditional Native Food) symposium in Kotzebue highlighting the importance of traditional food, knowledge and skills in procuring and processing subsistence food; increasing access to and consumption of traditional food (not commercially processed); the cultural, nutritional, and economic value of traditional food, while passing this on to youth. Bristol Bay Campus 2018-19: • T. Marsik Attended Energy Problem Curation Workshop in Anchorage in Fall 2018 • T. Radenbaugh was on sabbatical, Fall 2018 Interior Alaska Campus 2018-19 • The Advancing Our Ways of Life Technical Writing Retreats were held in Igiugig and Knik, Alaska in November and December of 2018. The First Alaskans Institute Policy Centered hosted the retreats to advance a more racially equitable, Indigenized natural resources management system. This retreat brought forward technical policy and legal ideas and documents that can be shared with policy makers and influencers in order to advance our Alaska Native hunting and fishing rights and advance our collective wellbeing. Fairbanks staff, retreat participants, community and Native leaders will contribute to the strategies and efforts to advance the ideas and documents generated through these retreats. IAC Drumbeats USDA NIFA Tribal Management Faculty Carrie Stevens participated in the multi-day event. Drumbeats faculty Carrie Stevens attended the Indigenizing Salmon Management Dialogue Facilitation Workshop on February 6th and 7th, 2018 in Dillingham, Alaska. The training was sponsored by the First Alaskans Institute, providing leadership development to facilitate and lead challenging conversations around salmon management in Alaska. Kuskokwim Campus 2017-18 EBOT faculty, Lisa Strecker, was mentored in teaching the EBOT Chemistry course by former EBOT faculty, Kevin Jernigan during Spring semester 2018. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Chukchi Campus • Flyers and marketing for classes were created to help recruit volunteers and instructors to help teach or lead workshops or assist instructors. All events were posted on the UAF Chukchi Campus Facebook page and on the local Kotzebue, AK radio station. Further outreach included emails to engage active and potential volunteers. • Teachers with the Northwest Arctic Borough School District were enlisted to help build curriculum and activities for elementary through high school students during this same time frame. • March 2019 - The program coordinator met with several elementary school teachers regarding garden/seed planting activity. School teachers discussed gamifying food security and production through Mindcraft versus real gardening. • April 2019 - Ongoing outreach and discussion with teachers and local volunteers to discuss establishment of a business plan for growing and distributing food Bristol Bay Campus 2018-19 • Promotional Booth at the Alaska Forum on the Environment held in Anchorage in Feb 2019 • Media presence: • ACEP This Week - Whitney and Marsik to Present on Sustainable Energy and Education at AFE http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/28-january-acep-this-week/whitney-and-marsik-to-present-on-sustainable-energy-and education-at-afe.aspx • ACEP This Week - ACEP, CCHRC Air Source Heat Pump Performance Study http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/18-march-acep-this-week/acep,-cchrc-air-source-heat-pump-performance-study.aspx • ACEP This Week - Marsik's Arctic HRV Design Wins Top IDEA Award http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/29-april-acep-this-week/marsik%E2%80%99s-arctic-hrv-design-wins-top-idea award.aspx • ACEP This Week - New Class Teaches Design and Retrofit of Energy-efficient Homes http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/29-april-acep-this-week/new-class-teaches-design-and-retrofit-of-energy-efficient homes.aspx • ACEP This Week - Published Paper Explores Carbon Associated with Energy-Efficient Homes http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/13-may-acep-this-week/published-paper-explores-carbon-associated-with-energy efficient-homes.aspx One Health Research Conference of Alaska 2019 https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/orca2019/home Bristol Bay Campus 2017-18 Anticipating a Future Arctic - KNOM: Mission Radio, by David Dodman, Nome, AK, April 27, 2018. http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2018/04/27/anticipating-a-future-arctic/ Dillingham holds second annual March for Science, KDLG Public Radio By Isabelle Ross, Dillingham, AK, Apr 17, 2018. http://kdlg.org/post/dillingham-holds-second-annual-march-science Presentation Sessions - Alaska Forum on the Environment (AFE http://www.akforum.org), Drumbeats was involved in 2 presentations. Anchorage, AK, February, 12-16, 2018. UAF Bristol Bay Campus Brings Sustainable Energy to Remote and Extreme Environments - Alaska Space Grant News Sharing science and knowledge in Western Alaska - UAF Cornerstone - By UAF faculty, April 17, 2018. https://news.uaf.edu/sharing-science-and-knowledge-in-western-alaska Talking Trash: You bought it. You tossed it. Now rural towns struggle to ship it out. KTOO Public Media, By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk, Anchorage, AK, October 26, 2017 https://www.ktoo.org/2017/10/26/talking-trash-bought- tossed-now-rural-towns-struggle-ship/ Notable moments from UAF's first century - Assistant Professor Tom Marsik at Bristol Bay Campus creates the world's most airtight residential building, according to World Record Academy, Aurora, September 2017 https://news.uaf.edu/category/centennial-fall2017/ Environmental job training graduates from Alaska Native Villages to be honored in ceremony Your Alaska Link, ABC - FOX Alaska, Apr 28, 2017 Interior Alaska Campus IAC Drumbeats USDA NIFA Tribal Management Faculty Carrie Stevens shared development of Tribal Stewardship Program and Curriculum, and increased availability of Tribal Natural Resource courses in multiple arenas including First Alaskans Youth and Elders, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Tanana Chiefs Conference Annual Convention. Findings from the symposium and natural resource management classes were shared in multiple Tanana Chiefs Conference newsletters and special editions throughout the year, reaching 47 villages in Interior Alaska. Kuskokwim Campus • Poster, Flash Cards for Hooper Bay Plants, Summer 2017; created, printed, and sent to Hooper Bay School in Fall 2018, to share results of Introduction to Ethnobotany Course to Hooper Bay community. • Additional copies of A Guide to the Ethnobotany of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region, requested by and sent to rural AK schools. • Student projects presented to community member during week of Introduction to Ethnobotany field camp in Bethel AK, July 2019. Northwest Campus Public dissemination during University of Alaska Research Days open house. Fairbanks AK. May, 2019. Online report by UAF media of reindeer production workshop using HLRM curricula sponsored in Fairbanks. SNRE Science and News November 2017. Media report on the Reindeer Production Workshop. November 20, 2017. Reindeer Research Program trains prospective herders: Hrabok-Leppajarvi, J. HLRM Progress Report. Oral report. April 2018. Alaska Reindeer Council Meeting. Anchorage, AK. http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/environmental-job-training-graduates-from-alaska-native-villages-to- be/article_29e4a9b6-2c45-11e7-8fa8-2fca8d54b0b5.html UAS Ketchikan 2017-18 Drumbeats Ketchikan Project Director attended and presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology 78th Annual Meeting Drumbeats Ketchikan program specialist attended and presented at the Alaska Native Studies Conference Ask UAS lecture series presentations open to the public included: Foraging 101: A Taste of Harvesting Southeast Alaska's Wild Foods Healthy Oceans: How Ocean Health Impacts Marine Resources Enhanced and expanded website with digital stories, recipes and teacher resources Restaurant Night where students prepared and served coastal foods On-air radio interviews and presentations DaVinci Night (Tongass School of Arts and Sciences K-6) presentation (300 participants) Tribal Scholars Science Night Point Higgins K-6 school presentation UAS Sitka 2017-18 As part of the Scientists in the Schools (SIS) outreach, summary flyers are produced and provided to the classroom parents, teachers, principals, and school district superintendents as a way of enhancing community understanding of specific scientific ideas and STEM careers. Welcome posters for each visiting scientist of the SIS program are published and posted. Scientists participate in additional community events such as "Behind the Scenes," an informal adult science education opportunity to extend their reach into the community. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The economies of most rural villages are such that few year-round cash jobs are available, leading many young people to seek opportunities in urban Alaska. Out migration from Alaska Native villages to transportation hubs or urban centers threaten their viability. Along with increasing health issues among Alaska Natives, dependence upon refined fossil fuels and skyrocketing energy costs have created hardships for rural residents. The Drumbeats Alaska (DA) award encompassed three years (2017-2020) and delivered eight academic/career/community programs to Alaska Native students and community participants throughout rural Alaska: Ethnobotany (EBOT), Environmental Studies (ENVI), Sustainable Energy (SE), High Latitude Range Management (HLRM); Food Security and Sovereignty (FSS); Tribal Stewardship (TS) and University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) programs, Getting Rural Alaskans into Science Professions and Southeast Alaska Coastal Resources. DA Project Year 1 (2017-18) marked the final year collaborating with UAS, while external evaluation services were the focus during Project Year 3 (2019-20). A primary and largely undocumented accomplishment of all seven diverse Drumbeats Alaska programs is the support by local and regional organizations, businesses and schools. This support has given faculty opportunity to expand programs beyond the activities funded under NIFA. Examples include: meeting regional and Tribal needs in Environmental Sciences through co-development of rural waste management and rural surface water quality testing; developing an Inter-Tribal organization of federally recognized Tribal governments and Alaska Native Corporations to address local food and energy security with Tribes supporting students to attend courses; and Sitka School District placing Scientists in the Schools at all grade levels, raising the student proficiency rate in science standardized tests. A cost basis evaluation was completed for the 2018-2019 Project Year 2. The evaluation documented each program's cost per student, student enrollment and Alaska Native students served. Costs were balanced by faculty and community outcomes. Budget cuts occurred across the University and the report provided timely information and a different view of program costs, accomplishments and outcomes for fiscal staff, faculty, and administrators. After an in-person faculty meeting during the last year of the project in Fall 2019, under a new PI, an emphasis was placed on serving Alaska Native students and the topic of educational equity was at the forefront. The meeting, the first for faculty in recent history, was followed by a fifteen year evaluation. Completed in 2019-2020 Project Year 3, the evaluation looked back at the history of the Drumbeats programs from 2005 to 2020 through shifts in leadership, project goals and objectives and reported on cumulative changes in knowledge, actions and condition for students and participants, for Drumbeats and at the University. The end of Drumbeats in 2020 was a pivotal point for two programs under consideration to be discontinued due to budget cuts. This cost base evaluation report provided evidence for university faculty and administrators to make decisions about the future direction of Drumbeats programs. UAF Institutional Research statistics provided for Drumbeats Alaska Project Years 1 & 2 (2017-2019) shows 878 unduplicated students (1,247 duplicated students) took courses with 59% reporting as Alaska Native. There was a total of 63 graduates for the USDA funded programs over 2017-2019, including 8 Fisheries Technology program graduates; 17 Rural Waste Management and Spill Response Occupational Endorsement program graduates; 7 Sustainable Energy program graduates; 2 Environmental Studies Certificate program graduates; 21 Associate of Science program graduates; and 8 Ethnobotany Certificate graduates, with 35% reporting as Alaska Native award recipients. Changes in Knowledge: Student enrollment and awards are key indicators that learning has taken place, but broader impacts of DA programs include the value of faculty involvement in remote Alaska Native communities. Self-selected teachers across the state are integrating Sustainable Energy materials and content questions into their curriculum. This is 'planting the seeds of energy literacy' with high school students. In addition, Alaska Energy Authority staff who are enrolling in the Sustainable Energy program recognize the benefit of course content and through their positions, will disseminate knowledge. High school students at the Salmon Science Camp in the Bristol Bay Region developed posters, one of which was submitted to the American Geophysical Union conference. HLRM began teaching courses to couples - who then work with each other and their families to carry on the reindeer herding tradition. HLRM faculty also participated in a nationwide effort to standardize animal herding so professionals and government agencies share the same information. FSS established the Kotzebue Food Coalition, a dynamic ad hoc group of community members who work on the 'Learning Landscape' garden and hydroponic year-round inside garden. The group also experiments with composting, raising chickens in an Arctic environment and teaching others through Gardening 101 workshops. Changes in actions due to the DA programs include: businesses and individuals retrofitting their facilities, the development of community gardens in sub-Arctic and Arctic communities; the growth of reindeer herds for live sales and meat production in five communities, with two local communities selling reindeer meat and one reindeer ranch promoting educational experiences; Southeast Alaska restaurants serving local coastal greens and Kotzebue residents expanding their diet by sharing greens grown. Changes in action through leadership, stewardship & civic activities: The Village of Solomon Environmental Coordinator has developed a renewable energy plan that is 'consistent with our [Alaska Native] identity' to include a feasibility study, a mini micro grid and year-round dwellings. Students/hunters who took TS courses testify at State of Alaska Board of Game meetings to secure food and natural resources for their Tribe; and one TS student worked with UAF on a research project, Changes in Moose Behavior Related to Climate Change and Leaf Falling. Changes in condition are long-term impacts that are only beginning to be manifested in rural communities. FSS Gardens and the accompanying 4H and ethnobotany courses are changing diets and increasing awareness of food security: two EBOT graduates are worked with Illisagvik College to create a program on Traditional Plants and another EBOT student has incorporated how to harvest wild food plants into his survival courses for the National Guard. Cleaner environments and water are a condition attributed to the Environmental Studies program, which developed new curricula that helps rural residents adapt to the climate changes: Extreme Events and Climate Change in Alaska. Sustainable Energy faculty have invented an Arctic Dual Hood for Heat Recovery Ventilation system, which will change energy use and security of rural Alaska homes. The maintenance of natural resources through Tribal Stewardship planning will not only enhance food security for Alaska Native tribes, but allow for the continuation of a traditional and customary lifestyles. A TS student has established a consulting business to assist other Tribes to develop land use sustainability plans. HLRM graduates working reindeer herds in Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea are looking at minimizing and ending government subsidies as their business begins to produce revenue. For rural and remote villages, many facing out migration and high youth suicide, the possibility for these programs to bring a sense of pride in place and jobs to accompany changes in condition is hopeful.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience served by the project were under-represented populations such as Alaska Native and rural students. Efforts over the grant period included formal course instruction, lab intensives, course intensives, internships, workshops, experiential learning opportunities, and K-12 outreach activities. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Bristol Bay Campus - Environmental Science: Attended Energy Problem Curation Workshop in Anchorage in Fall 2018 See Products for other conferences attended where papers were presented Radenbaugh was on sabbatical, Fall 2018 Kuskokwim Campus - Ethnobotany: Lisa Strecker attended the KuC faculty retreat in Anchorage AK, 12-13 October 2018. Two students completed the Ethnobotany Certificate this year, Ann Biddle and Erica Valentine. Interior Alaska Campus - Tribal Stewardship: IAC Drumbeats faculty Carrie Stevens attended the State of Alaska Salmon and People: Wellbeing Workgroup Writing Retreat in February 2019 in Santa Barbara, Alaska. The retreat was sponsored by the Indigenizing Salmon Management, providing an opportunity to work with fellow researchers to develop technical papers and collaborative writing products. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Bristol Bay Campus - Environmental Science & Sustainable Energy: Promotional Booth at the Alaska Forum on the Environment held in Anchorage in Feb 2019 Media presence: ACEP This Week - Whitney and Marsik to Present on Sustainable Energy and Education at AFE http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/28-january-acep-this-week/whitney-and-marsik-to-present-on-sustainable-energy-and-education-at-afe.aspx ACEP This Week - ACEP, CCHRC Air Source Heat Pump Performance Study http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/18-march-acep-this-week/acep,-cchrc-air-source-heat-pump-performance-study.aspx ACEP This Week - Marsik's Arctic HRV Design Wins Top IDEA Award http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/29-april-acep-this-week/marsik%E2%80%99s-arctic-hrv-design-wins-top-idea-award.aspx ACEP This Week - New Class Teaches Design and Retrofit of Energy-efficient Homes http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/29-april-acep-this-week/new-class-teaches-design-and-retrofit-of-energy-efficient-homes.aspx ACEP This Week - Published Paper Explores Carbon Associated with Energy-Efficient Homes http://acep.uaf.edu/acep-news/2019/13-may-acep-this-week/published-paper-explores-carbon-associated-with-energy-efficient-homes.aspx One Health Research Conference of Alaska 2019 https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/orca2019/home Kuskokwim Campus - Ethnobotany: Poster, Flash Cards for Hooper Bay Plants, Summer 2017; created, printed, and sent to Hooper Bay School in Fall 2018, to share results of Introduction to Ethnobotany Course to Hooper Bay community. Additional copies of A Guide to the Ethnobotany of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region, requested by and sent to rural AK school. Student projects presented to community member during week of Introduction to Ethnobotany field camp in Bethel AK, July 2019. Northwest Campus - High Latitude Range Management: Finstad, G. Research and Instructional Progress Report. Oral report. November 2018. Reindeer Herders Association Annual Meeting. Nome, AK. Finstad, G. Research and Instructional Progress Report. Oral report. November 2018. Alaska Reindeer Council Meeting. Nome, AK. Public dissemination during University of Alaska Research Days open house. Fairbanks AK. May, 2019. Interior Alaska Campus - Tribal Stewardship: IAC Drumbeats USDA NIFA Tribal Management Faculty Carrie Stevens shared development of Tribal Stewardship Program and Curriculum, and increased availability of Tribal Natural Resource courses in multiple arenas including First Alaskans Youth and Elders, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Tanana Chiefs Conference Annual Convention. Findings from the symposium and natural resource management classes were shared in multiple Tanana Chiefs Conference newsletters and special editions throughout the year, reaching 47 villages in Interior Alaska. Chukchi Campus - Food Security Project: All events were posted on the UAF Chukchi Campus Facebook page and on the local Kotzebue, AK radio station. Further outreach included emails to engage active and potential volunteers. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The primary activity in Year 2 is evaluation, although through carry forward funds, the Drumbeats Programs will continue select Project activities to meet objectives and medium-term project impacts as detailed in the Logic Model. A meeting will be held with project faculty facilitated by the evaluator to develop a shared collaborative statement of student learning relevant to all students enrolled in Drumbeats courses and to identify teaching methods of what works and what doesn't to deliver subsistence/FANH sciences equitably in a rural Alaska context. The product of this meeting is a final evaluation report in an interactive iBook/ePub format that portrays a snapshot of the Drumbeats Collaborative outcomes and impacts from delivering content to rural and Alaska Natives in the FANH sciences. The iBook/ePub format is suitable for wide dissemination.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Drumbeats Collaborative delivers six academic/career/community programs to students and community participants throughout rural Alaska: Ethnobotany (EBOT), Environmental Sciences (ENVI), Sustainable Energy (SE), High Latitude Range Management (HLRM); Food Security and Sovereignty (FSS); and Tribal Stewardship (TS). Each program brings a unique focus on diverse food, agriculture, natural resources, and human science (FANH) fields of study. Through service, workshops, courses, publications and conferences, students and community participants are using learned content knowledge to engage to live more sustainably and affordably in rural Alaska. Changes in Knowledge: Meeting community needs in the FANH sciences. Self-selected teachers across the state are integrating Sustainable Energy materials and content questions into their curriculum. This is 'planting the seeds of energy literacy' with high school students. In addition, Alaska Energy Authority staff who are enrolling in the Sustainable Energy program recognize the benefit of course content and through their positions, will disseminate knowledge. High school students at the Salmon Science Camp in the Bristol Bay Region developed posters, one which will be submitted to the American Geophysical Union conference. HLRM began teaching courses to couples - who then work with each other and their families to carry on the reindeer herding tradition. HLRM faculty also participate in a nationwide effort to standardize animal herding so professionals and government agencies share the same information. FSS established the Kotzebue Food Coalition, a dynamic ad hoc group of community members who work on the 'Learning Landscape' garden and hydroponic year-round inside garden. The group also experiments with composting, raising chickens in an Arctic environment and teach others through Gardening 101 workshops. EBOT and HLRM faculty are working together to develop a course on Tundra plants that will benefit reindeer herders. Changes in Action: Leadership, stewardship & civic activities. The Village of Solomon Environmental Coordinator is developing a renewable energy plan that is 'consistent with our [Alaska Native] identity that includes a feasibility study, a mini-micro grid and year-round dwellings. Students/hunters who took TS courses testify at State of Alaska Board of Game meetings to secure food and natural resources for their Tribe; and one TS student is working with UAF on a research project, Changes in Moose Behavior Related to Climate Change and Leaf Falling. Kotzebue residents expand their diet by sharing greens grown. Changes in Conditions: Advancing food and energy security. Sustainable energy faculty have invented an Arctic Dual Hood for Heat Recover Ventilation, which will change the energy use and security of rural Alaska homes. The ENVI program has developed new curriculum that helps rural residents adapt to the climate changes: Extreme Events and Climate Change in Alaska. A TS student has established a consulting business to assist other Tribes to develop land use sustainability plans. HLRM graduates working reindeer herds in Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea are looking at minimizing and ending government subsidies as their business is beginning to produce revenue. Two EBOT graduates are working with Illisagvik College to create a program on Traditional Plants. Award Data: There was a total of 15 graduates for the USDA funded programs over Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 including 9 Rural Waste Management and Spill Response Occupational Endorsement (OE) program graduates; 3 Sustainable Energy OE program graduates; and 3 Ethnobotany Certificate graduates.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Chingliak, A. and T. A. Radenbaugh. Can an Alaska Copper and Gold Mine Feed a Subsistence Culture, 4th Geoscience Alliance Conference, Phoenix, AZ, January 31-Feburary 3, 2019.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Hartwell, S.I., D.A. Apeti, A.S. Pait, T. Radenbaugh, and R. Britton. Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Characterization of Soft Bottom Benthic Habitats, Fish Body Burdens and Sediment Contaminant
Baseline Assessment Kvichak and Nushagak Bays. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 227. Silver Spring, MD. 53 pp. 2017. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-227
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Hossain. Y and T. Marsik, Conducting Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) to Determine Carbon Payback: A Case Study of a Highly Energy-Efficient House in Rural Alaska, Energies, vol. 12, 1732, 2019.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Marsik, T. Supporting NASAs Goals through Asynchronous Energy Education, Alaska Space Grant Program Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, April 2019.
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. and N. Wiltse, A Low Carbon Arctic Energy System? Challenges, Opportunities and Trends. chapter in Arruda G., editor, Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives, Routledge, 2018.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Marsik, T. and V. Stevens, Air Source Heat Pumps Performance in Alaska, Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, AK, February 2019.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Marsik, T. Sustainable Energy Introduction, Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, AK, February 2019
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Marsik, T., and M. Masteller, UAFs Sustainable Energy Program Education and Research Highlights, One Health Research Conference of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, May 2019.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Masteller, M. and T. Marsik, Occupational Endorsement in Sustainable Energy, Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, AK, February 2019.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T. A. and L. Hoferkamp, From Classrooms to the Community: Incorporating civic Responsibility into a Shared Lab Intensive for Non-majors Biology and Chemistry Classes, Science Education for New Engagement and Responsibilities (SENCER), Santa Clara University, Aug 2019.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T. A. and D. Limpinsel, Estuaries: Highways of the Coast, Salmon Science and Knowledge. Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK, February 11-15, 2019.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Stevens, V., B. Grunau, R. Garber-Slaght, C. Sosebee, H. Nelson, and T. Marsik, BrHEAThe System: Motivation, History, and Evaluation, in Proc. of the 4th Residential Building Design & Construction Conference, State College, Pennsylvania, 2018.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T. A. and L. Duffy, Defining Ecological Resilience and Adaptation in the Alaska and the Arctic, Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK, February 11-15, 2019.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Lisa Strecker and Erica Valentine presented a talk, Experiential Learning in an Online Course: Applied Ethnobotany (EBOT 250/251), at the One Health Research Conference of Alaska (https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/orca2019/home), Fairbanks AK, 5/15/2019.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
EBOT student, Mandi Schmitt, presented two posters, Methods of Plant Preservation by Indigenous Alaskan Cultures, and UAF Ethnobotany Program: Bringing traditional plant knowledge to college at the One Health Research Conference of Alaska (https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/orca2019/home), Fairbanks AK, 5/15/2019.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Finstad, G. Reindeer Genetics in North America. 2018. The ROBA Review. Lake Crystal, Minnesota. pp. 8-9.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Bioff, A., Greenberg, J., and Finstad, G. 2018. Business plan for commercial reindeer meat production on St Lawrence Island, AK. Prepared for Savoonga IRA, the village of Savoonga and Kawerak Native Corporation.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Hunt Fish Share and Protecting Our Way of Life (Conference Presentation)
First Alaskans Youth and Elders Conference, October 2018, Anchorage, Alaska
Panelists: Carrie Stevens, Ben Stevens, Rhonda Pitka
This presentation will provide a hands on dialogue and work session to empower youth to find and use their voice to promote ancestral hunting and fishing practices about which they are passionate. Topics included: Native knowledge, leadership, traditional and customary hunting, fishing and gathering, law, governance and policy, and empowerment.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Our Hearts Know: Criminalization of Indigenous Ways of Life Fuels the Fire of Domestic Violence (published Magazine Article), First Alaskans Magazine, Winter 2018-2019, Magazine Article
Dr. Jessica Black and Carrie Stevens
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
I am a Criminal: Criminalization of Indigenous Fishing Practices (Online Article: https://alaskasalmonandpeople.org/region/yukon/), State of Alaska Salmon and People, Spring 2019
Carrie Stevens Dr. and Jessica Black
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Grant, S., A, Baldwin, and T. A. Radenbaugh. Invertebrates of Bristol Bay Alaska, In Bristol Bay Alaska: Ecosystems of Extraordinary Significance, Chapter 12, Woody, C. (ed.), J. Ross publishers, 2018.
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Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience served by the project were under-represented populations such as Alaska Native and rural students. Efforts over the grant period included formal course instruction, lab intensives, course intensives, internships, workshops, experiential learning opportunities, and K-12 outreach activities. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Chukchi Campus: Sept. 2017: Participated in 3-day "Niqipiat Nigikkavut" (Traditional Native Food) symposium in Kotzebue highlighting the importance of traditional food, knowledge and skills in procuring and processing subsistence food; increasing access to and consumption of traditional food (not commercially processed); the cultural, nutritional, and economic value of traditional food, while passing this on to youth. Feb. 2018 and ongoing: Attended and participated in webinars, other training and activity relevant to improving food security, engaging youth and community. May 2018: Participated in training (webinar) on developing a food assessment tool and conducting a food security assessment. Interior Alaska Campus: Drumbeats faculty Carrie Stevens attended the Indigenizing Salmon Management Dialogue Facilitation Workshop on February 6th and 7th in Dillingham, Alaska. The training was sponsored by the First Alaskans Institute, proving leadership development to facilitate and lead challenging conversations around salmon management in Alaska. Kuskokwim Campus: EBOT faculty, Lisa Strecker, was mentored in teaching the EBOT Chemistry course by former EBOT faculty, Kevin Jernigan during Spring semester 2018. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Bristol Bay Campus: Anticipating a Future Arctic - KNOM: Mission Radio, by David Dodman, Nome, AK, April 27, 2018. http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2018/04/27/anticipating-a-future-arctic/ Dillingham holds second annual March for Science, KDLG Public Radio By Isabelle Ross, Dillingham, AK, Apr 17, 2018. http://kdlg.org/post/dillingham-holds-second-annual-march-science Presentation Sessions - Alaska Forum on the Environment (AFE http://www.akforum.org), Drumbeats was involved in 2 presentations. Anchorage, AK, February, 12-16, 2018. World's 'tightest house' for sale in Dillingham - KDLG, APRN Public Media, Arctic Sounder, Bristol Bay Times, Dutch Harbor Fisherman - January 2018 http://kdlg.org/post/world-s-tightest-house-sale-dillingham https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/01/17/alaska-news-nightly-wednesday-jan-17-2018/ http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1803worlds_tightest_house_for_sale_in_dillingham http://www.thebristolbaytimes.com/article/1803worlds_tightest_house_for_sale_in_dillingham http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1803worlds_tightest_house_for_sale_in_dillingham http://www.nomenugget.com/news/nome-hosts-gathering-scientists UAF Bristol Bay Campus Brings Sustainable Energy to Remote and Extreme Environments - Alaska Space Grant News - January 2018 https://spacegrant.alaska.edu/sites/default/files/ASGP newsletter 2017.pdf Nome hosts gathering of scientists, Nome Nugget, By James Mason, Fri, April 6, 2018. Racejt Class of 2019 Graduation. ABC Alaska. Anchorage, AK. April 25, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UzXE2pQxW4&feature=youtu.be Regional Science Conference in Western Alaska. Events: The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association, March 2018. http://www.yukonsalmon.org/event/2018-western-alaska-interdisciplinary-science-conference-and-forum/ Sharing science and knowledge in Western Alaska - UAF Cornerstone - By UAF faculty, April 17, 2018. https://news.uaf.edu/sharing-science-and-knowledge-in-western-alaska Amid Renovations, Nome's UAF Campus Remains a Crossroads of Regional Interests. KNOM: Mission Radio. By Davis Hovey, Nome, AK, March 26, 2018 http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2018/03/26/amid-renovations-nomes-uaf-campus-remains-a-crossroads-of-regional-interests/ Talking Trash: You bought it. You tossed it. Now rural towns struggle to ship it out. KTOO Public Media, By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk, Anchorage, AK, October 26, 2017 https://www.ktoo.org/2017/10/26/talking-trash-bought-tossed-now-rural-towns-struggle-ship/ Notable moments from UAF's first century - Assistant Professor Tom Marsik at Bristol Bay Campus creates the world's most airtight residential building, according to World Record Academy, Aurora, September 2017 https://news.uaf.edu/category/centennial-fall2017/ Environmental job training graduates from Alaska Native Villages to be honored in ceremony Your Alaska Link, ABC - FOX Alaska, Apr 28, 2017 Chukchi Campus: 1. Outreach and presentations to engage community members to participate in food assessment, and update on status of project. 2. Social media and local public radio broadcasts to disseminate any information. Interior Alaska Campus: Drumbeats USDA NIFA Tribal Management Faculty Carrie Stevens shared development of Tribal Stewardship Program and Curriculum, and increased availability of Tribal Natural resource courses in multiple arenas. Findings from the symposium and natural resource management classes were shared in multiple Tanana Chiefs Conference newsletters and special editions throughout the year, reaching 47 villages in interior Alaska. Site visits for relationship building were made to Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribe of Alaska in Juneau and First Alaskans Institute in Anchorage. Kuskokwim Campus: Students and faculty interact with members of the community where we hold our summer Introduction to Ethnobotany course both informally, and formally - through final student presentations. This year the class will be in Bethel AK. We have held classes in many rural Alaska communities, over the past 10 years: Quinhagak, Nash Harbor, Kotzebue, Hooper Bay, and Scammon Bay - representing our program and UAF to these villages.The book, "A Guide to the Ethnobotany of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region", edited by former EBOT faculty, Kevin Jernigan is available for free download at the UAF Alaska Native Language Center, https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/resources/yk_ethnobotany/.EBOT faculty, Lisa Strecker, attended the Alaska Native Studies conference in Juneau AK, 13-15 April 2018, and promoted the EBOT program. Northwest Campus: Finstad, G. Research and Instructional Progress Report. Oral report. November 2017. Reindeer Herders Association Annual Meeting. Nome, AK. Finstad, G. Research and Instructional Progress Report. Oral report. November 2017. Alaska Reindeer Council Meeting. Nome, AK. Online report by UAF media of reindeer production workshop using HLRM curricula sponsored in Fairbanks. SNRE Science and News November 2017. Media report on the Reindeer Production Workshop. November 20, 2017. Reindeer Research Program trains prospective herders Hrabok-Leppajarvi, J. HLRM Progress Report. Oral report. April 2018. Alaska Reindeer Council Meeting. Anchorage, AK. http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/environmental-job-training-graduates-from-alaska-native-villages-to-be/article_29e4a9b6-2c45-11e7-8fa8-2fca8d54b0b5.html UAS Ketchikan Campus: Drumbeats Ketchikan Project Director attended and presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology 78th Annual Meeting Drumbeats Ketchikan program specialist attended and presented at the Alaska Native Studies Conference Ask UAS lecture series presentations open to the public included: Foraging 101: A Taste of Harvesting Southeast Alaska's Wild Foods Healthy Oceans: How Ocean Health Impacts Marine Resources Enhanced and expanded website with digital stories, recipes and teacher resources Restaurant Night where students prepared and served coastal foods On-air radio interviews and presentations DaVinci Night (Tongass School of Arts and Sciences K-6) presentation (300 participants) Tribal Scholars Science Night Point Higgins K-6 school presentation UAS Sitka Campus As part of the Scientists in the Schools (SIS) outreach, summary flyers are produced and provided to the classroom parents, teachers, principals, and school district superintendents as a way of enhancing community understanding of specific scientific ideas and STEM careers. Welcome posters for each visiting scientist of the SIS program are published and posted. Scientists participate in additional community events such as "Behind the Scenes," an informal adult science education opportunity to extend their reach into the community. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?All Drumbeats projects will continue instruction, service and outreach to rural Alaska communities with the receipt of a new award for 2018-20. The proposed Drumbeats goal is slightly modified to address educational equity and reads: Enhance educational equity while strengthening the sustainability and development of Alaska Native and Rural Alaskan communities. Short and medium outcomes, as detailed in the project's logic model will be measured and reported. Student/participant equity will be assessed through online surveys and interviews to identify criteria of what works and what doesn't to deliver educational equity in the subsistence/FANH sciences in a rural Alaska context.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal. Strengthen the sustainability and development of rural Alaska communities. Drumbeats Alaska has seven academic and career programs: Ethnobotany, Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Energy, High Latitude Range Management; Tribal Stewardship Planning; Getting Rural Alaskans into Science Professions and Southeast Alaska Coastal Resources. Each program/project brings a unique focus from diverse fields of study to assist learners toward a more sustainable and affordable lifestyle in rural Alaska. Through service, workshops, courses, publications and conferences, students and community participants show changes in knowledge through increased interest in new methods and technologies often integrating Western and Indigenous knowledges. A primary and largely undocumented accomplishment of all seven diverse Drumbeats Alaska programs is the support by local and regional organizations, businesses and schools. This support has given faculty opportunity to expand programs beyond the activities funded under NIFA. Examples include: meeting regional and Tribal needs in Environmental Sciences through co-development of rural waste management and rural surface water quality testing; developing an Inter-Tribal organization of federally recognized Tribal governments and Alaska Native Corporations to address local food and energy security with Tribes supporting students to attend courses; Sitka School District placing scientists in the schools at all grade levels raises the student proficiency rate in science standardized tests; Examples of changes in actions due to the Drumbeats Alaska programs include: businesses and individuals retrofitting their facilities, the development of community gardens in sub-Arctic and Arctic communities; the growth of reindeer herds for live sales and meat production in five communities, with two local communities selling reindeer meat and one reindeer ranch promoting educational experiences; and restaurants that serve local coastal greens. Changes in condition are long-term impacts that are only beginning to be manifested in the rural communities. Gardens and the accompanying 4H and ethnobotany courses are changing diets and lowering the high prevalence of pre-diabetics and diabetics is one indicator to follow; cleaner environments and water will be a condition attributed to the Environmental Sciences program; and the maintenance natural resources though Tribal Stewardship planning will not only enhance food security for Alaska Native tribes but allow for the continuation of a traditional and customary lifestyle. For rural and remote villages, many facing out migration and high youth suicide, the possibility for these programs to bring a sense of pride in place and jobs to accompany the changes in condition is hopeful. A cost effectiveness evaluation will close out this project year. This pilot project will report the value of all support sources of the Drumbeats Alaska project during project year 2018-20. These sources include NIFA, the State of Alaska, other government agencies, Tribal Organizations as well as measures of effectiveness from studies on the value of food and energy in rural Alaska, student and participant surveys, faculty interviews and data from the REEports. This evaluation study will assist university faculty and administrators to understand the value and impact of Drumbeats Alaska programs across a broad spectrum. UAF Institutional Research statistics show that over grant year 2017-18, a duplicated count of 1,158 students enrolled in Drumbeats Alaska sponsored courses. There was a total of 48 graduates for the USDA funded programs over Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 including 8 Fisheries Technology program graduates; 8 Rural Waste Management and Spill Response Occupational Endorsement program graduates; 4 Sustainable Energy program graduates; 2 Environmental Studies Certificate program graduates; 21 Associate of Science program graduates; and 5 Ethnobotany Certificate graduates.
Publications
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Conference Papers and Presentations
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Awaiting Publication
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2018
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Jernigan, K. A comparison of indigenous health-related plant use on both sides of the Bering Strait. Proceedings of the 15th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Journal Articles
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2017
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Jernigan, K. (2017) Naukan ethnobotany in post-Soviet times: lost edibles and new medicinals. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
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Other
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2018
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Schulte, P. 2018. Shared Memories of Food Gathering and Cultural Keystone Places: Society for Applied Anthropology 78th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA, April 5 - 7, 2018.
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. 2018 (published). Renewable Energy Resources, In: Bristol Bay Alaska: Natural Resources of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, Chapter 26, Woody, C. (ed). J. Ross Publishing,
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Grant, S., A, Baldwin, and T. A. Radenbaugh. 2018. Invertebrates of Bristol Bay, Invertebrates of Bristol Bay Alaska, In Bristol Bay Alaska: Natural Resources of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems,, Chapter 12, Woody, C. (ed.), J. Ross publishers.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2018 (Keynote). WAISC: Where Science Unites with Traditional Knowledge. Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Nome, AK, March 28-30.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2018. From the classroom to the community: Adding civic responsibility to introductory STEM courses. Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Nome, AK, March 28-30.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. and C. Fisk. 2018. Energy education: Bridging from high school to college. Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Nome, AK, March 28-30.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. and C. Fisk. 2018. Long-term performance of the worlds tightest known house. Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Nome, AK, March 28-30.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2018. Designing Environmental Education Research Projects in Your Community: Proposed Run of the River Project on the Nuyakuk River. Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK, February 12-16.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2018. Designing Environmental Education Research Projects in Your Community. Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK, February 12-16.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. 2018. Occupational Endorsement in Sustainable Energy at UAF. Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK, February 12-16.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. 2018. Energy Education through UAF's Rural Campuses. Alaska Rural Energy Conference. Fairbanks, AK, April 10-12.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Marsik, T. 2018. Sustainable Energy in Remote Locations and Extreme Environments - Part 2. Alaska Space Grant Program Symposium. Anchorage, AK, April 20.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Hartwell, S.I., D.A. Apeti, A.S. Pait, T. Radenbaugh, and R. Britton. 2017. Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Characterization of Soft Bottom Benthic Habitats, Fish Body Burdens and Sediment Contaminant Baseline Assessment Kvichak and Nushagak Bays. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 227. Silver Spring, MD. 53 pp. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-227
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2017. Civics, Climate, and Biotic Changes in the Nushagak Estuary. Hawaii SENCER Conference, University of Hawai?i at M?noa Honolulu, HI.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2017. Poster: Climate and Biotic Changes in the Nushagak Estuary. National Science Foundation TCUP/1994 Research Symposium, Arlington, VA, May 23-26.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2017. Climate and Biotic Changes in the Nushagak Estuary, Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, Anchorage, AK, May 2-4.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2017. Coastal Bluff Erosion in the Nushagak Estuary. Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Unalaska, AK, April 26-29.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2017. Using Online Databases in Distance delivery of Geoscience Lab Courses in Western Alaska. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, Seattle, WA, October.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Radenbaugh, T.A. 2017. Changes Climate and need for Civics, in the Nushagak Estuary, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic Division, Fairbanks AK. October 13-15.
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Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Marsik, T. and N. Wilts. A Low Carbon Arctic Energy System? Challenges, Opportunities and Trends, In: Arruda G., (ed)., Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Nelson, A. 2018. Students perspective: Value of Sustainable Energy Education. Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK, February 12-16. (Directed Student Presentation)
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Miller, D. 2018. Artificial photosynthesis: What is it and could it be used in western Alaska? Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Nome, AK, March 28-30. (Directed Student Presentation)
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Garber-Slaght, R. 2018. Energy Efficient Tight Homes and Indoor Air Quality. Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. Nome, AK, March 28-30. (Directed Student Presentation)
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Journal Articles
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Bischoff, K., Finstad, G., Cary, M., Hillebrandt, J., Moiseff, J., and Nancy Erb,. H. 2017. Variation in blood selenium and serum vitamin E in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) described by location, husbandry, and season. Rangifer 37(1): 1-10
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Journal Articles
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Finstad, G. What is fiber and how does it impact reindeer nutrition? 2017. The ROBA Review. Lake Crystal, Minnesota. pp. 8, 9.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2017
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Finstad, G., Greenberg, J., and Dodge, K. 2017. Special Report: Break-even analysis for commercial reindeer meat production on St. Lawrence Island, AK. Prepared for Savoonga IRA, the village of Savoonga and Kawerak Native Corporation.
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