2006 Water and Restoration Conference
North Slope Hydrology and Water Use Special Session

Keynote Speeches

Bill Streever, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Water Resource Management Challenges on the North Slope
Ben Frantz, Barrow Utilities and Electric Cooperative Inc. Arctic Reservoir Management/Potable Water Production: the Development of Barrows Potable Water Supply

Summary Panel and Audience Discussion

North Slope Hydrology and Water Use: Where Do We Go From Here?

• Brent Sheets, Moderator, Arctic Energy Office, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Douglas Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center
• Caryn Rea, ConocoPhillips Company
• Ken Taylor, North Slope Science Initiative
• John Trawicki, US Fish and Wildlife Service

• Torre Jorgenson, Alaska Biological Research. Ecosystems of Northern Alaska: a Spatial Framework for Hydrologic Analysis
• Gary Hufford, National Weather Service. Climate Change and Alaska - What Does the Future Hold?
• Daqing Yang, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Precipitation Observations and Challenges on the North Slope
• John Trawicki, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Water Resources and Availability in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• Michael Lilly, Richard Kemnitz, Geo-Watersheds Scientific, BLM. Historical and Current Hydrologic and Climate Monitoring in NPRA
• Douglas Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Twenty Years of Hydrologic Research in the Kuparuk River Watershed
• Bill Morris, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Office of Habitat Management and Permitting. North Slope Winter Water Use - Potential Impacts to Fish: A Brief Overview
• Bob Busey, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Estimating Permafrost Distributions on the Seward Peninsula Alaska
• Carl Markon, US Geological Survey. Changes in Lake Area Over Time in the NPR-A
• Michael Lilly, Geo-Watersheds Scientific. North Slope Lake Watershed Hydrology and Water Use Applications
• Daniel Reichardt, Dan White, Michael Lilly, and Molly Chambers, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center , Geo-Watersheds Scientific. The Chemistry of Dissolved Oxygen in Arctic Lake
• Kenji Yoshikawa, Larry Hinzman, and Doug Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Groundwater discharge and base flow variability in the Brooks Range, North Slope, Alaska
• Bill Morris, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Office of Habitat Management and Permitting. North Slope Winter Water Use - Potential Impacts to Fish: A Brief Overview
• Bob Busey, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Estimating Permafrost Distributions on the Seward Peninsula Alaska
• Carl Markon, US Geological Survey. Changes in Lake Area Over Time in the NPR-A
• Michael Lilly, Geo-Watersheds Scientific. North Slope Lake Watershed Hydrology and Water Use Applications
• Daniel Reichardt, Dan White, Michael Lilly, and Molly Chambers, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center , Geo-Watersheds Scientific. The Chemistry of Dissolved Oxygen in Arctic Lakes
• Kenji Yoshikawa, Larry Hinzman, and Doug Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Groundwater discharge and base flow variability in the Brooks Range, North Slope, Alaska

North Slope Coastal Erosion, Development, and Restoration Activities

• Susan Flora, BLM. BLM Coastal Erosion Investigations
• Emily Youcha, John Halverson, and Tamar Stephens, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. Former Federal Agency Dumpsites and Coastal Erosion Problems - Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Contaminated Sites Program Perspective

North Slope Coastal Erosion, Development, and Restoration Activities (continued)

• Scott Guyer, Bruce Keating, and John Payne, BLM. Ice Road Effects on Tundra
• Dan White or Craig Woolard, UAF/UAA. Water chemistry and supplies for rural villages and facilities
• Bill Streever, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Wetland Restoration on Alaska's North Slope: Challenges, Progress, and the Future.

What is Permitted? What is Used? Future Management?

• Cash Fay, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Industry North Slope Water Use Applications
• Patricia Bettis, Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Water Use Characteristics on The North Slope
• Ken Taylor, North Slope Science Initiative. Advancing the Knowledge of Hydrology and Climate Change
• Larry Hinzman, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Future Trends and Programs in Hydrologic Research on the North Slope and throughout the Arctic