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The following 25 presentations (over 6 sessions) are from April 6th-7th during the 2026 AK AWRA Annual Conference. This conference was recorded using Zoom, and the individual presentation videos are provided below with the presentation's author, title, and a link to the video. You can find the original conference program with presentation abstracts and other information from the conference on the 2026 Annual Conference webpage. All presentation videos start with an introduction of the presenter and end with final questions from the audience. Some presentations may have a blank screen at the beginning before the presentation begins while the presenter is introduced.

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Session 1: Data Solutions
Leanna Mack AVIKTUAQATIGIIGÑIQ: Sharing Iñupiat Snow TEKnology
Rachel Lewis Integrating Water Data to Empower Alaska's Rural Communities
Jenna Zechmann Weather windows and unstable slopes: lidar at DGGS
Session 2: Hydro-Ecology
Amber Crawford Draft 2026 Water Quality Integrated Report
Tyelyn Brigino No Groundwater, No Fish: The Critical Role of Groundwater in Supporting Non-Glacial, Salmon-Bearing Rivers in South-Central AK
Marcus Geist How we prioritized Alaska's almost 1 million Lakes and Ponds for Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring
Session 3: Poster Lightning Talks
Leah Boccignone Quantifying Peatland Carbon Storage with High-resolution 3D Volumetric Modeling
Emily McDermott Advancing Hydrographic Data for Alaska: Development of a Statewide Strahler Stream Order Layer
Marcus Geist AKTEMP: Presenting a fully functional stream and lake temperature database for Alaska
Santosh Ranabhat Assessing Groundwater-Driven Advective Heat Transport and Its Influence on Permafrost Stability in Alaska
Logan Wieland Post-Wildfire Water Quality in the Kenai Lowlands: Six Years After the 2019 Swan Lake Fire
Session 4: Hydropower and Infrastructure
Ryan McLaughlin Bradley Lake Expansion Project
Ann Marie Larquier Hydropower in Alaska: Creating Energy and Mitigating Risks
Dustin Highers Chugach Hydropower Decarbonization Effort
Michael Lilly Preventing Overflow Conditions and Potential Spring Break-up Flooding on Nutirwik Creek on the Dalton Highway and the Importance of Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Staff Observations in Assessing Hydrologic Conditions on Transportation Corridors
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Session 5: Flood Mitigation
Kaylin Pettijones Designing Riverbank Armoring to Withstand Extreme Flows - A Case Study on the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska
Dana Brunswick Evaluating Flood and Erosion Risk to Support Community Adaptation in Rural Alaska
Garrett Yager Accelerated Flood Mitigation: Interagency Collaboration, Rapid 2D Modeling, and Emergency Glacial Flood Response in Juneau, Alaska
Jake Ciufo Applying Channel Migration Zone Analysis to Inform Resilient Wastewater Outfall Relocation on the Tanana River
Session 6: Special Topics
Kristina Levine From Mountaintops to Streams: How High-Elevation, Low-Power Advanced RWIS Stations are Improving Alaska's Weather Forecasting
Rick Thoman Making sense of Alaska's 2025/2026 cold winter in a warming world
Christopher Estes Instream Flow & Water Level Conservation (IFWLC) Training Center Project: Establishing a National Center for Ecologically Sustainable Water Conservation & Management (Center)
Eric Peterson Stream hydrology controls on melt and surface morphology of debris-covered glaciers
Michael Ottenweller 2026 AKPRFC Snowpack Summary and Flood Outlook
Larry Hinzman Lessons from the Arctic - The Need for Environmental Observations