Location: Grand Aleutian Hotel, Shishaldin Room
Agenda:
8:30 AM Welcome and introductions (F. Ulmer, Chair)
8:40 AM Welcome addresses (Mayor Marquardt, Denise Rankin, President of Qawalangin Tribe)
8:50 AM State of AK Arctic Research Initiatives (S. Moreland, State of AK)
9:05 AM Aleutian Bering Sea Islands Landscape Conservation Cooperative (D. Burn, USFWS)
9:20 AM Futre Needs and Plans for Ocean Observing in the Arctic (Z. Willis, IOOS)
9:40 AM Update on NOAA's Arctic Initiatives (L. Fisher, NOAA)
10:30 AM Shipping/Oil Spill Prevention and Response (multiple speakers)
1:30 PM Fisheries (multiple speakers)
2:30 PM Public Comment session
You can find the strategy at www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/nat_arctic_strategy.pdf
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