Joseph M. Dorava, Alaska Section AWRA South-Central-Region Director

I would like to welcome you to the South-Central Region of the Alaska Section and our information resources on the World Wide Web (WWW). Our meetings are held September through March and our annual state meeting is held in April of each year. The south-central region membership includes faculty, staff, and students of the University of Alaska Anchorage, federal and state government, and private industry water-resource professionals. We are gearing up for our series of brown-bag meetings and hope you can come and bring a colleague.


Fall 1997/Spring 1998 Brown Bag Lunch Meeting Agenda

  • September 24, 1997, Kathy Vitali and others, the new Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS)
    A presentation of the new library consortium and how it will assist water resources managers and researchers greatly, so come hear how!

  • October 15, 1997, Steve Frenzel, U.S. Geological Survey
    "The USGS NAWQA Program and the Cook Inlet Study Unit"
    Denali Towers Building, 16th Floor Conference Room, from Noon to 1 pm.

  • November 19, 1997, Larry Rundquist, NWS River Forecast Center.
    "Outburst Floods and Their Sources on the Kenai River"
    Denali Towers Building, 16th Floor Conference Room, from Noon to 1 pm.

  • January 20, 1998, Elaine Major, Environment and Natural Resources Institute of UAA.
    "Development and Use of Bio-Assessment Techniques in Alaska"
    Denali Towers Building, 16th Floor Conference Room, from Noon to 1 pm.

  • February 18, 1998, William Ashton, EcoSynergy.
    "Development of a Water-Quality Monitoring Plan for the Kenai River"
    Denali Towers Building, 16th Floor Conference Room, from Noon to 1 pm.