Partnerships and Resources
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, the Pacific Northwest Research Station
is one of eight USDA Forest Service Research facilities. This Station's
research is organized into seven programs conducted at ten locations:
nine laboratories in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, and a Wood Utilization
Center in Sitka, Alaska. Forestry research sites were established to evaluate
and disseminate information and technology to improve management and use
of natural resources. The Pacific Northwest Research Station celebrated
its 75th anniversary in August 2000.
National Science Foundation
Long Term Ecological Research Network
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological
processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales.
Alaska Peatland Experiment
The Bonanza Creek Fen Manipulation: an experimental approach to peatland carbon cycling.
Alaska's Cooperatively
Implemented Information Management System
CIIMMS is a web-based tool that helps users find and share information
about Alaska's Natural Resources. Here you can discover, access, and contribute valuable information about Alaska and its natural resources.
Water and Environmental Research
Center
The mission of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is to serve as the premier university in arctic and subarctic research and teaching. The Water and
Environmental Research Center (WERC) fills that role in scientific and
engineering studies related to water resources and environmental quality.
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Alaska
Office
The mission of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is
to gain knowledge of cold regions through scientific and engineering research
and put that knowledge to work for the Corps of Engineers, the Army, the
Department of Defense, and the nation.
Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc.
A unified voice advancing tribal governments, economic and social development, educational opportunities and protecting traditional and cultural values.
Alaska Division of Forestry
Department of Natural Resources
Alaska Boreal Forest Council
The mission of the Alaska Boreal Forest Council is to sustain the boreal
forest ecosystem of Alaska by helping integrate community values, ecosystem
health, and economic development, and by promoting informed public participation in decision-making.
Alaska Fire Service
The Alaska Fire Service provides wildland fire management on an interagency basis for land managed or owned by U.S. Interior Department Agencies, Alaska Native Corporations and the Military in Alaska.
Bureau of Land Management: Alaska Division of Lands, Minerals, & Resources
The Division of Lands, Minerals and Resources provides assistance, technical
advice, and support to the State Director, District Offices, Solicitors'
Office, and Department of Justice on litigation and enforcement issues
which impact lands, minerals, and resources on Federal lands and estates.
Alaska Department
of Fish and Game
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game's mission is to manage, protect,
maintain, and improve the fish, game and aquatic plant resources of Alaska.
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Our mission is to support high performance computational research in science and engineering with emphasis on high latitudes and the arctic.
United States Geological Survey
The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information
to describe and understand the Earth, minimize loss of life and property
from natural disasters, manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources and enhance and protect our quality of life.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Alaska Region
Mission Statement: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service works with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
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