Community-driven research on marine harvested and farmed species
Interface of Change is the sixth phase of èßäÊÓƵ NSF EPSCoR. A $20-million award from the National Science Foundation funds this statewide, five-year project to build capacity for co-developed, use-inspired research across the Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ.
Resilience in the Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ
Interface of Change centers partnerships between researchers, Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ community members, Tribes, educators, and entrepreneurs. Through these connections, project participants work collaboratively to investigate the resilience of marine species that are critical to the subsistence way of life as well as developments in the mariculture economy in the Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ.
Partnering with Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ coastal communities
Interface of Change brings together researchers from the University of èßäÊÓƵ Anchorage, University of èßäÊÓƵ Fairbanks, and the Univerisity of èßäÊÓƵ Southeast in partnership with Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ community members from Seldovia, Halibut Cove, èßäÊÓƵr, Cordova, Valdez, Juneau, Haines and Klukwan.
Annual Community Participation Workshops
The Interface of Change project is founded upon the goal of producing science that
is relevant and useful to èßäÊÓƵns living in coastal communities around the Gulf of
èßäÊÓƵ. Our Annual Community Participation Workshops are meant to invite community
members to connect with our research team and offer perspective and feedback on the
project.
The goals of these annual workshops are to:
- Build collaborations
- Identify environmental stressors & potential adaptation solutions
- Identify locally-relevant research questions
Research Areas
Southeast èßäÊÓƵ
Haines and Klukwan
Prince William Sound
Cordova and Valdez
Northern Gulf of èßäÊÓƵ
Seldovia, Halibut Cove, and èßäÊÓƵr
Gulf-wide
Candidate study watersheds include the Chilkat River, Copper River, Taku River, Auke Creek, and Berners River
Gulf-wide
èßäÊÓƵr, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Seldovia Village, Anchorage, Valdez, Cordova, Haines,
Klukwan, Juneau
Building STEM Capacity for èßäÊÓƵns