Northern Alaska Environmental Center
2008 Calendar of Events
(updated
May 9, 2008)
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EXHIBIT Through
Sunday, May 11: Arctic
Quest
Museum of the
North, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks.
An International Polar year Exhibit Art features works by 25 Canadian
artists celebrated the 100th anniversary of Roald
Amundsen's navigation through the Northwest Passage
with a journey of their own in the Canadian Arctic, recording their impressions
on canvas, paper and film. In the Special Exhibits Gallery. For more information, call (907)474-7505 or
go to http://www.uaf.edu/museum/
TAKE ACTION Through Monday, May
19: Yukon Flats Land
Trade EIS Public Comment Re-Opens!
Thanks to many
requests from tribes, Tanana Chiefs Council, conservation organizations and the
public, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is taking public comments for another 30-days on the controversial Yukon Flats Land
Trade draft Environmental Impact Statement. The land
trade would remove lands from the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge to
facilitate oil and gas development and there could be a road and pipeline
corridor along Beaver
Creek Wild
River and through the White Mountains. Please
comment by May 19
http://yukonflatseis.ensr.com/Yukon_Flats/Comments.aspx.
See fact sheets at www.northern.org
Don’t Be Fuelish Competition: May
1 – September 30,
2008
This is a locally created program for Fairbanks, and it's
a fun effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It’s a friendly
competition, open to all local organizations, to encourage employees to reduce
their fossil fuel usage. People can
bike, walk, bus, or carpool to and from work to save miles traveled in a
single occupant vehicle. These miles are tallied each month, with a
winner of the most miles saved announced at the end of the competition. There will be individual recognition as well
- most miles biked, most miles walked, etc...
Please sign your organization up today, and spread the word to others.
Contact Lori
Hanemann at lori@northen.org to sign up! Save money
** Be healthier ** Have cleaner
air!!
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Friday, May 9 – June 10: Elections for Golden Valley Electric Association
Watch
your mail for ballots and be sure to vote. GVEA Board members make
critical decisions about Alaska’s
energy future. GVEA Ballots will be mailed to all District 2 members—vote
for Tom DeLong!
Friday, May 9: Recycling Task Force Meeting
4:30 – 6:30pm @ Noel Wien Library
Auditorium. Assemblyman Mike Musick leads this group of interested citizens in finding solutions
to the challenges of recycling in Fairbanks.
This week we’ll hear about plastics from FAYEA and a recycling survey. Also, Wal Mart’s
manager will fill us in on their recycling efforts and how the community fits
into their efforts. http://recyclefairbanks.wordpress.com
Friday, May 9: Polar-Palooza National
Tour—Stories from a Changing Planet
7 – 9pm
@ West Valley Performing Arts Center. Hear
personal stories of life, research and adventure in the world's polar regions from scientists on
the Polar-Palooza national tour. This engaging
multimedia show features high definition documentary video, hands-on artifacts
and dialog with members of the Polar-Palooza team. Free admission. International
Polar Year event produced by Passport to Knowledge and supported by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA's Science Mission
Directorate.
Saturday, May 10: Fairbanks Road Clean-Up
11am @ the Northern Center.
Meet at 830 College Road
to get organized for our 1 mile clean up on College Rd. between Aurora and Caribou. Then we’ll head back to NAEC for pizza to
celebrate!
Sunday, May 11:
Mother’s Day
A message from Mothers for Alaska to Moms and
Grandmas Concerned about Climate Change:
Hello,
Mothers of the Next Generation of Alaskans! Please take a moment on this
special day to call Governor Palin and ask her to
approve the $50 million for renewable energy projects in Alaska. These funds are in the capital
budget which she will be deciding on by May 23, 2008. (907)
465-3500 in Juneau. Happy Mother’s
Day!!
Monday, May 12: Community Meeting for the Climate Change Task
Force
6 –
7:30pm @ Noel Wien Library Auditorium. A
presentation by the Fairbanks Task Force on the vulnerabilities and
opportunities from climate change – what they’ve gathered and what their goals
are. The climate is changing.
Tuesday, May 20: BLM
Eastern Interior (White Mountains and other
areas) Scoping Meeting -- Chalkyitsik
Open
House meeting 4 - 7 pm @ the Community Hall.
Meetings may include an Open House prior to the meeting. This is part of
a planning process to help familiarize the public with the project and to
gather issues, concerns and ideas that the plan should address. The scoping
period for the Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan started March 1 and
will end August 1, 2008. This is your chance to voice your concerns and help
shape and direct the BLM’s planning process affecting
White Mountains National Recreation Area, Steese
National Conservation Area and other lands encompassing over 8 million acres
that will be a single Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement for the first time. Come to the meeting if you care about
Beaver Creek, Birch Creek, and Forty-Mile Wild & Scenic Rivers; upper Black
River region; and Pinnell Mountain Trail. For
more information, contact Jeanie Cole, Planning Team Leader, Eastern
Interior Field Office at (907) 474-2340.
Comments due to eirmp_comments@blm.gov. For More information: http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning/east_int_rmp.html
Thursday, May 22: BLM
Eastern Interior (White Mountains and other
areas) Scoping Meeting -- Central
Open
House meeting 5 - 7 pm @ the Steese Road
House. Meetings may include an Open House prior to
the meeting. This is part of a planning process to help familiarize the public
with the project and to gather issues, concerns and ideas that the plan should
address. The scoping period for the Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan started
March 1 and will end August 1, 2008. This is your chance to voice your concerns
and help shape and direct the BLM’s planning process
affecting White Mountains National Recreation Area, Steese
National Conservation Area and other lands encompassing over 8 million acres
that will be a single Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement for the first time. Come to the meeting if you care about
Beaver Creek, Birch Creek, and Forty-Mile Wild & Scenic Rivers; upper Black
River region; and Pinnell Mountain Trail. For
more information, contact Jeanie Cole, Planning Team Leader, Eastern
Interior Field Office at (907) 474-2340.
Comments due to eirmp_comments@blm.gov. For More information: http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning/east_int_rmp.html
Wednesday, May
28: Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—David Mollett
7pm @ Schaible Auditorium. David Mollett,
artist, describes the adventures and experiences of both large and small groups
of artists painting in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and nearby areas. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions, and NAEC’s Northern
Voices Speaker Series, in cooperation with the UAF
Center for Research Services, the International Arctic Research
Center, and the UA
Geography Program. Admission is free.
Friday, May 30: NAEC Annual Members Meeting
& Picnic
5pm onward @ the Northern Center. Come meet the board & staff and join us
as we celebrate 37 years of conservation!
Annual meeting will start at 5pm. Food, beverages, games and live music provided
by NAEC.
Wednesday, June 4:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Bill Brody
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Bill Brody, artist,
addresses all the phases of working in the wilderness as a landscape painter;
how to get there, how to do the work while there, how to live there while
working. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions,
and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in
cooperation with the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic
Research Center,
and the UA Geography Program. Admission
is free.
Thursday, June 5: NAEC
Auction Team Kick-Off & Planning Meeting
5pm @ the Northern Center.
GET INVOLVED! Join the NAEC Auction
Team! Food, drink
& great folks to work with to plan our November 8 Auction!! RSVP
to Auction Chair Ritchie Musick at (907) 479-5336 or email her
at ritchiemusick@gci.net.
Tuesday, June 10: Elections for Golden Valley Electric Association
Ballots
must be returned to GVEA by 5pm!
Tuesday, June 10: NAEC
Board of Directors Meeting
6
pm @ the
Northern Center. Meetings are open to NAEC members. Comments are welcome
during the scheduled comment period at the beginning of the meeting.
Wednesday, June 11:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Kes Woodward
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Kesler
Woodward, artist, will discuss his personal connection to the northern
landscape through images of his paintings of the circumpolar North from Hudson
Bay to the Bering Strait and Siberian Coast.
Series presented by the UAF Summer
Sessions, and NAEC’s
Northern Voices Speaker Series, in cooperation with the UAF
Center for Research Services, the International Arctic Research
Center, and the UA
Geography Program. Admission is free.
Thursday, June 12: Elections for Golden Valley Electric Association
GVEA
Election results available
Wednesday, June 18:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Derick Burleson
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. The Poet’s North - Poet Derick Burleson will read poems from his
new collection “Never Night,”
and discuss poetic inspiration in the Alaskan Interior. Series
presented by the UAF Summer Sessions and NAEC’s
Northern Voices Speaker Series, in cooperation with the UAF Center for Research
Services, the International Arctic Research Center, and the UA Geography
Program. Admission is free.
Tuesday, June 24: BLM
Eastern Interior (White Mountains and other
areas) Scoping Meeting -- Chicken
Open
House meeting 3 - 5pm @ the Miner’s Hall.
Meetings may include an Open House prior to the meeting. This is part of
a planning process to help familiarize the public with the project and to
gather issues, concerns and ideas that the plan should address. The scoping
period for the Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan started March 1 and
will end August 1, 2008. This is your chance to voice your concerns and help
shape and direct the BLM’s planning process affecting
White Mountains National Recreation Area, Steese
National Conservation Area and other lands encompassing over 8 million acres
that will be a single Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement for the first time. Come to the meeting if you care about
Beaver Creek, Birch Creek, and Forty-Mile Wild & Scenic Rivers; upper Black
River region; and Pinnell Mountain Trail. For
more information, contact Jeanie Cole, Planning Team Leader, Eastern
Interior Field Office at (907) 474-2340.
Comments due to eirmp_comments@blm.gov. For More information: http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning/east_int_rmp.html
Wednesday, June 25:
Discovering Alaska: A Summer Lecture Series—Susan Sharbaugh
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Alaska’s Amazing Avifauna (Birds) - Senior scientist with the Alaska Bird
Observatory, Susan Sharbaugh will share the natural history of
the Interior’s avian summer visitors and sourdough residents. She will
enlighten you on the how and why of migrating birds and how the resident birds
survive 40 below and the extended dark of winter. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions
and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in
cooperation with the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic
Research Center, and the UA Geography Program.
Admission is free.
Wednesday, July 2:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Peggy Shumaker
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Geographies of the Land and of the
Heart - Writer
Peggy Shumaker will
read work rooted in the vastness of Alaska,
and will explore how our inner and outer landscapes merge. Images painted by Kesler Woodward will complement her readings. Series presented
by the UAF Summer Sessions and NAEC’s Northern Voices
Speaker Series, in cooperation with the UAF Center for Research Services, the
International Arctic Research Center, and the UA Geography Program. Admission is free.
Wednesday, July 9:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Dan O’Neill
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. The Firecracker Boys: The Story of
Project Chariot - With accompanying slides, author Dan O’Neill will tell the story of how a small Eskimo
village along with a handful of Alaskan scientists and conservationists
thwarted Edward Teller’s dream of using a massive nuclear explosion to create
an instant harbor on the coast of Alaska. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in cooperation with
the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic Research Center,
and the UA Geography Program. Admission
is free.
Wednesday, July 16:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Monique Musick
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Painting with Light - Photographer and lifelong Alaskan Monique Musick
will share photographic tips through a slide show lecture. Learn how to best
capture the unparalleled beauty of Alaska
on film or in digital format. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in cooperation with
the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic Research Center,
and the UA Geography Program. Admission
is free.
Wednesday, July 23:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—John Whitehead
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Remembering The Statehooders—The Legacy of Alaska’s “Greatest Generation” Former UAF historian and author of
“Completing The Union,” John Whitehead will share his
interviews with many of the delegates to the Alaska Constitutional Convention
of 1955-56, and highlight their accomplishments, particularly the Alaska
Constitution, the Tennessee Plan, and their adroitness in maneuvering the U.S.
Congress to approve the Alaska Statehood Bill in the summer of 1958. Series presented
by the UAF Summer Sessions and NAEC’s Northern Voices
Speaker Series, in cooperation with the UAF Center for Research Services, the
International Arctic Research Center, and the UA Geography Program. Admission is free.
Wednesday, July 30:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Gary Laursen
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Mushrooms of Alaska - With unbridled enthusiasm
mycologist Gary Laursen
will share with you his expertise on the critical role that fungi play in the
northern environment. Gary
will be showing slides of Alaskan mushroom species. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions
and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in
cooperation with the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic
Research Center, and the UA Geography Program.
Admission is free.
Wednesday, August 6:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Jamie Smith
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. 25 years of Cartooning in Alaska - Alaskan artist and UAF adjunct
faculty member, Jamie Smith
who is said to be “afflicted with an unremitting sense of absurdity” will offer
a window into the world of the Alaskan cartoonist. Jamie has published four
collections of his Freeze-Frame and Nuggets cartoons. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions
and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in
cooperation with the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic
Research Center, and the UA Geography Program.
Admission is free.
Tuesday, August 12:
NAEC Board of Directors Meeting
6
pm @ the
Northern Center. Meetings are open to NAEC members. Comments are welcome during
the scheduled comment period at the beginning of the meeting.
Wednesday, August 13:
Discovering Alaska:
A Summer Lecture Series—Carolyn Parker
7pm @ Schaible
Auditorium. Alaska’s Native Flora - Through images and stories
long-time Alaskan field botanist Carolyn
Parker shares her exploration of Alaska’s native flora—its
origin, beauty, diversity, and mysteries. Series presented by the UAF Summer Sessions and NAEC’s Northern Voices Speaker Series, in cooperation with
the UAF Center for Research Services, the International Arctic Research Center,
and the UA Geography Program. Admission
is free.
Tuesday, October 14:
NAEC Board of Directors Meeting
6
pm @ the
Northern Center. Meetings are open to NAEC members. Comments are welcome
during the scheduled comment period at the beginning of the meeting.
Saturday, November 8: NAEC Annual Auction
@ Wedgewood Resort. Details forthcoming.
Tuesday, December 9:
NAEC Board of Directors Meeting
6
pm @ the
Northern Center. Meetings are open to NAEC members. Comments are welcome
during the scheduled comment period at the beginning of the meeting.