Overview

The Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) promotes coordination, dissemination, and development of applied science to inform landscape level conservation, including terrestrial-marine linkages, in the face of landscape scale stressors, focusing on climate change.

Western Alaska LCC Map
Western Alaska LCC Map

We are pleased to announce that the Western Alaska LCC now has an approved Charter. The charter establishes the mission, goals and guiding principles of the LCC and describes the roles of the LCC Steering Committee, Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Community (Science/TEK), the Partnership Community and the LCC staff. Contact information for the 2011-2012 Steering Committee members are listed below.

Pilot Program

Announcing the 2012 Request for Proposals (Due 1 March 2012)

The Western AK LCC is launching two "pilot programs" this year. The pilot programs focus on priorities raised during the scoping and workshops held in 2010 and 2011: the primary program will focus on Coastal Processes; the second, smaller effort will focus on advancing statewide stream, river and lake water temperature and quality monitoring programs and associated information infrastructure. These programs will be designed to demonstrate how the LCC can add value to the wide array of existing applied science efforts in these two subject areas. The programs will be in the design phase December - February 2012, followed by implementation. The programs will be of short duration with funding from federal fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Please look for opportunities to become involved in these efforts. Upcoming activities will be announced via the WLCC mailing list, along with other avenues of communication.

More information on the Pilot Program is available here.

The 2012 request for project proposals is available here.

Proposal Submissions


LCC Charter 23 August 2011 (PDF - 119 KB)

LCC Mission and Goals 23 August 2011 (PDF - 47 KB)

WALCC 2011 Annual Report (PDF - 1.5 MB)

For more information or to provide input to the Western Alaska LCC, please either contact the Interim Steering Committee member or the LCC Staff (see below).


Western Alaska LCC Steering Committee
Last Name First Name Affiliation Phone Email
** Chairperson
* Vice Chair
‡ Ex-officio member
† Alternates
Interim Steering Committee Members
** Holman Amy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 907-271-5334 amy [dot] holman [at] noaa [dot] gov
* Vincent-Lang Doug Alaska Department of Fish and Game 907-267-2339 douglas [dot] vincent-lang [at] alaska [dot] gov
Andrew Tim Association of Village Council Presidents 907-545-4450 tandrew [at] avcp [dot] org
Ely Craig U.S. Geological Survey 907-786-7182 cely [at] usgs [dot] gov
Fosdick Rose Kawerak 907-443-4377 rfosdick [at] kawerak [dot] org
Hartmann Steve Bureau of Land Management 907-474-2216 shartmann [at] blm [dot] gov
Kramer Jackie Environmental Protection Agency 907-317-4667 Kramer [dot] Jackie [at] epa [dot] gov
Fincher James Bureau of Land Management 907-267-1285 jfincher [at] blm [dot] gov
‡ Gray Steve Alaska Climate Science Center 907-786-6780 sgray [at] usgs [dot] gov
‡ Guyer Scott Bureau of Land Management 907-271-3284 sguyer [at] blm [dot] gov
Kahklen Mark Bureau of Indian Affairs Mark [dot] Kahklen [at] bia [dot] gov
Kalli George U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 907-753-2622 george [dot] a [dot] kalli [at] usace [dot] army [dot] mil
Lanctot Richard U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 907-786-3609 richard_lanctot [at] fws [dot] gov
Moore Ralph National Park Service 907-246-3305 Ralph_Moore [at] nps [dot] gov
Peltola Gene U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 907-543-3151 gene_peltola [at] fws [dot] gov
Pletnikoff Karen Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc 907-222-4286 karenp [at] apiai [dot] org
Shasby Mark U.S. Geological Survey 907-786-7065 shasbym [at] usgs [dot] gov
Shephard Michael National Park Service 907-644-3681 michael_shephard [at] nps [dot] gov
† Ayres Lee Anne U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 907-442-3799 leeanne_ayres [at] fws [dot] gov
† Salyer Michael U.S. Army Corps of Engineers   Michael [dot] 9 [dot] Salyer [at] usace [dot] army [dot] mil
† Rappoport Ann U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 907-271-2787 Ann_Rappoport [at] fws [dot] gov
† Varner Matthew Bureau of Land Management 907-271-3348 mvarner [at] blm [dot] gov

Western Alaska LCC Staff

Karen Murphy, Western AK LCC Coordinator
Karen_A_Murphy [at] fws [dot] gov
907-786-3501

Joel Reynolds, Western AK LCC Science Coordinator
Joel_Reynolds [at] fws [dot] gov
907-786-3914