HARC Session at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic Division 2006 Annual Meeting

Session Title

The Contribution of Human Dimensions Research to Observing and Understanding the Current State of the Arctic

Session Description

This session was designed to draw studies that focus on identifying and understanding linkages and feedbacks among the different components of the Arctic system, and of the role(s) of the human component in particular. Papers that highlight interdisciplinarity across physical, biological and social sciences were encouraged, and especially those that consider human dimensions as focus for assessing the current state of the Arctic and developing an understanding of future system changes.

Opening Remarks

Maribeth S. Murray, HARC Core Office, Center for Global Change and Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Presentations and Abstracts

Canaries, Frogs, Scorpions, Senators… and Alaska
Michael Glantz, Center for Capacity Building, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
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An Introduction to Results and Applications of the Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic
http://www.arcticlivingconditions.org
Jack Kruse, University of Alaska Anchorage

Human-Fire Interactions in the Boreal Forest of Alaska
Sarah F. Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
F. Stuart Chapin, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michele Bifelt, Fairbanks Northstar Borough School District
Monika Calef, State University of New York at Albany
La’Ona DeWilde, Yukon River Intertribal Watershed Council
Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
A. David McGuire, United States Geological Survey
Henry Huntington, Huntington Consulting
Orville Huntington, Alaska Native Science Commission
Amy Lovecraft, University of Alaska Fairbanks
David C. Natcher, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Joanna Nelson, University of California Santa Cruz
T. Scott Rupp, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Anthony Starfield, University of Minnesota
Josh Wisniewski, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Erika Zavaleta, University of California Santa Cruz

Patterns and Trends in Subsistence Salmon Harvests. Norton Sound and Port Clarence, 1994-2003
James Magdanz, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Eric Trigg, Kawerak, Inc.
Austin Ahmasuk, Kawerak, Inc.
Peter Nanouk, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Division
David Koster, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence
Kurt Kamletz, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence

Dynamic Tradition, Tumultuous Landscape: Inupiaq Responses to Changing Freshwater Regimes on the Seward Peninsula
Elizabeth Marino, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Peter Schweitzer, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Josh Wisniewshi, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jack Omelak, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Caretakers of the Land
Kathleen Graves, University of Alaska Anchorage
Pat Frank

Climate Change and Variability in Interior Alaska: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Data
Integration and Synthesis for Understanding Regional Patterns Relevant to Stakeholders
Shannon McNeeley, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Martha Shulski, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Karin Lemkuhl, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
John Walsh, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Use of Landfast Sea Ice as a Platform for Subsistence Whaling in a Changing Environment
Matthew Druckenmiller, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Craig George, Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough