ALASKA SURFACE WATER SESSION I

• Water Temperature of Streams in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska and Implications of Climate Change - Timothy Brabets, U.S. Geological Survey
• Distribution of Arsenic in Ground Water and Surface Water, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska - Roy Glass, U.S. Geological Survey
• Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interactions along the Lower Kenai River - Mike Lilly, GW Scientific (co-authors, D. Nyman, R. Busey, J. Mendez)
• Water Quality Characteristics of the Kenai River and Selected Tributaries - Kenai Watershed Forum (co-author Ole Anderson)

PANEL SESSION

• Issues and Potential Impacts of Low-Level Nutrients and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Kenai Watershed
  Moderator - Michael R. Lilly, GW Scientific
  Presentations by panel members will be followed by question and answer session:
  
  • Steve Frenzel, U.S. Geological Survey
    Steve Frenzel began working with the USGS as a student in Helena, Montana in 1977. After receiving a BS degree in Fisheries from Humboldt State University, he worked in the Boise, Idaho USGS office on a variety of water-quality and limnological studies. A year of graduate study in Aqualtic Ecology at Utah State University was done in 1991-92 prior to moving to Kansas to work on a National Water-Quality Assessment study in the midwest. In 1997, he transferred to the Alaska District of the USGS to head the NAWQA study of the Cook Inlet Basin.
  • Jeep Rice, NOAA - Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory
    Dr. Stanley "Jeep" Rice. 30 plus years with NOAA at the Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory in Juneau. Hired to work on the Trans Alaska Pipeline environmental impact statement and to initate an oil toxicity research program relevant to Alaska oil and fishery resources. Participated as a principle investigator and program manager on a series of damage assessment studies following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and has managed a team of biologists and chemists studying the spill persistence and effects for the last 12 years. Current research focus continues to be on the long term effects of oil, particularly on early life stages, and on developing passive samplers appropriate for trace quantities of organic pollutants.
  • Gordon Haas, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Dr. Gordon Haas is currently an assistant professor in the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He is also the curator of fishes at the University of Alaska Museum. He has earned a M.Sc and Ph.D. in zoology from the University of British Columbia were his research focused on conservation, ecology, taxonomy & evolution of BC fishes and aquatic / riparian ecosystems. Current research projects cover a wide spectrum of topics such as conservation, dynamics, impact assessment / mitigation, interactions (biological and social), management, protection and sustainability of fish and aquatic / riparian ecosystems and taxonomy.

ALASKA SURFACE WATER SESSION II

• Spatial Patterns of Fecal-Indicator Bacteria from Selected Stream Sites in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska - Steve Frenzel, U.S. Geological Survey
• A Geographic Database for Studying the Effects of Urbanization of Water Quality in Anchorage, Alaska - Edward Moran, U.S. Geological Survey
• Investigation of Photographic Techniques for Characterizing Stream Substrate - Robert Ourso, U.S. Geological Survey

ALASKA CLIMATE SESSION I

• Glacier-Dammed Lakes in the Kenai River Basin - Larry A. Rundquist, NWS Forecast Center
• Forecasting Frazil Ice Jams on the Kenai River - David Streubel, NWS Forecast Center
• River and Flood Forecasting for the Kenai River - Scott D. Lindsey, NWS Forecast Center

ALASKA CLIMATE SESSION II

• NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services - Larry A. Rundquist, NWS Forecast Center
• Adjustment of Daily Precipitation Data at Barrow, Alaska for 1995-2000 - Jennifer Benning, University of Alaska Fairbanks

ALASKA SURFACE WATER SESSION III

• Skagway RIver Flood Control: Between a Rock and a Wet Place - Brett Jokela, MWH Americas
• Watershed Characterization of the Shaw Creek Watershed and Adjacent Spring-Fed Streams along the Tanana River, Alaska - J. Mendez (co-authors, M. Lilly, R. McCaffrey, and C. McCauley)

ALASKA GROUNDWATER SESSION I

• Geohydrologic Properties of Fractured Bedrock Systems: A Review and Application to Ester Dome, Alaska - Emily Youcha, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (co-authors, M. Lilly, and L. Hinzman)
• Contributions of the North Fork Road Shallow Aquifer System and Wetlands to the Lower Anchor River, Anchor Point, Alaska - Geoff Coble, Coble Geophysical

ALASKA SURFACE WATER SESSION IV

• Sediment Budget and Associated Coastal Processes at the Mouth of the Kenai River, Alaska - Heike Merkel, University of Alaska Anchorage
• Hydrographic Surveying in Support of Sediment Budget Analysis and Modeling in the Lower Kenai River, Alaska - William Lee, University of Alaska Anchorage
• Ocean Tide-Induced Groundwater Fluctuations in Monitoring Wells Located Near the Kenai River, Alaska - Simon Evans, University of Alaska Anchorage
  

ALASKA WATER RESOURCES SESSION I

• Long-Term Drying of the Kenai Peninsula - Ed Berg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Using the Hydrogeomorphic Approach for Assessing Slope/Flat Wetland Complexes in the Lower Kenai River Drainage Basin - Jim Powell, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

ALASKA WATER RESOURCES SESSION II

• Examples of Ecosystem-Level River Concepts Applied to Alaska Rivers - Jason Mouw, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• The Evaluation of Wetland and Riparian Restoration Projects - Jeffrey Davis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (co-author, G. Muhlberg)
• An Example of How TMDLs are developed, Lucille Lake TMDL - Kent Patrick-Riley, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation