Alaska Natives and Corporations
Alaska Natives and Corporations
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Mapping the Effect of Permafrost on One Alaskan Community as they Respond to a Changing Environment
Mapping the Effect of Permafrost on One Alaskan Community as they Respond to a Changing Environment
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Building Tribal Capacity to Adapt and Respond to Climate Change in Southern Southeast Alaska
Building Tribal Capacity to Adapt and Respond to Climate Change in Southern Southeast Alaska
The Alaska and Northwest CASCs partner with Alaska Native Tribes, regional Tribal consortia, and for-profit corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to assist in identifying climate vulnerabilities, addressing climate science needs, and supporting climate adaptation.
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Research Highlights
Learn about how the CASC network works with Alaska Natives and Corporations to support climate adaptation projects.
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Meet the Alaska CASC
Meet the Alaska CASC
The Alaska CASC is a partnership between the USGS and the University of Alaska that supports climate adaptation in communities across Alaska.
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Promoting Coastal Resilience and Adaptation in Alaska: Aleutian and Bering Sea Islands Region
In coastal Alaska, changes in snow, ice, and extreme weather events threaten human communities, critical infrastructure, valuable natural resources, and traditional, subsistence hunting and fishing lifestyles. Understanding how changing climate conditions impact Alaska’s coastal ecosystems, and how these changes may be tied to the ability of coastal communities to adapt to changing...
Promoting Coastal Resilience and Adaptation in Alaska: Community Outreach and Engagement
In coastal Alaska, changes in snow, ice, and extreme weather events threaten human communities, critical infrastructure, valuable natural resources, and hunting and fishing livelihoods. Identifying how changing climate conditions impact Alaska’s coastal ecosystems, and how these changes may be tied to the ability of coastal communities to adapt to changing conditions, has been identified...
Community Observations on Climate Change: Arctic Village, Fort Yukon, and Venetie, Alaska
For the Upper Yukon area of interior Alaska, climate change has become a daily fact of life, causing a wide range of impacts to the environment, and in some cases to community health. In 2015 the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center organized a series of assessments to better understand the impacts of climate change being observed in...
Yukon River Basin Indigenous Observation Network
The hydrology of the Yukon River Basin has changed over the last several decades as evidenced by a variety of discharge, gravimetric, and geochemical analyses. The Indigenous Observation Network (ION), a community-based project, was initiated by the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council and USGS. Capitalizing on existing USGS monitoring and research infrastructure and supplementing...
Identifying Climate Vulnerabilities and Prioritizing Adaptation Strategies for Eulachon Populations in Southeast Alaska
The eulachon is a small fish that is both highly nutritious and culturally significant to the Chilkat and Chilkoot peoples of the Tlingit Nation in Southeast Alaska, for whom it is a traditional food. Tribal members are increasingly concerned about how climate change might stress the health and abundance of eulachon populations, which are already perceived as being low. In order to...
Mapping Wild Berries in the Chugach Region of Alaska to Inform Restoration of Traditional Foods
Wild berries are a valued traditional food for tribes of the Chugachmiut Tribal Consortium (Chenega Bay, Eyak, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Qutekcak, Tatitlek, and Valdez) in the rural Chugach region of south-central Alaska. Berries supply essential nutrients that prevent heart disease and cancer, are used for medicinal purposes, and are the only sweet food in the traditional Native diet...