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The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center builds science partnerships across the north Pacific temperate rainforest region.

From Our Partners

Alaska EPSCoR Researchers Take First Steps Toward Stream Monitoring

Alaska EPSCoR researchers met in Juneau to kick off coastal margins research as part of the 5-year, $20 million“Fire and Ice: Navigating Variability in Boreal Wildfire Regimes and Subarctic Coastal Ecosystems” project. Read about the efforts of UAA's LeeAnn Munk, Eric Klein, and UAS scientists Jason Fellman, and Eran Hood to implement a steam monitoring program across sites in Kachemak Bay and Lynn Canal in Alaska Business Monthly.

Alaska EPSCoR Receives $20 million NSF award

The National Science Foundation has announced a 5-year, $20 million award to fund the next phase of Alaska NSF EPSCoR research.

The award will support a five-year research project entitled “Fire and Ice: Navigating Variability in Boreal Wildfire Regimes and Subarctic Coastal Ecosystems (F&I).”

Learn more on the Alaska EPSCoR website.

By Rope, Raft, and Air: A Season of Research on Glacier-Dammed Lakes

Read about a season of research at Suicide Basin in Juneau with the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

New Study: A Long-term Look at Alaska’s Changing Ecosystems

The US Geological Survey recently released a report on long-term ecological changes to Alaska's landscape. The study documents over three decades of change across land and water in Alaska, and is the first to assess the underlying drivers of those changes.

USGS Alaska Carbon Assessment

The US Geological Survey has just released a new report assessing the amount of carbon that is stored in and that moves through Alaska's vast landscape. Several chapter authors are members of the Coastal Rainforest Margins Research Network. For more information and a link to the report, please visit the USGS website.

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In the Spotlight

ACRC Undergraduate Intern Receives Environmental Science Award

ACRC undergraduate intern Mollie Dwyer is the latest recipient of the $2,000 UAS Coeur Alaska – Kensington Gold Mine Environmental Science Award. Read about her time working with USFS and UAS researchers at the Juneau Forestry Sciences Lab and in the field this summer at SitNews.

Alpine Monitoring Fieldwork Begins at Blackerby Ridge

ACRC director Allison Bidlack and research technician Croix Fylpaa, with collaborators from the US Forests Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the University of Washington, have returned to Blackerby Ridge outside Juneau to complete the installation of an alpine monitoring site as part of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) network. The team will be collecting data on plant and lichen communities and soil temperature. To learn more about this project, visit the alpine monitoring section on our site.

Juneau Icefield Black Carbon Study Begins

UAS and ACRC professors Sonia Nagorski, Jason Fellman, and Eran Hood are investigating black carbon deposits on the Juneau icefield. Contributors of black carbon may include local sources such cruise ships, helicopters, wood stoves, fuel stoves, automobiles, and boats, but may also arise from long-range transport of soot from East Asia. The team hopes to determine the rates and sources of black carbon deposition on the Juneau Icefield. Funding for this project is provided by the Alaska EPSCoR program and the U.S. Forest Service.

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News & Events

Evening at Egan Talk by ACRC Director Allison Bidlack

Join us at the Egan Library on Friday, October 5th to hear ACRC Director Dr. Allison Bidlack talk about coastal connections, the Pacific coastal temperate rainforest, and ACRC research during the Evening at Egan lecture series.