Alaska Ocean Observing System

We had a GREAT time in Sitka with the 7th graders!

AOOS hosted a last-minute panel at the Arctic Encounter Summit on Wednesday. Thank you to: Steve White at MXAK, Lynn-Marie Church at Nalaquq, Adrienne Canino of Tetra Tech, and Thomas for sharing the value of AOOS.

If you are at Arctic Encounter in Anchorage, come and see us at 11:25 am at the Dena'ina Center Kenakatnu 6 for this Breakout Session:

Title: What the Ocean Is Saying: Collaborative Networks, Community Observers, and the Science of Observing in the Arctic

Moderator: Sheyna Wisdom, Executive Director, AOOS

Panelists:

Sustained Observing: Sheyna Wisdom, AOOS

Innovative Technology: Steve White, Executive Director, Marine Exchange of Alaska

Indigenous Observing: Lynn-Marie Church, CEO, Nalaquq LLC

Collaborative Networks: Thomas Farrugia, HABs Program Manager, AOOS and Karen Pletnikoff, Environmental & Safety Program Administrator, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc.

Data Products: Adrienne Canino, Data Librarian, Tetra Tech Inc.

Sheyna, Thomas, and Board Chair Steve White attended the IOOS Spring meeting in Washington, DC. This included 2 days of meeting with the other Regional Associations as well as a day of meeting with our Congressional delegation.