Arctic Rivers Summit: December 6-8

Spawning sockeye salmonThe Arctic Rivers Summit will take place in Anchorage, Alaska from December 6-8, 2022. This will be an in-person workshop to discuss the current and potential future states of Alaskan and Yukon rivers and fish and how we can adapt. The Summit will bring together up to 150 Tribal and First Nation leaders, community members, managers, and knowledge holders, western scientists, federal, state, and provincial agency representatives, academic partners, non-governmental organizations, and others. The Summit is being held as part of a five-year Arctic Rivers Project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic Program.

The three goals for the Summit are:

  1. Exchange knowledge
  2. Inform the modeling
  3. Take Action

Check out our Arctic Rivers Summit website, where you can find the official announcement. Twenty scholarships to support attendance will be provided to members of Alaska Native Villages and First Nation Communities. Check out the website or contact us at arcticrivers@colorado.edu to find out more.

Webinars 

On May 2020 we launched our Alaskan and Yukon River Webinar Series, Visit the site or view below. 

Upcoming webinar topics: 

  • Equitable co-production of knowledge
  • Protection of Indigenous Knowledges
  • Indigenous planning perspectives
  • Climate modeling – future scenarios, pros and cons of different choices