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RAB members

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  • Austin Ahmasuk, Kawerak
  • Elizabeth Andrews, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
  • Caroline Brown, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
  • Jim Fall, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
  • Eugene Hunn, University of Washington
  • Ted Hamilton, Emmonak Tribal Council
  • Henry Huntington, Huntington Consulting
  • Walter Kanulie, Togiak Traditional Council
  • Sarah Kruse, Ecotrust
  • Heather Lazrus, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
  • Aquilina Lestenkof, Aleut Community-St. Paul Island
  • George Noongwook, Native Village of Savoonga/AEWC
  • Astrid Scholz, Ecotrust
  • Jennifer Sepez, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
  • Jennie Webster, Akutan Community Coordinator
  • Josh Wisniewski, UAF Dept. of Anthropology
  • Phillip Zavadil, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island

Meeting Materials

2009

2008

Advisory Boards

Regional Advisory Board (RAB)

Oversees the Local and Traditional Knowledge (LTK) Component of the Bering Sea Project. Partner communities are Akutan, St. Paul, Togiak, Nelson Island, Emmonak, and Savoonga.

The RAB includes LTK researchers, community coordinators, principal investigators for each community, and those responsible for specific parts of the project such as harvest surveys, data management, modeling, and managing the whole project.

The RAB will meet annually for the five years of BEST-BSIERP and will also hold regular teleconferences.

Responsibilities

  • To design research activities to ensure that research results from the different communities can be compared with each other and, where possible, with the results of prior research
  • To coordinate LTK activities with other BEST-BSIERP research for maximum mutual benefit through exchange of information and collaborative analysis and interpretation
  • To oversee the analysis and interpretation of LTK results and collaborations with other BEST-BSIERP research activities, including determining how to make best use of available funds for comparing, integrating, and synthesizing results across projects
  • To provide support for community research activities by connecting community researchers with one another, by connecting communities with researchers studying topics of community interest, and by helping communities find other expertise and information they seek
  • To help other BEST-BSIERP researchers find communities that have an interest in their research activities and results for the purposes of education, outreach, and collaboration
  • To identify the need for additional research activities and funding and to determine how to seek such funding and create additional activities

See how the RAB fits into the overall program structure.

Community Advisory Board (CAB)

Oversees the LTK component of BEST-BSIERP in each community. Each Community Coordinator will organize and conduct CAB meetings and provide updates to the CAB and their Tribal Councils regarding project status and progress.

Responsibilities

  • To assist with the planning and design of the tools to document, characterize, and quantify local harvest practices and changes thereto
  • To assist with the planning and design of the tools to document and characterize local understanding of Bering Sea ecosystem structure and function to allow comparison with biological understanding and sharing of knowledge between both ways of knowing
  • To assist with coordinating LTK activities with other BEST-BSIERP research for maximum mutual benefit through exchange of information and collaborative analysis and interpretation
  • To assist with providing support for community research activities by connecting community researchers with one another, by connecting the community with researchers studying topics of community interest, and by helping the community find other expertise and information they seek
  • To identify the need for additional research activities and funding and to determine how to seek such funding and create additional activities

See how the CAB fits into the overall program structure.