ACCAP Webinar — Biomap Alaska: Citizen Science for Alaska’s Oceans

The next ACCAP Climate Webinar is Tuesday, December 6, 2011; 10-11am Alaska
Local Time

BIOMAP ALASKA: CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR ALASKA’S OCEANS
Maribeth S. Murray, Anthropology and the International Arctic Research
Center, UAF; and Howard Ferren, Alaska SeaLife Center
Investigators from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Sea
Life Center are developing a citizen-science initiative to collect local
ecological information on the marine ecosystems along the Alaska region of
the Chukchi and Bering seas. Using a web-based tool community members will
be able to contribute their observations of the marine environment and of
species of interest including those that may be extending historical ranges
or that may be considered invasive. A companion marine species
identification guide, including photographs and English, Yup’ik, and
Iñupiaq translations, will be developed to aid identifications. The
information contributed will be publicly available and useful to the
development of ecosystem-based fisheries management in Alaska. Join this
webinar to learn more about this unique stakeholder outreach and survey
program.

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. To register please fill out the
web-form at: www.accap.uaf.edu/teleconference.htm#register, or contact:
Brook Gamble, (907) 474-7812, accap@uaf.edu. Please let us know if you
intend to come in person. The ACCAP office is located on the second floor
of the Denali Building, 3352 College Rd., Fairbanks. This month’s satellite
sites include the Seward SeaLife Center where co-presenter Dr. Howard
Ferren will be located. Other sites to be announced. Satellite sites are
available for local community members, agencies and non-profits, resource
managers, and scientists to participate together in monthly webinars.
Please contact us for room details or let us know if your organization
would like to host a satellite viewing site.

How to Participate / Log-In to the Alaska Climate Webinar:
1) With a regular telephone dial: 1- (877) 594-8353
2) When prompted, enter the Participant passcode: 83847342
PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE DURING THE PRESENTATION. The audio is very sensitive
and your external conversations and typing can be heard by other
participants. Thank You.

To view the presentation during a webinar:
1) Point your web browser to: http://infiniteconferencing.com/Events/accap/
2) Enter Participant Code 83847342.
3) Enter the rest of the requested information (The name and organization
you enter will be seen by other participants, but your contact information
will remain confidential)
4) Click the blue “log-in” button

For support during a call, press *0 on your phone and a conferencing
coordinator will assist you.
This new software will work for both Mac and PC users. You may be prompted
to turn off Pop-Up Blockers. In most cases you can right click on the
pop-up blocker and click on the “Allow pop-up blocker” message. For best
results, please connect to the internet with Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari,
or Internet Explorer. Chrome users may occasionally experience instability.

January 2012 ACCAP Webinar:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012; 10-11am Alaska Local Time
AN UPDATED PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY ANALYSIS FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
Doug Kane and Sveta Stuefer, Water and Environmental Research Center,
University of Alaska Fairbanks

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