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U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: Subject: "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> Tue Feb 13 2018 13:25:25 GMT-0700 (MST) "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Thanks Aimee, Did you get input from Steve Gray and would you like me to ping EROS? Doug. T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 ' 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Dave, Attached is the project spreadsheet John Pearce pulled together. There wasn't much time for coordination since we were unfortunately closed yesterday due to the storm. So we don't yet have the budget numbers for Dave Houseknecht's work. I've copied him and Walter on this message so they can input/change that part. We just put in placeholders. We also haven't heard back yet from Frank Urban, so that budget is an estimate. I know in the past we've spent $40K on a recurring borehole inspection requirement (every 5 years), but the annual field budget for this activity is probably less than that (I'm guessing), so I put in $20K. I'm copying Doug Beard, but this is coming out of left field at him, so he may or may not know about it. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Aimee On Sun, Feb 11,2018 at 2:52 PM, David Applegate <appleaate@usas.aov> wrote: Aimee, Is this doable in the timeframe that Andrea has set? I think the focus is on the ecological studies as she had another about energy ones, which I will also forward. Thanks, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111 RestonVA 20192 ' 703 648 6600 applegate@usgs.gov Begin forwarded message: From: "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea travnicek@ios.doi.gov> Date: February 11,2018 at 1:04:16 PM EST To: "Applegate, David" <applegate@usgs.gov> Cc: Timothy Petty <timothv petty@ios.doi.gov>. Austin Ewell <austin ewell@ios.doi.gov>. "Nichols, Ryan" <rvan nichols@ios.doi.gov>. "Lukas, William" <wlukas@usgs.gov>. "Rae, Kerry" <kerrv rae@ios.doi.gov>. Judy Nowakowski <jnowakowski@usgs.gov>. Joanne Taylor <jctaylor@usgs.gov>. William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usgs.gov> Subject: Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Dave- Another follow up in regards to the information below. By COB Tuesday this week (2/13) can we get a spreadsheet with all studies (partners, timelines, funding, etc) currently being conducted and or in process in the 1002 area? Send to Tim and I so we both have since I am on travel this week. Thanks. Andrea Andrea Travnicek, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior work: 202-208-0969 cell: 202-897-7220 On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:54 PM, Applegate, David <appleaate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, Some additional follow-up from the meeting with the Deputy Secretary specifically on Alaska matters. Our Alaska Regional Director, Aimee Devaris, has confirmed that we have shared the earlier 2002 literature review with BLM and FWS contacts in Alaska. Here is the link to share with the Deputy Secretary (we'd be happy to provide in hard copy as well): Douglas, D.C., Reynolds, P.E., and Rhode, E.B., 2002, Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries, USGS Biological Science Report 2002-0001, 76 p. https://alaska.usas.aov/products/pubs/2002/2002-USGS-BRD-BSR-2002-0001.pdf Along these lines, Aimee just heard that FWS is putting some previously unpublished reports from the refuge on the web, so that would be material we did not include in our literature review, but Aimee has asked to get a listing of them. Deputy Secretary Bernhardt also asked about USGS liaisons to large projects, and in particular whether that might prove useful for the ANWR permitting process. Aimee reports that we already have John Pearce from our USGS Alaska Science Center in that role. Early on, Aimee and her FWS and BLM regional director counterparts saw the need to assign a liaison/POC for each of our Bureaus to ensure good coordination and communication at the "working level." John's counterpart for BLM is Nicole Hayes (their ANWR project manager), and for FWS it is Wendy Loya (who oversees the Arctic LCC). For energy assessments, Dave Houseknecht is the USGS lead, and as you know, he is a well-connected resource for all involved. I also relayed the Dep Sec's question about material for you should the question be raised again.) Hope all that helps! Aimee is happy to brief any time. Regards, Dave this is probably just hip-pocket David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax applegate@usgs.gov On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Tim and all, A few follow-ups from the Deputy Secretary meeting this afternoon. I checked, and we do not have any QFR's in arrears. The only ones currently in our hands are from last week's Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural hazards and aren't due for a couple more weeks. (By the way, I just saw this nice summary that the American Institute of Physics did of the hearing, emphasizing the level of support conveyed for the USGS role in the hazards arena.) I wanted to follow up on the discussion of the infrastructure package. Although the focus at the meeting was on BOR, I did want to make the pitch that USGS has potentially a significant role to play both in terms of investments in our own scientific infrastructure and in the need for resource availability and hazard assessments to inform the larger suite of investments. I think you were at the Senate briefing we did back in March 2017 on how USGS could participate -- I'm attaching the one-pager prepared for that. We have lots more material to share. Regarding Alaska activities I wasn't sure what follow-up was needed on Bernhardt's question about! ' " I am looking into getting hold of the 2002 USGS report that is the predecessor to the new literature review of ecological research in ANWR and will circle back on that. We will work on the requested briefing paper about USGS overhead rates charged on reimbursable agreements, due next Friday 2/16. We will provide some examples to you of USGS liaisons to large projects We can discuss some of these action items at Monday's 1pm tag-up call. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax appleaate@usas.gov Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: Subject: "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> Tue Feb 13 2018 13:36:29 GMT-0700 (MST) "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Hi Doug, We just met with EROS a few weeks ago, and they didn't have anything specifically going in ANWR currently. But we did talk about some ideas we may want to pursue collaboratively. John Pearce checked with CSC, and they don't have any projects in the 1002. Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usgs.gov> wrote: Thanks Aimee, Did you get input from Steve Gray and would you like me to ping EROS? Doug. T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Dave, Attached is the project spreadsheet John Pearce pulled together. There wasn't much time for coordination since we were unfortunately closed yesterday due to the storm. So we don't yet have the budget numbers for Dave Houseknecht's work. I've copied him and Walter on this message so they can input/change that part. We just put in placeholders. We also haven't heard back yet from Frank Urban, so that budget is an estimate. I know in the past we've spent $40K on a recurring borehole inspection requirement (every 5 years), but the annual field budget for this activity is probably less than that (I'm guessing), so I put in $20K. I'm copying Doug Beard, but this is coming out of left field at him, so he may or may not know about it. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Aimee On Sun, Feb 11,2018 at 2:52 PM, David Applegate <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Aimee, Is this doable in the timeframe that Andrea has set? I think the focus is on the ecological studies as she had another about energy ones, which I will also forward. Thanks, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111 Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 appleaate@usas.aov Begin forwarded message: From: "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea travnicek@ios.doi.aov> Date: February 11,2018 at 1:04:16 PM EST To: "Applegate, David" <applegate@usgs.gov> Cc: Timothy Petty <timothv pettv@ios.doi.aov>. Austin Ewell <austin ewell@ios.doi.qov>. "Nichols, Ryan" <rvan nichols@ios.doi.aov>. "Lukas, William" <wlukas@usas.aov>. "Rae, Kerry" <kerrv rae@ios.doi.aov>. Judy Nowakowski <inowakowski@usas.aov>. Joanne Taylor <ictavlor@usas.aov>. William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usgs.gov> Subject: Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Dave- Another follow up in regards to the information below. By COB Tuesday this week (2/13) can we get a spreadsheet with all studies (partners, timelines, funding, etc) currently being conducted and or in process in the 1002 area? Send to Tim and I so we both have since I am on travel this week. Thanks. Andrea Andrea Travnicek, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior work: 202-208-0969 cell: 202-897-7220 On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:54 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Tim and all, Some additional follow-up from the meeting with the Deputy Secretary specifically on Alaska matters. Our Alaska Regional Director, Aimee Devaris, has confirmed that we have shared the earlier 2002 literature review with BLM and FWS contacts in Alaska. Here is the link to share with the Deputy Secretary (we'd be happy to provide in hard copy as well): Douglas, D.C., Reynolds, P.E., and Rhode, E.B., 2002, Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries, USGS Biological Science Report 2002-0001,76 p. https://alaska.usas.aov/products/pubs/2002/2002-USGS-BRD-BSR-2002-Q001.pdf Along these lines, Aimee just heard that FWS is putting some previously unpublished reports from the refuge on the web, so that would be material we did not include in our literature review, but Aimee has asked to get a listing of them. Deputy Secretary Bernhardt also asked about USGS liaisons to large projects, and in particular whether that might prove useful for the ANWR permitting process. Aimee reports that we already have John Pearce from our USGS Alaska Science Center in that role. Early on, Aimee and her FWS and BLM regional director counterparts saw the need to assign a liaison/POC for each of our Bureaus to ensure good coordination and communication at the "working level." John's counterpart for BLM is Nicole Hayes (their ANWR project manager), and for FWS it is Wendy Loya (who oversees the Arctic LCC). For energy assessments, Dave Houseknecht is the USGS lead, and as you know, he is a well-connected resource for all involved. I also relayed the Dep Sec's question about1(b) (5) material for you should the question be raised again.) Hope all that helps! Aimee is happy to brief any time. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax applegate@usgs.gov On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Tim and all, A few follow-ups from the Deputy Secretary meeting this afternoon. I checked, and we do not have any QFR's in arrears. The only ones currently in our hands are from last week's Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural hazards and aren't due for a couple more weeks. (By the way, I just saw this nice summary that the American Institute of Physics did of the hearing, emphasizing the level of support conveyed for the USGS role in the hazards arena.) I wanted to follow up on the discussion of the infrastructure package. Although the focus at the meeting was on BOR, I did want to make the pitch that USGS has potentially a significant role to play both in terms of investments in our own scientific infrastructure and in the need for resource availability and hazard assessments to inform the larger suite of investments. I think you were at the Senate briefing we did back in March 2017 on how USGS could participate - I'm attaching the one-pager prepared for that. We have lots more material to share. Regarding Alaska activities I wasn't sure what follow-up was needed on Bernhardt's question about! I am looking into getting hold of the 2002 USGS report that is the predecessor to the new literature review of ecological research in ANWR and will circle back on that. We will work on the requested briefing paper about USGS overhead rates charged on reimbursable agreements, due next Friday 2/16. We will provide some examples to you of USGS liaisons to large projects We can discuss some of these action items at Monday's 1pm tag-up call. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax aDDleaate@usas.gov Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage. Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov>___________________________ From: Sent: To: Subject: "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> Tue Feb 13 2018 13:40:05 GMT-0700 (MST) "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Thanks, OK, just wanted to see if you needed anything from me. Doug T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 ' 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Hi Doug, We just met with EROS a few weeks ago, and they didn't have anything specifically going in ANWR currently. But we did talk about some ideas we may want to pursue collaboratively. John Pearce checked with CSC, and they don't have any projects in the 1002. Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usgs.gov> wrote: Thanks Aimee, Did you get input from Steve Gray and would you like me to ping EROS? Doug. T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usgs.gov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Dave, Attached is the project spreadsheet John Pearce pulled together. There wasn't much time for coordination since we were unfortunately closed yesterday due to the storm. So we don't yet have the budget numbers for Dave Houseknecht's work. I've copied him and Walter on this message so they can input/change that part. We just put in placeholders. We also haven't heard back yet from Frank Urban, so that budget is an estimate. I know in the past we've spent $40K on a recurring borehole inspection requirement (every 5 years), but the annual field budget for this activity is probably less than that (I'm guessing), so I put in $20K. I'm copying Doug Beard, but this is coming out of left field at him, so he may or may not know about it. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Aimee On Sun, Feb 11,2018 at 2:52 PM, David Applegate <appleaate@usas.aov> wrote: Aimee, Is this doable in the timeframe that Andrea has set? I think the focus is on the ecological studies as she had another about energy ones, which I will also forward. Thanks, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111 Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 applegate@usas.gov Begin forwarded message: From: "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea travnicek@ios.doi.gov> Date: February 11, 2018 at 1:04:16 PM EST To: "Applegate, David" <applegate@usgs.gov> Cc: Timothy Petty <timothv petty@ios.doi.gov>. Austin Ewell <austin ewell@ios.doi.gov>. "Nichols, Ryan" <rvan nichols@ios.doi.gov>. "Lukas, William" <wlukas@usgs.gov>. "Rae, Kerry" <kerrv rae@ios.doi.gov>. Judy Nowakowski <jnowakowski@usgs.gov>. Joanne Taylor <jctaylor@usgs.gov>. William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usgs.gov> Subject: Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Dave- Another follow up in regards to the information below. By COB Tuesday this week (2/13) can we get a spreadsheet with all studies (partners, timelines, funding, etc) currently being conducted and or in process in the 1002 area? Send to Tim and I so we both have since I am on travel this week. Thanks. Andrea Andrea Travnicek, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior work: 202-208-0969 cell: 202-897-7220 On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:54 PM, Applegate, David <appleaate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, Some additional follow-up from the meeting with the Deputy Secretary specifically on Alaska matters. Our Alaska Regional Director, Aimee Devaris, has confirmed that we have Shared the earlier 2002 literature review with BLM and FWS contacts in Alaska. Here is the link to share with the Deputy Secretary (we'd be happy to provide in hard copy as well): Douglas, D.C., Reynolds, P.E., and Rhode, E.B., 2002, Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries, USGS Biological Science Report 2002-0001, 76 p. https://alaska.usas.aov/products/pubs/2002/2002-USGS-BRD-BSR-2002-0001.pdf Along these lines, Aimee just heard that FWS is putting some previously unpublished reports from the refuge on the web, so that would be material we did not include in our literature review, but Aimee has asked to get a listing of them. Deputy Secretary Bernhardt also asked about USGS liaisons to large projects, and in particular whether that might prove useful for the ANWR permitting process. Aimee reports that we already have John Pearce from our USGS Alaska Science Center in that role. Early on, Aimee and her FWS and BLM regional director counterparts saw the need to assign a liaison/POC for each of our Bureaus to ensure good coordination and communication at the "working level." John's counterpart for BLM is Nicole Hayes (their ANWR project manager), and for FWS it is Wendy Loya (who oversees the Arctic LCC). For energy assessments, Dave Houseknecht is the USGS lead, and as you know, he is a well-connected resource for all involved. Hope all that helps! Aimee is happy to brief any time. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax applegate@usgs.gov On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Tim and all, A few follow-ups from the Deputy Secretary meeting this afternoon. I checked, and we do not have any QFR's in arrears. The only ones currently in our hands are from last week's Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural hazards and aren't due for a couple more weeks. (By the way, I just saw this nice summary that the American Institute of Physics did of the hearing, emphasizing the level of support conveyed for the USGS role in the hazards arena.) I wanted to follow up on the discussion of the infrastructure package. Although the focus at the meeting was on BOR, I did want to make the pitch that USGS has potentially a significant role to play both in terms of investments in our own scientific infrastructure and in the need for resource availability and hazard assessments to inform the larger suite of investments. I think you were at the Senate briefing we did back in March 2017 on how USGS could participate -- I'm attaching the onepager prepared for that. We have lots more material to share. Regarding Alaska activities, I wasn't sure what follow-up was needed on Bernhardt's question aboutl 1(D) (0) I am looking into getting hold of the 2002 USGS report that is the predecessor to the new literature review of ecological research in ANWR and will circle back on that. We will work on the requested briefing paper about USGS overhead rates charged on reimbursable agreements, due next Friday 2/16. We will provide some examples to you of USGS liaisons to large projects We can discuss some of these action items at Monday's 1pm tag-up call. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax applegate@usgs.gov Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: Subject: "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> Tue Feb 13 2018 13:42:57 GMT-0700 (MST) "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Well, I wondered if you knew if or how much Deb Willard's program is funding Frank Urban's permafrost monitoring work. I think Frank is now responding to John Pearce, so we may already be getting that info. Thanks, Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usas.aov> wrote: Thanks, OK, just wanted to see if you needed anything from me. Doug T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usas.aov> wrote: Hi Doug We just met with EROS a few weeks ago, and they didn't have anything specifically going in ANWR currently. But we did talk about some ideas we may want to pursue collaboratively. John Pearce checked with CSC, and they don't have any projects in the 1002. Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usgs.gov> wrote: Thanks Aimee, Did you get input from Steve Gray and would you like me to ping EROS? Doug. T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usgs.gov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Dave, Attached is the project spreadsheet John Pearce pulled together. There wasn't much time for coordination since we were unfortunately closed yesterday due to the storm. So we don't yet have the budget numbers for Dave Houseknecht's work. I've copied him and Walter on this message so they can input/change that part. We just put in placeholders. We also haven't heard back yet from Frank Urban, so that budget is an estimate. I know in the past we've spent $40K on a recurring borehole inspection requirement (every 5 years), but the annual field budget for this activity is probably less than that (I'm guessing), so I put in $20K. I'm copying Doug Beard, but this is coming out of left field at him, so he may or may not know about it. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Aimee On Sun, Feb 11,2018 at 2:52 PM, David Applegate <appleaate@usgs.gov> wrote: Aimee, Is this doable in the timeframe that Andrea has set? I think the focus is on the ecological studies as she had another about energy ones, which I will also forward. Thanks, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111 Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 applegate@usas.aov Begin forwarded message: From: "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea travnicek@ios.doi.aov> Date: February 11, 2018 at 1:04:16 PM EST To: "Applegate, David" <appleaate@usas.aov> Cc: Timothy Petty <timothv pettv@ios.doi.aov>. Austin Ewell <austin ewell@ios.doi.aov>. "Nichols, Ryan" <rvan nichols@ios.doi.aov>. "Lukas, William" <wlukas@usas.aov>. "Rae, Kerry" <kerrv rae@ios.doi.aov>. Judy Nowakowski <inowakowski@usas.aov>. Joanne Taylor <ictavlor@usas.aov>. William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usas.aov> Subject: Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Dave- Another follow up in regards to the information below. By COB Tuesday this week (2/13) can we get a spreadsheet with all studies (partners, timelines, funding, etc) currently being conducted and or in process in the 1002 area? Send to Tim and I so we both have since I am on travel this week. Thanks. Andrea Andrea Travnicek, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior work: 202-208-0969 cell: 202-897-7220 On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:54 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, Some additional follow-up from the meeting with the Deputy Secretary specifically on Alaska matters. Our Alaska Regional Director, Aimee Devaris, has confirmed that we have Shared the earlier 2002 literature review with BLM and FWS contacts in Alaska. Here is the link to share with the Deputy Secretary (we'd be happy to provide in hard copy as well): Douglas, D.C., Reynolds, P.E., and Rhode, E.B., 2002, Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries, USGS Biological Science Report 2002-0001, 76 Phttps://alaska.usas.gov/products/pubs/20Q2/2002-USGS-BRD-BSR-20Q2-00Q1.pdf Along these lines, Aimee just heard that FWS is putting some previously unpublished reports from the refuge on the web, so that would be material we did not include in our literature review, but Aimee has asked to get a listing of them. Deputy Secretary Bernhardt also asked about USGS liaisons to large projects, and in particular whether that might prove useful for the ANWR permitting process. Aimee reports that we already have John Pearce from our USGS Alaska Science Center in that role. Early on, Aimee and her FWS and BLM regional director counterparts saw the need to assign a liaison/POC for each of our Bureaus to ensure good coordination and communication at the "working level." John's counterpart for BLM is Nicole Hayes (their ANWR project manager), and for FWS it is Wendy Loya (who oversees the Arctic LCC). For energy assessments, Dave Houseknecht is the USGS lead, and as you know, he is a well-connected resource for all involved. I also relayed the Dep Sec's question aboutl (All this is probably just hip-pocket material for you should the question be Hope all that helps! Aimee is happy to brief any time. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax aDDleaate@usas.gov On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM, Applegate, David <appleaate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, A few follow-ups from the Deputy Secretary meeting this afternoon. I checked, and we do not have any QFR's in arrears. The only ones currently in our hands are from last week's Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural hazards and aren't due for a couple more weeks. (By the way, I just saw this nice summary that the American Institute of Physics did of the hearing, emphasizing the level of support conveyed for the USGS role in the hazards arena.) I wanted to follow up on the discussion of the infrastructure package. Although the focus at the meeting was on BOR, I did want to make the pitch that USGS has potentially a significant role to play both in terms of investments in our own scientific infrastructure and in the need for resource availability and hazard assessments to inform the larger suite of investments. I think you were at the Senate briefing we did back in March 2017 on how USGS could participate -- I'm attaching the one-pager prepared for that. We have lots more material to share. Regarding Alaska activities, I wasn t sure what follow-up was needed on Bernhardt's question about 1(b) (5) I am looking into getting hold of the 2002 USGS report that is the predecessor to the new literature review of ecological research in ANWR and will circle back on that. We will work on the requested briefing paper about USGS overhead rates charged on reimbursable agreements, due next Friday 2/16. We will provide some examples to you of USGS liaisons to large projects We can discuss some of these action items at Monday's 1pm tag-up call. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax appleaate@usas.gov Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage. Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: Subject: "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> Tue Feb 13 2018 13:44:19 GMT-0700 (MST) "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec I will check with Deb, don't know the specifics off the top of my head. Doug T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 ' 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Well, I wondered if you knew if or how much Deb Willard's program is funding Frank Urban's permafrost monitoring work. I think Frank is now responding to John Pearce, so we may already be getting that info. Thanks, Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usgs.gov> wrote: Thanks, OK, just wanted to see if you needed anything from me. Doug T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usgs.gov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: FHi Doug, We just met with EROS a few weeks ago, and they didn't have anything specifically going in ANWR currently. But we did talk about some ideas we may want to pursue collaboratively. John Pearce checked with CSC, and they don't have any projects in the 1002. Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usgs.gov> wrote: Thanks Aimee, Did you get input from Steve Gray and would you like me to ping EROS? Doug. T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usas.aov> wrote: Dave, Attached is the project spreadsheet John Pearce pulled together. There wasn't much time for coordination since we were unfortunately closed yesterday due to the storm. So we don't yet have the budget numbers for Dave Houseknecht's work. I've copied him and Walter on this message so they can input/change that part. We just put in placeholders. We also haven't heard back yet from Frank Urban, so that budget is an estimate. I know in the past we've spent $40K on a recurring borehole inspection requirement (every 5 years), but the annual field budget for this activity is probably less than that (I'm guessing), so I put in $20K. I'm copying Doug Beard, but this is coming out of left field at him, so he may or may not know about it. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Aimee On Sun, Feb 11,2018 at 2:52 PM, David Applegate <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Aimee, Is this doable in the timeframe that Andrea has set? I think the focus is on the ecological studies as she had another about energy ones, which I will also forward. Thanks, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111 Reston VA20192 ' 703 648 6600 applegate@usgs.gov Begin forwarded message: From: "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea travnicek@ios.doi.aov> Date: February 11, 2018 at 1:04:16 PM EST To: "Applegate, David" <appleaate@usas.aov> Cc: Timothy Petty <timothv pettv@ios.doi.aov>. Austin Ewell <austin ewell@ios.doi.aov>. "Nichols, Ryan" <rvan nichols@ios.doi.aov>. "Lukas, William" <wlukas@usas.aov>. "Rae, Kerry" <kerrv rae@ios.doi.aov>. Judy Nowakowski <inowakowski@usas.aov>. Joanne Tavlor <ictavlor@usas.aov>. William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usas.aov> Subject: Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Dave- Another follow up in regards to the information below. By COB Tuesday this week (2/13) can we get a spreadsheet with all studies (partners, timelines, funding, etc) currently being conducted and or in process in the 1002 area? Send to Tim and I so we both have since I am on travel this week. Thanks. Andrea Andrea Travnicek, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior work: 202-208-0969 cell: 202-897-7220 On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:54 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, Some additional follow-up from the meeting with the Deputy Secretary specifically on Alaska matters. Our Alaska Regional Director, Aimee Devaris, has confirmed that we have Shared the earlier 2002 literature review with BLM and FWS contacts in Alaska. Here is the link to share with the Deputy Secretary (we'd be happy to provide in hard copy as well): Douglas, D.C., Reynolds, P.E., and Rhode, E.B., 2002, Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries, USGS Biological Science Report 2002-0001, 76 p. ~ https://alaska.usas.gov/products/pubs/20Q2/20Q2-USGS-BRD-BSR-2Q02-00Q1.pdf Along these lines, Aimee just heard that FWS is putting some previously unpublished reports from the refuge on the web, so that would be material we did not include in our literature review, but Aimee has asked to get a listing of them. Deputy Secretary Bernhardt also asked about USGS liaisons to large projects, and in particular whether that might prove useful for the ANWR permitting process. Aimee reports that we already have John Pearce from our USGS Alaska Science Center in that role. Early on, Aimee and her FWS and BLM regional director counterparts saw the need to assign a liaison/POC for each of our Bureaus to ensure good coordination and communication at the "working level." John's counterpart for BLM is Nicole Hayes (their ANWR project manager), and for FWS it is Wendy Loya (who oversees the Arctic LCC). For energy assessments, Dave Houseknecht is the USGS lead, and as you know, he is a well-connected resource for all involved. I also relayed the Dep Sec's question about (All this is probably just hip-pocket material for you should the question be raised again.) Hope all that helps! Aimee is happy to brief any time. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax appleaate@usas.gov On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, A few follow-ups from the Deputy Secretary meeting this afternoon. I checked, and we do not have any QFR's in arrears. The only ones currently in our hands are from last week's Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural hazards and aren't due for a couple more weeks. (By the way, I just saw this nice summary that the American Institute of Physics did of the hearing, emphasizing the level of support conveyed for the USGS role in the hazards arena.) I wanted to follow up on the discussion of the infrastructure package. Although the focus at the meeting was on BOR, I did want to make the pitch that USGS has potentially a significant role to play both in terms of investments in our own scientific infrastructure and in the need for resource availability and hazard assessments to inform the larger suite of investments. I think you were at the Senate briefing we did back in March 2017 on how USGS could participate -- I'm attaching the one-pager prepared for that. We have lots more material to share. Reaardina Alaska activities, I wasn't sure what follow-UD was I am looking into getting hold of the 2002 USGS report that is the predecessor to the new literature review of ecological research in ANWR and will circle back on that. We will work on the requested briefing paper about USGS overhead rates charged on reimbursable agreements, due next Friday 2/16. We will provide some examples to you of USGS liaisons to large projects We can discuss some of these action items at Monday's 1 pm tagup call. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax appleaate@usas.gov Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage. Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage. Alaska 907-786-7055 "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: Subject: "Devaris, Aimee" <adevaris@usgs.gov> Tue Feb 13 2018 13:46:45 GMT-0700 (MST) "Beard, Douglas" <dbeard@usgs.gov> Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec No worries, Doug. I think we have managed to reach Frank. We were scrambling because W&S wants this today... On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usas.aov> wrote: I will check with Deb, don't know the specifics off the top of my head. Doug T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usas.aov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Well, I wondered if you knew if or how much Deb Willard's program is funding Frank Urban's permafrost monitoring work. I think Frank is now responding to John Pearce, so we may already be getting that info. Thanks, Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usgs.gov> wrote: Thanks, OK, just wanted to see if you needed anything from me. Doug T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usgs.gov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Hi Doug, We just met with EROS a few weeks ago, and they didn't have anything specifically going in ANWR currently. But we did talk about some ideas we may want to pursue collaboratively. John Pearce checked with CSC, and they don't have any projects in the 1002. Aimee On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Beard, Douglas <dbeard@usas.aov> wrote: Thanks Aimee, Did you get input from Steve Gray and would you like me to ping EROS? Doug. T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Climate and Land Use Mission Area MS-516, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston. VA 20192 703-648-5212 dbeard@usqs.gov On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Devaris, Aimee <adevaris@usgs.gov> wrote: Dave, Attached is the project spreadsheet John Pearce pulled together. There wasn't much time for coordination since we were unfortunately closed yesterday due to the storm. So we don't yet have the budget numbers for Dave Houseknecht's work. I've copied him and Walter on this message so they can input/change that part. We just put in placeholders. We also haven't heard back yet from Frank Urban, so that budget is an estimate. I know in the past we've spent $40K on a recurring borehole inspection requirement (every 5 years), but the annual field budget for this activity is probably less than that (I'm guessing), so I put in $20K. I'm copying Doug Beard, but this is coming out of left field at him, so he may or may not know about it. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Aimee On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 2:52 PM, David Applegate <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Aimee, Is this doable in the timeframe that Andrea has set? I think the focus is on the ecological studies as she had another about energy ones, which I will also forward. Thanks, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111 Reston VA 20192 ' 703 648 6600 aDDleaate@usas.aov Begin forwarded message: From: "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea travnicek@ios.doi.aov> Date: February 11,2018 at 1:04:16 PM EST To: "Applegate, David" <appleaate@usas.aov> Cc: Timothy Petty <timothv pettv@ios.doi.aov>. Austin Ewell <austin ewell@ios.doi.aov>. "Nichols, Ryan" <rvan nichols@ios.doi.aov>. "Lukas, William" <wlukas@usas.aov>. "Rae, Kerry" <kerrv rae@ios.doi.aov>. Judy Nowakowski <inowakowski@usas.aov>. Joanne Tavlor <ictavlor@usas.aov>. William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usas.aov> Subject: Re: Action items from W&S biweekly with Dep Sec Dave- Another follow up in regards to the information below. By COB Tuesday this week (2/13) can we get a spreadsheet with all studies (partners, timelines, funding, etc) currently being conducted and or in process in the 1002 area? Send to Tim and I so we both have since I am on travel this week. Thanks. Andrea Andrea Travnicek, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior work: 202-208-0969 cell: 202-897-7220 On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:54 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usas.aov> wrote: Tim and all, Some additional follow-up from the meeting with the Deputy Secretary specifically on Alaska matters. Our Alaska Regional Director, Aimee Devaris, has confirmed that we have Shared the earlier 2002 literature review with BLM and FWS contacts in Alaska. Here is the link to share with the Deputy Secretary (we'd be happy to provide in hard copy as well): Douglas, D.C., Reynolds, P.E., and Rhode, E.B., 2002, Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries, USGS Biological Science Report 2002 0001, 76 p. https://alaska.usas.aov/products/pubs/20Q2/2002-USGS-BRD-BSR-2Q02-0QQ1.pdf Along these lines, Aimee just heard that FWS is putting some previously unpublished reports from the refuge on the web, so that would be material we did not include in our literature review, but Aimee has asked to get a listing of them. Deputy Secretary Bernhardt also asked about USGS liaisons to large projects, and in particular whether that might prove useful for the ANWR permitting process. Aimee reports that we already have John Pearce from our USGS Alaska Science Center in that role. Early on, Aimee and her FWS and BLM regional director counterparts saw the need to assign a liaison/POC for each of our Bureaus to ensure good coordination and communication at the "working level." John's counterpart for BLM is Nicole Hayes (their ANWR project manager), and for FWS it is Wendy Loya (who oversees the Arctic LCC). For energy assessments, Dave Houseknecht is the USGS lead, and as you know, he is a well-connected resource for all involved. I also relayed the Dep Sec's question about >)(5) I ; All this is probably just hip-pcckst material fo^OL^noumn^uestior^^aisea again.) Hope all that helps! Aimee is happy to brief any time. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax applegate@usgs.gov On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM, Applegate, David <applegate@usgs.gov> wrote: Tim and all, A few follow-ups from the Deputy Secretary meeting this afternoon. I checked, and we do not have any QFR's in arrears. The only ones currently in our hands are from last week's Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural hazards and aren't due for a couple more weeks. (By the way, I just saw this nice summary that the American Institute of Physics did of the hearing, emphasizing the level of support conveyed for the USGS role in the hazards arena.) I wanted to follow up on the discussion of the infrastructure package. Although the focus at the meeting was on BOR, I did want to make the pitch that USGS has potentially a significant role to play both in terms of investments in our own scientific infrastructure and in the need for resource availability and hazard assessments to inform the larger suite of investments. I think you were at the Senate briefing we did back in March 2017 on how USGS could participate -- I'm attaching the one-pager prepared for that. We have lots more material to share. Regarding Alaska activities, I wasn't sure what follow-up was needed on Bernhardt's question about! I am looking into getting hold of the 2002 USGS report that is the predecessor to the new literature review of ecological research in ANWR and will circle back on that. We will work on the requested briefing paper about USGS overhead rates charged on reimbursable agreements, due next Friday 2/16. We will provide some examples to you of USGS liaisons to large projects We can discuss some of these action items at Monday's 1pm tag-up call. Regards, Dave David Applegate, Ph.D. Associate Director for Natural Hazards Exercising Authority of the Deputy Director U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valiev Drive MS 111, Reston VA 20192 703 648 6600 voice, 703 648 7031 fax aDPleaate@usas.gov Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director U.S. Geological Survey 4210 University Drive Anchorage. Alaska 907-786-7055 Aimee M. Devaris Regional Director