Congratulations to the 2012 AWRA-AK Annual Conference Travel Award winners!

• Brittany Potter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Climatic controls on the summertime energy balance of a thermokarst lake in northern Alaska: Short-term, seasonal, and interannual variability
• Amy Dethlefs, Alaska Pacific University
  Nutrient limitation of snow algae and its role in surface melt on the Harding Icefield, Alaska: An experimental and observational approach
• Ann Olsson, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Wildfire and permafrost: Post-fire dissolved organic matter and nitrogen in a boreal forest stream
• Fatima Ochante, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Social and institutional barriers to a sustained access to safe drinking water and sanitation in Alaska Native villages
  

The Alaska Section of the American Water Resources Association is devoted to supporting our state’s student researchers. The AWRA-AK awarded four travel grants, aimed to support airfare expenses to the 2012 AWRA-AK conference. 

The student winners are presenting a research project, which pertain to Alaska water resources issues, and serves as lead- or coauthors of the submitted abstracts. Preference was given to students who are enrolled at an Alaska university.

The winners are expected to assist the organizers during the conference and will be presented the award in Juneau. All applicants that met eligibility received a 2012 student membership to the AWRA-AK.

AWRA-AK Contact: Edmund Parvin