Time Period: 9:00 am Monday, January 23 to 12 pm Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Session Objectives: Provide a thorough overview of North Slope hydrology, water resources, and water use. Improve the understanding of key index watersheds and data collection efforts, and their application to current and future water and resource management issues.

Successful Outcomes: Improved understanding of the current and near-future state of knowledge, what is needed in the future, continued improvements in collaborative efforts to improve North Slope scientific understanding and management. of water resources; and improving the methods to balance sustainable development with ecosystem preservation.

Each Speaker is requested to provide an Extended Abstract with figures for publication on the Alaska Section website. A short presenter biography for introductions is also requested. Talks will be 30 minutes each including questions

Below speaker information lists presenting speakers in bold, and partial authorship.

Special Session Chair, Michael Lilly, Geo-Watersheds Scientific
(mlilly@gwscientific.com, 907-479-8891)

---------- January 23, Monday Morning Sessions ----------

Session Introduction, 5 minutes

Hydrology - Past and Present Studies and Data? What Do We Know?

7:00 - 8:00 Registration (Coffee and Pastries Provided)

8:00 - 8:15 Introduction and Opening Remarks

8:15 - 8:45 Torre Jorgenson, Alaska Biological Research. Ecosystems of Northern Alaska: a Spatial Framework for Hydrologic Analysis

8:45 - 9:15 Gary Hufford, National Weather Service. Climate Change and Alaska - What Does the Future Hold?

9:15 - 9:45 Daqing Yang, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Precipitation Observations and Challenges on the North Slope

9:45 - 10:15 John Trawicki, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Water Resources and Availability in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

10:15 - 10:45 BREAK

10:45 - 11:15 Michael Lilly, Richard Kemnitz, Geo-Watersheds Scientific, BLM. Historical and Current Hydrologic and Climate Monitoring in NPRA

11:15 - 11:45 Douglas Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Twenty Years of Hydrologic Research in the Kuparuk River Watershed

11:45 - 1:00 LUNCH (Provided)
Monday Keynote Lunch Speaker
Bill Streever, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Water Resource Management Challenges on the North Slope

---------- January 23, Monday Afternoon Sessions ---------

1:00-1:30 Bill Morris, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Office of Habitat Management and Permitting. North Slope Winter Water Use - Potential Impacts to Fish: A Brief Overview

1:30 - 1:50 Bob Busey, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Estimating Permafrost Distributions on the Seward Peninsula Alaska

1:50 - 2:20 Carl Markon, US Geological Survey. Changes in Lake Area Over Time in the NPR-A

2:20 - 2:50 Michael Lilly, Geo-Watersheds Scientific. North Slope Lake Watershed Hydrology and Water Use Applications

2:50 - 3:20 BREAK

3:20 - 3:40 Daniel Reichardt, Dan White, Michael Lilly, and Molly Chambers, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center , Geo-Watersheds Scientific. The Chemistry of Dissolved Oxygen in Arctic Lakes

3:40 - 4:00 Kenji Yoshikawa, Larry Hinzman, and Doug Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Groundwater discharge and base flow variability in the Brooks Range, North Slope, Alaska

North Slope Coastal Erosion, Development, and Restoration Activities

4:00 - 4:30 Susan Flora, BLM. BLM Coastal Erosion Investigations

4:30-5:00 Emily Youcha, John Halverson, and Tamar Stephens, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. Former Federal Agency Dumpsites and Coastal Erosion Problems - Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Contaminated Sites Program Perspective

---------- January 24, Tuesday Morning Sessions ----------

7:00 - 8:00 Registration (Coffee and Pastries Provided)

North Slope Coastal Erosion, Development, and Restoration Activities (continued)

8:00 - 8:30 Scott Guyer, Bruce Keating, and John Payne, BLM. Ice Road Effects on Tundra

8:30 - 9:00 Dan White or Craig Woolard, UAF/UAA. Water chemistry and supplies for rural villages and facilities

9:00 - 9:30 Bill Streever, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Wetland Restoration on Alaska's North Slope: Challenges, Progress, and the Future.

What is Permitted? What is Used? Future Management?

9:30 - 10:00 Cash Fay, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Industry North Slope Water Use Applications

10:00 - 10:30 BREAK

10:30 - 11:00 Patricia Bettis, Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Water Use Characteristics on The North Slope

11:00 - 11:30 Ken Taylor, North Slope Science Initiative. Advancing the Knowledge of Hydrology and Climate Change

What is Needed in the Future?

11:30 - 12:00 Larry Hinzman, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center. Future Trends and Programs in Hydrologic Research on the North Slope and throughout the Arctic

12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH (Provided)
Tuesday Keynote Lunch Speaker
Ben Frantz, Barrow Utilities and Electric Cooperative Inc. Arctic Reservoir Management/Potable Water Production: the Development of Barrows Potable Water Supply

---------- January 24, Tuesday Afternoon Sessions ----------

Summary Panel and Audience Discussion
1:00 - 2:30
North Slope Hydrology and Water Use: Where Do We Go From Here?
Brent Sheets, Moderator, Arctic Energy Office, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Current Panelists (partial list)
Douglas Kane, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center
Caryn Rea, ConocoPhillips Company
Ken Taylor, North Slope Science Initiative
John Trawicki, US Fish and Wildlife Service

2:30 - 3:00 BREAK AND END OF NORTH SLOPE SESSION

3:00 START OF WATER AND RESTORATION SESSION