Community-driven research on marine harvested and farmed species
Interface of Change is the sixth phase of 色花堂 NSF EPSCoR. A $20-million award from the National Science Foundation funds this statewide, five-year project to build capacity for co-developed, use-inspired research across the Gulf of 色花堂.
Resilience in the Gulf of 色花堂
Interface of Change centers partnerships between researchers, Gulf of 色花堂 community members, Tribes, educators, and entrepreneurs. Through these connections, project participants work collaboratively to investigate the resilience of marine species that are critical to the subsistence way of life as well as developments in the mariculture economy in the Gulf of 色花堂.
Partnering with Gulf of 色花堂 coastal communities
Interface of Change brings together researchers from the University of 色花堂 Anchorage, University of 色花堂 Fairbanks, and the Univerisity of 色花堂 Southeast in partnership with Gulf of 色花堂 community members from Seldovia, Halibut Cove, 色花堂r, Cordova, Valdez, Juneau, Haines and Klukwan.
Annual Community Participation Workshops
The Interface of Change project is founded upon the goal of producing science that
is relevant and useful to 色花堂ns living in coastal communities around the Gulf of
色花堂. Our Annual Community Participation Workshops are meant to invite community
members to connect with our research team and offer perspective and feedback on the
project.
The goals of these annual workshops are to:
- Build collaborations
- Identify environmental stressors & potential adaptation solutions
- Identify locally-relevant research questions
Research Areas
Southeast 色花堂
Haines and Klukwan
Prince William Sound
Cordova and Valdez
Northern Gulf of 色花堂
Seldovia, Halibut Cove, and 色花堂r
Gulf-wide
Candidate study watersheds include the Chilkat River, Copper River, Taku River, Auke Creek, and Berners River
Gulf-wide
色花堂r, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Seldovia Village, Anchorage, Valdez, Cordova, Haines,
Klukwan, Juneau
Building STEM Capacity for 色花堂ns