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Label: "Administrative/FOIA/FOIA 1002 Resource Assessment" Created by:adevaris@usgs.gov Total Messages in label:69 (7 conversations) Created: 04-02-2018 at 17:45 PM Conversation Contents Arctic Science data call Attachments: 11. Arctic Science data call/1.1 USGS 1002 ongoing work to WS w pubs estimates for Dep Sec.xlsx "Wackowski, Stephen" <stephen_wackowski@ios.doi.gov> From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Attachments: "Wackowski, Stephen" <stephen_wackowski@ios.doi.gov> Wed Feb 21 2018 18:56:24 GMT-0700 (MST) Karen Mouritsen <kmourits@blm.gov>, Greg Siekaniec <greg_siekaniec@fws.gov>, Aimee Devaris <adevaris@usgs.gov>, James Kendall <james.kendall@boem.gov>, Mark Fesmire <mark.fesmire@bsee.gov>, Lynn Polacca <lynn.polacca@bia.gov>, Herbert Frost <bert_frost@nps.gov>, Cynthia Jacobson <cynthia_jacobson@fws.gov>, Gene Peltola <gene_peltola@fws.gov>, Sara Longan <slongan@blm.gov> "Travnicek, Andrea" <andrea_travnicek@ios.doi.gov>, Jason Larrabee <jason_larrabee@ios.doi.gov>, Joseph Balash <joseph_balash@ios.doi.gov> Arctic Science data call USGS 1002 ongoing work to WS w pubs estimates for Dep Sec.xlsx Team- Just a follow up on Dep Sec's data call for Arctic research activities. Could you please use the attached excel as a template (adding one more column for anticipated publish or data release date) for all of your scientific research and enforcement actions that may have impacts to the eastern half of the US Arctic. This includes subsistence research/enforcement, any science grants to the state or academia, or any international treaty work. Jim/Mark- For your agencies this should focus on near shore/terrestrial, i.e. Polar Bear. Can this get done in the next three weeks? This is a priority. If any of your DC offices delay the response to this data call please let me and your respective Assistant Secretaries (cc'd) know. Steve Wackowski Senior Adviser for Alaskan Affairs Department of the Interior 4230 University Drive, Suite 300 Anchorage, AK 99508 907-271-5485 Project USGS PI name Region/Center Partners USGS FY18 funding Other funding Coastal Plain (1002 area) location of work Polar bear movements and denning Todd Atwood Alaska/Alaska Science Center (ASC) $422K (existing USGS Ecosystems), $322K (additional USGS Ecosystems in FY18) Polar bear population abundance estimate Polar bear aerial survey Jeff Bromaghin Todd Atwood Alaska/Alaska Science Center (ASC) $120K Alaska/Alaska Canadian government (contract with University of Science Center (ASC) St. Andrews, UK) Fish of nearshore Beaufort Sea Vanessa Von Biela Alaska/ASC USFWS, BOEM, University of Texas at Austin $196K USGS/BOEM Outer Continental Shelf Prograi Off shore tagging Field work was completed in FY17 across the Southern Beaufort area including the 1002 Area Field work was completed in FY17 across the range of the Southern Beaufort polar bear population including NW Canada Coastal lagoons, estuaries and beaches Shoreline change Li Erikson Pacific/Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center University of Texas at Austin, University of California $50K USGS Natural Hazards Santa Cruz Coastal bluffs and beaches Reprocessing vintage 2D seismic data of David Houseknecht 1002 Area Midwest/Eastern Energy Resources Science Center (EERSC) BLM, BOEM $2M USGS Energy & Minerals (includes $888K of FY17 money to be applied to reprocessing work carried out in 2018) Sample collection (field work) and laboratory analysis David Houseknecht Midwest/EERSC FWS (logistical assistance), Alaska DNR (Geological & $2.3M USGS Energy & Minerals Geophysical Surveys, Division of Oil and Gas) Across terrestrial locations of the 1002 and adjacent nearshore areas where ANWR seismic data was collected Across terrestrial locations of the 1002, adjacent state lands, and adjacent state and federal waters Participate in leasing BLM workshops and transfer knowledge from ongoing research David Houseknecht Midwest/EERSC USGS supporting mission of BLM $200K USGS Energy & Minerals Permafrost and climate data collection Frank Urban Caribou forage and movements Heather Johnson Southwest/Geoscien ces & Environmental BLM, FWS (collaborators) Change Science Center Alaska/ASC Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), Texas A&M University ~$20K USGS Climate and Land Use $350K USGS Ecosystems Across terrestrial locations of the 1002 Across northern AK including locations of the 1002 $75K ADF&G Outside of 1002 area, but some tagged Central Herd animals migrate into 1002 Description of work Anticipated products Completion of reanalysis of habitat maps in 1002 Area (at request of Wackowski) using ifsar data; continuation of annual field work with Report on reanalysis of polar bear denning habitat using special concentration in March 2018 on eastern Beaufort sea to remote sensing (ifsar) techniques Jun 2018; Data release of increase observations of denning in the ANWR 1002 Area (using ear den sites based on FY18 field work June 2019 tags); field testing of collar modifications in 2019 Completion of spatially-explicit population estimates for the 1002 Area for the time period 2001 through 2016; statistical analysis underway USGS Open File Report to be delivered in Sep 2018 and external publications by Jun 2019 Analysis and report to be completed by University of St. Andrews by Sep 2018; USGS plans to review the report to determine usefulness Release of aerial survey data ~Oct 2018 in ongoing population estimate work Repeating/recreating studies done in the 1980s to examine trends in Annual data releases and summary reports; completion fish communities; continuation of summer fish sampling (2017 reports and publications after 2020 2020) along ANWR coast to compare with 1988-1991 sampling Continuing field work in summer 2018 Updated shoreline-change rates for coast between USCanadian border and Icy Cape was released in Nov 2017, Long term retreat of coastal permafrost bluffs, Barter Island, AK (to be presented at 5th European Conf. on Permafrost, ChamoixMont Blanc, France 23 Jun to 1 July 2018), Manuscripts in preparation (from previously collected data) Seven decades of shoreline change along the permafrost bound North Coast of AK 1940 - 2010; The use of spatial methane distribution in the identification of coastal permafrost instability; Evaluation of long-term rates and patterns of change to coastal permafrost bluffs at Barter Island, AK 1947-2017; Assessing patterns of annual change to coastal permafrost bluffs using aerial photography and structure-from-motion elevation models along the North Slope of Alaska; Aerial imagery and elevation data products of the north coast of Barter Island, AK; A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the coastal bluffs at Barter Island, AK Contract awarded for reprocessing of vintage 2D seismic data; reprocessed data to be delivered in July 2018; interpretation and mapping based on that data through fourth quarter FY2018. Updated oil and gas assessment of ANWR 1002 to be delivered by Jan 1, 2019 (technical reports, fact sheets) Collect outcrop and well samples from external perimeter of 1002 Area, spring & summer 2018; conduct laboratory analyses on samples to determine petroleum prospectivity of region, summer & fall 2018. Updated oil and gas assessment of ANWR 1002 to be delivered by Jan 1, 2019 (technical reports, fact sheets) Provide support to BLM to inform preparation for lease sales in 1002 Area Improved geological understanding for BLM to administer future lease sales (potential technical reports) and for industry to optimize future leasing decisions on the Alaska North Slope Annual field work during summer 2018 possibly coincident with Ongoing monitoring project since 1998; Last report/data Houseknecht's field season; network is part of the Global Terrestrial release was 2014 for the period 1998-2011; Provisional data Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) from 13 stations is available in near-real-time Collaring and tracking animals through 2020, ongoing publication writing, new analysis of caribou habituation to existing infrastructure External publications and USGS data release by Sep 2018