ALASKA SURFACE WATER SESSION I

• Inlet Hydrology and Limnology of Lake Clark, Alaska - Tim Brabets, U.S. Geological Survey
• Tidal Influences on Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interactions in Contaminated Salmon-Spawning Beds, Prince William Sound, Alaska - Michael Lilly, GW Scientific
• Automated Environmental-Data Retrieval and Processing Systems - Robert C. Busey, GW Scientific
• Study of Sediment Transport in the Kuparuk River - Jeffrey A. Oatley, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Aufeis Development and Stream Baseflow Hydrology in the Discontinuous Permafrost Region, Caribou Poker Creeks Research Watershed, Interior Alaska - Kenji Yoshikawa, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Comparisons of the Fire Weather Indices with Fire Frequency, Soil Moisture Content, and a Simple Climatic Model in Interior Alaska - William R. Bolton, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Twenty Years of Bank Erosion and Large Woody Debris Recruitment along the Tanana River - Robert A. Ott, Research Forester, Tanana Chiefs Conference
• Close of Surface Water session and Announcements - Teresa O'Carroll, President Elect AWRA-Alaska, OASIS Environmental

SPECIAL PANEL SESSION

• Flooding Issues in the Fairbanks North Star Borough"
  Moderator: Clarke Milne, Nortech Environmental and Engineering Consultants
  Presentations by panel members will be followed by question and answer session:
  
  • Jim Aldrich, Michael Baker Jr., Hydrologic Overview of Area
  • John Schaake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Moose Creek Dam Operations – Dam Operations Overview, NOAA - Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory
  • Clark Milne, Nortech Environmental and Engineering Consultants – History of combined professional efforts, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Nadine Hargesheimer, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Special Assistant to the Mayor
  • Bernardo Hernandez, Deputy Planning Director, Community Planning Department, Fairbanks North Star Borough - He will present a paper on "Citizen Participation Used to Address Ground-Water Flooding in the Fairbanks North Star Borough"

SPECIAL SESSION: ISO Compliance and Environmental Management Systems: Why are they a Good Business Decision?

• The ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard and Associated Implementation Issues - Robert Newman, EMS Program Manager, OASIS Environmental
• Environmental Management Systems Make Good $ense - Bill Smyth, Compliance Assistance Program, ADEC
• BPXA Environmental Management System - Brad Chastain, HSE Management Systems Coordinator, BP Exploration, Alaska
• ISO 14001's International Benefits: The Case of Venezuela - Johnny Mendez, GW Scientific
• Using Applicant-Assisted Adjudications to Unplug the Water Rights Pipeline - James Munter, CGWP, J.A. Munter Consulting
• Survey of industrial water use ont he North Slope - Pamela A. Miller, Wildlife Biologist, Arctic Connections

ALASKA SURFACE WATER SESSION II

• Current and Future Water Use ont he North Slope
  Moderator: Douglas Kane, UAF
  Panel:
  
  • Cash Fay, Permitting Advisor, BP Exploration, Alaska
  • Christy Everett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Program - Fairbanks
  • William A. Morris, Habitat Biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  • Deb Moore, Northern Alaska Environmental Center
  • Tribal Interest TBD
  • North Slope Borough (invited)
  • Bureau of Land Management (invited)
  
  
• Gearing up for BP Seasonal Study Projects, A Contractors Guide to North Slope Travel Requirements - Allison Taylor, OASIS Environmental/BPXA

GROUNDWATER SESSION: Cosponsored by the Alaska Groundwater Association

• Tidally Influenced Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interactions in the Lower Kenai River, Alaska - Michael Lilly, GW Scientific
• Ground-Water Variations at Ester Dome - Emily Doucha, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska
• Snowmelt Modeling of the North American Arctic Snowmelt Season, Spring 2000 - Brandon J. Peltier, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska
• Correlations Between Temperature, Soil Moisture and Water Levels: Fort Wainwright, Alaska - Larry Hinzman, University of Alaska
• Upwelling in Spring Fed Streams: A Characteristic Study of Three Tanana Basin Streams - Johnny Mendez, GW Scientific