Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
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COMMITTEE ON REVIEW OF AYK (WESTERN ALASKA) RESEARCH AND RESTORATION PLAN FOR SALMON
Members
THOMAS ROYER (Chair),
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
LAMONT E. ALBERTSON,
Wilderness Experiences, Aniak, AK
ELIZABETH ANDREWS,1
Port Townsend, WA
RONALD K. DEARBORN,
Fairbanks, AK
CRAIG FLEENER,
Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, Fort Yukon, AK
ROBERT HUGGETT,
Michigan State University, East Lansing
NICHOLAS HUGHES,
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks
CYNTHIA M. JONES,
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
KATHERINE W. MYERS,
University of Washington, Seattle
ROSAMOND LEE NAYLOR,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
JENNIFER RUESINK,
University of Washington, Seattle
ROY A. STEIN,
Ohio State University, Columbus
Staff
DAVID POLICANSKY, Project Director
MIRSADA KARALIC-LONCAREVIC, Research Associate
JOHN BROWN, Program Associate
JORDAN CRAGO, Senior Program Assistant
ALEXANDRA STUPPLE, Senior Editorial Assistant
Sponsor
ALASKA STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
Members
JONATHAN M. SAMET (Chair),
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
RAMON ALVAREZ,
Environmental Defense, Austin, TX
JOHN M. BALBUS,
Environmental Defense, Washington, DC
THOMAS BURKE,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
DALLAS BURTRAW,
Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
JAMES S. BUS,
Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI
COSTEL D. DENSON,
University of Delaware, Newark
E. DONALD ELLIOTT,
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC
J. PAUL GILMAN,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
SHERRI W. GOODMAN,
Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, VA
JUDITH A. GRAHAM,
American Chemistry Council, Arlington, VA
DANIEL S. GREENBAUM,
Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, MA
WILLIAM P. HORN,
Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, Washington, DC
ROBERT HUGGETT,
Michigan State University (emeritus), East Lansing
JAMES H. JOHNSON, JR.,
Howard University, Washington, DC
JUDITH L. MEYER,
University of Georgia, Athens
PATRICK Y. O’BRIEN,
ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Company, Richmond, CA
DOROTHY E. PATTON,
International Life Sciences Institute, Washington, DC
STEWARD T.A. PICKETT,
Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
DANNY D. REIBLE,
University of Texas, Austin
JOSEPH V. RODRICKS,
ENVIRON International Corporation, Arlington, VA
ARMISTEAD G. RUSSELL,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
LISA SPEER,
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY
KIMBERLY M. THOMPSON,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
MONICA G. TURNER,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
MARK J. UTELL,
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
CHRIS G. WHIPPLE,
ENVIRON International Corporation, Emeryville, CA
LAUREN ZEISE,
California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland
Senior Staff
JAMES J. REISA, Director
DAVID J. POLICANSKY, Scholar
RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Senior Program Officer for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
KULBIR BAKSHI, Senior Program Officer for Toxicology
EILEEN N. ABT, Senior Program Officer for Risk Analysis
K. JOHN HOLMES, Senior Program Officer
SUSAN N.J. MARTEL, Senior Program Officer
SUZANNE VAN DRUNICK, Senior Program Officer
ELLEN K. MANTUS, Senior Program Officer
RUTH E. CROSSGROVE, Senior Editor
POLAR RESEARCH BOARD
Members
ROBIN BELL (Chair),
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
JAMES E. BERNER,
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
DAVID BROMWICH,
The Ohio State University, Bryd Polar Research Center, Columbus
CALVIN ROBERT CLAUER,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
JODY W. DEMING,
University of Washington School of Oceanography, Seattle
ANDREW G. FOUNTAIN,
Portland State University, Portland, OR
RICHARD GLENN,
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Barrow, AK
JACKIE GREBMEIER,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
SVEN D. HAAKANSON,
Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak, AK
LAWRENCE HAMILTON,
University of New Hampshire, Durham
LARRY HINZMAN,
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks
DAVID KARL,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu
STEPHANIE PFIRMAN,
Barnard College, New York, NY
DIANA HARRISON WALL,
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
JOHN WALSH,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks
JAMES WHITE,
University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder
WARREN M. ZAPOL, M.D.,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Ex-Officio
MAHLON C. KENNICUTT II (U.S. Delegate to SCAR), Texas A&M University, College Station
PATRICK WEBBER (U.S. Delegate to IASC), Michigan State University, East Lansing
TERRY WILSON (Alternate U.S. Delegate to SCAR), Ohio State University, Columbus
Staff
CHRIS ELFRING, Director
SHELDON DROBOT, Study Director
RACHAEL SHIFLETT, Senior Program Assistant
ANDREAS SOHRE, Financial Associate
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