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What We Know About Hubbard Glacier, a Future Closure of Russell
Fjord and Potential Effects on the Situk Watershed
February 18-19, 2004, Proceedings
Yakutat, Alaska
| Wednesday February 18 – High School
Auditorium |
| 7– 9 p.m. |
Overview
and Status of Hubbard Glacier and Related Planning Efforts |
Tricia O’Connor, USFS |
| Thursday February 19 – ANB Hall
– Technical Sessions |
| 9 a.m. |
Introductions |
Tricia O’Connor, USFS |
| 9:15 |
Hubbard Glacier Activity and Issues: 1986 - 2003 |
Tricia O’Connor, USFS |
| 9:30 |
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska: the 2002 closure of Russell Fjord
and the potential for future closures based on glacier dynamics
and fjord bathymetry |
Roman Motyka, UAS |
| 10:00 |
Projected flows- Russell Fjord |
Ed Neal, USGS |
| 10:30 |
Geophysical investigation at the Old Situk River Control Notch
(Hubbard Glacier Terminal) |
Bob Gubernick, USFS |
| 11:15 |
Preliminary Modeling of Russell Fjord Overflow into the Situk
River |
Mark Miles, AK DOT |
| 11:45 |
Potential effects of Flooding from Russell Fjord on Salmonids
and Habitat in the Situk River |
Dan Gillikin, USFS |
| 1 p.m. |
Discussion -
Synthesis of technical info Facilitator and Next step(s) - development
of future actions |
Tricia O’Connor, USFS, facilitator |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
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