Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska
Arctic amplification of climate change has resulted in increased coastal hazards impacts to remote rural coastal communities in Alaska where conducting research can be difficult, requiring alternate methods for measuring change. The pilot program, Stakes for Stakeholders, was initially planned to be...
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| author | Jessica E. Christian Richard M. Buzard Katie L. Spellman Harper L. Baldwin Reyce C. Bogardus Jeanette Carlson Gabe Dunham Susan Flensburg Roberta J. T. Glenn Jacquelyn R. Overbeck Chris V. Maio |
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| description | Arctic amplification of climate change has resulted in increased coastal hazards impacts to remote rural coastal communities in Alaska where conducting research can be difficult, requiring alternate methods for measuring change. The pilot program, Stakes for Stakeholders, was initially planned to be funded from 2016–2018. Upon project completion the work has shifted to individual community’s partnering with several agencies to continue the work. This research showcases a successful long-term community-based erosion monitoring program in two rural communities in Southwest Alaska. The resulting outputs from the workflow we developed were (1) locally prioritized data products, such as a hazard assessment report for Chignik Bay and (2) evaluation rubrics used to assess the suitability of future sites and the efficacy of the program. Our model of two-way communication, responsiveness to individual community needs, and attention to efficiency and effectiveness of the program workflow, can serve as a model for universities, for-profit, non-profit, Tribal, city, state, and federal research agencies and communities partnering to respond to global climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-011a00c879354c5ba7b55b5c2346ed9b2025-01-21T12:20:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532025-01-01610.3389/fclim.2024.14103291410329Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest AlaskaJessica E. Christian0Richard M. Buzard1Katie L. Spellman2Harper L. Baldwin3Reyce C. Bogardus4Jeanette Carlson5Gabe Dunham6Susan Flensburg7Roberta J. T. Glenn8Jacquelyn R. Overbeck9Chris V. Maio10Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab, Geophysical Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesMendenhall Post-Doc, United States Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA, United StatesInternational Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesArctic Coastal Geoscience Lab, Geophysical Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesArctic Coastal Geoscience Lab, Geophysical Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesChignik Bay Tribal Council, Chignik Bay, AK, United StatesMarine Advisory Program, Alaska Sea Grant, Anchorage, AK, United StatesArctic Coastal Geoscience Lab, Geophysical Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesInternational Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesOffice for Coastal Management, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Anchorage, AK, United StatesArctic Coastal Geoscience Lab, Geophysical Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesArctic amplification of climate change has resulted in increased coastal hazards impacts to remote rural coastal communities in Alaska where conducting research can be difficult, requiring alternate methods for measuring change. The pilot program, Stakes for Stakeholders, was initially planned to be funded from 2016–2018. Upon project completion the work has shifted to individual community’s partnering with several agencies to continue the work. This research showcases a successful long-term community-based erosion monitoring program in two rural communities in Southwest Alaska. The resulting outputs from the workflow we developed were (1) locally prioritized data products, such as a hazard assessment report for Chignik Bay and (2) evaluation rubrics used to assess the suitability of future sites and the efficacy of the program. Our model of two-way communication, responsiveness to individual community needs, and attention to efficiency and effectiveness of the program workflow, can serve as a model for universities, for-profit, non-profit, Tribal, city, state, and federal research agencies and communities partnering to respond to global climate change.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1410329/fullcommunity-based monitoringSouthwest Alaskageomorphologycoastal hazardscoastal erosion |
| spellingShingle | Jessica E. Christian Richard M. Buzard Katie L. Spellman Harper L. Baldwin Reyce C. Bogardus Jeanette Carlson Gabe Dunham Susan Flensburg Roberta J. T. Glenn Jacquelyn R. Overbeck Chris V. Maio Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska Frontiers in Climate community-based monitoring Southwest Alaska geomorphology coastal hazards coastal erosion |
| title | Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska |
| title_full | Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska |
| title_fullStr | Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska |
| title_short | Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska |
| title_sort | community based monitoring shoreline change in southwest alaska |
| topic | community-based monitoring Southwest Alaska geomorphology coastal hazards coastal erosion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1410329/full |
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