Past workshop

Capacity Building of Rural Alaskans in Fisheries/Environmental Monitoring and Research

Agenda

6 December 2004, 10 am–5 pm
Commons Bldg., Room 106
University of Alaska Anchorage

Coffee and registration

Introduction to Workshop
Paula Cullenberg, Marine Advisory Program

Introduction of Attendees

Building Rural Capacity in Fisheries/Environmental Monitoring and Research: Examples from the Northwest and Canada

Guest speakers

Silas Whitman, Nez Perce tribe, Idaho
Darren Hebert, Malaspina College, Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology training, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Building Capacity in Alaska: Some Examples (Panel 1)

Biotechnician training program, Mary McBurney, National Park Service
Partners for Fisheries Monitoring program, Polly Wheeler, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management
Water quality monitor training in rural Alaska, Karen Stickman, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society

Lunch break (cafeteria on site)

More Examples (Panel 2)

Fish technician training, Joe Sullivan, Yukon River Drainage Fishermen’s Association
Tribal Technician Training Program in Marine and Fisheries Science, Travis Vlasoff, Chugach Regional Resource Commission,
Marine mammal sampling, Dolly Garza, University of Alaska Marine Advisory Program

The Role of College/University Training in Building Capacity

Fisheries Technology Certificate and A.A. program, Karen Polley, University of Alaska Southeast, Ketchikan campus
Land and Renewable Resource Management A.A., University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Rural Alaska
Fisheries undergraduate and graduate training at UAF, Bill Smoker, School of Fisheries and Ocean Science
Others, and discussion

Break

Breakout Groups—recommendations and action items related to

What are the needs in the state?
Where should capacity-building training lead?
What resources are available? What and how can they be shared?
What is the role of the university or other colleges? What training is most critically needed?
Potential for a Rural Capacity Building Task Force.
First steps and the future.

Moving On—Steps Forward