The Immediate Action Work Group deals with the early assessment and development of an action plan addressing climate change impacts on coastal and other vulnerable communities in Alaska.

Members include:

• United States Army Corps of Engineers - Patricia Opheen, Co-Chair
• Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development - Mike Black, Co-Chair
• Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry - Chris Maisch
• Department of Transportation and Public Facilities - Michael Coffey
• Denali Commission - George Cannelos
• Alaska Municipal League - Luke Hopkins
• Alaska State Legislative Budget & Audit Committee - Bob Pawlowski
• Alaska Division of Homeland Security / Emergency Management - John Madden
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Amy Holman

Upcoming Events:

• Future meetings will be announced here.

2009 Final Report:

• IAWG 2009 Final Recommendations Report (2.21 MB)

Other Documents:

• Decision Making for at-risk Communities in a Changing Climate, prepared by the ACCAP (367 kb)
• Baseline Erosion Assessment by the US Army Corps of Engineers (2.24 MB)
• Shaktoolik Route (Evacuation Road) Reconnaissance Study (3.97 MB) Note, this document is incomplete. Detailed segment maps were removed to reduce it from it's original 13 MB size.
• Golovin - Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (4.2 MB)

Work Group Meeting Documents and Links:

• October 16, 2009 meeting
  • Agenda (updated 15OCT09)
  • Draft summary of 11SEP09 meeting
  • IAWG Funding Recommendations for FY11
  • Coordinated Infrastructure Development (with edits)
  • Community Lists (Excel document)
  • Kerry-Boxer Coastal Adaptation Fund

• September 11, 2009 meeting
• Agenda
• Draft meeting summary

• February 23, 2009 meeting
• Public Notice
• IAWG Draft Recommendation Report / meeting summary for January 27 (note: 4.09 MB)

• January 27, 2009 meeting
  • Agenda and other information
  • Infrastructure and Erosion Control, Beach Nourishments Efforts, Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOTPF)
    • full page color presentation (2.47 MB)
    • printer friendly, 6 slides per page (614 kb)
  • draft IAWG recommendations for funding infrastructure maintenance
  • Shore Protection, Nourish or Armor? ADOTPF (2.08 MB)

• January 6, 2009 meeting
  • Agenda and other information
  • Identifying New Priority Communities (303 kb)
  • Draft Summary of January 6 meeting

• December 22, 2008 meeting
  • Meeting agenda and other information
  • Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) presentation (394 kb)
  • December 5th meeting notes
  • Initial draft of the IAWG 2009 Recommendations Report (3.2 MB)
  • Draft new priority Communities
  • Draft potential new Community Projects
  • Draft new Criteria used to Identify Communities
  • December 22, 2008 meeting summary

• December 5, 2008 meeting agenda

• November 24, 2008 meeting agenda
  • Draft budget estimates from April 2008 Final Report
  • Communities in Peril and Criteria used
  • Village worksheet

• November 10, 2008 meeting agenda
  • General Accounting Office (GAO) Information sheet
  • Summary of November 10 meeting

• October 28, 2008 meeting agenda
  • Public notice for meeting
  • Summary of October 28 meeting (updated 17NOV08)
  • Overview of ArcticNet, a network of the Canadian Centres of Excellence

• August 27, 2008 draft meeting agenda
  • Six Communities in Peril, Divison of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
  • Status of Project Actions for IAW Alaskan Communities, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Community Projects, Dep't of Transportation and Public Facilities (169 kb)
  • Alaska Climate Change Impact Mitigation Program
  • Update on Denali Commission projects in threatened communities

• April 17, 2008. The IAW released its final Recommendations Report to the Governor's Subcabinet on Climate Change (1.04 MB)
• Slide show presentation - color (2.5 MB)
• Slide show presentation - black/white (4.1 MB)

• March 20, 2008 meeting agenda
• The Draft Recommendations Report to the Governor's Subcabinet on Climate Change (21MAR08), prepared by the Immediate Action Workgroup, has been replaced by the Final Report (above).
• Sustainability Recommendations for Community Relocation, Allison Butler, UAF Resilience and Adaptation Program (141 kb)

• March 4, 2008 meeting agenda and documents (new and updated)
  • Kivalina Immediate Action Matrix (112 kb)
  • Koyukuk Immediate Action Matrix (124 kb)
  • Newtok Immediate Action Matrix (126 kb)
  • Shaktoolik Immediate Action Matrix (123 kb)
  • Shishmaref Immediate Action Matrix (124 kb)
  • Unalakleet Immediate Action Matrix (100 kb)
  • Remote Rural Villages Sustainable Communities, Cascadia Regional Green Building Council (1.02 MB)
  • Draft IAW Policy & Research Recommendations Comment, Steven M. Weaver, P.E., DEE, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (134 kb)
  • Draft IAW Relocation Assistance, Implementation, and Rationale Policies (324 kb)
  • Draft Recommendations Report to the Governor's Subcabinet on Climate Change (325 kb) - Immediate Action Workgroup

• February 19, 2008 meeting agenda and documents (updated from February 12)
  • Koyukuk Immediate Action Matrix
  • Newtok Immediate Action Matrix
  • Shishmaref Immediate Action Matrix
  • Unalakleet Immediate Action Matrix

• February 12, 2008 meeting documents (new and updated):
  • Kivalina Immediate Action Matrix
  • Koyukuk Immediate Action Matrix
  • Newtok Immediate Action Matrix
  • Shaktoolik Immediate Action Matrix
  • Shishmaref Immediate Action Matrix
  • Unalakleet Immediate Action Matrix

• January 31, 2008 meeting agenda and documents:
  • Documents have been updated, see February 12 meeting documents

• January 18, 2008 meeting agenda, meeting summary, and presented documents:
  • Meeting summary
• DHS&EM Mitigation Involvement with Coastal Erosion Communities
• DHS&EM Declared Disasters
• SECC Responses to Climate Related Events
• Alaskan Communities Affected by Erosion (181 kb)
• Community Ranking Criteria (87 kb)
• Alaska Village Erosion Technical Assistance Program, Army Corps of Engineers, April 2006 (3.22 MB)

• January 8, 2008 meeting agenda
  • Meeting Summary

• November 6, 2007 meeting agenda and presented documents:
  • Estimating Future Costs of Alaska Public Infrastructure at Risk to Climate Change (1.5 MB) - Peter Larsen, The Nature Conservancy
  • Kivalina presentation - Colleen Swan, Tribal Administrator, Kivalina Traditional Council
    • full page, color (3.66 MB)
    • 2 slides/pg, black & white ( 4.25 MB)
  • Koyukuk presentation - Erosion and Flood Scoping Plan
    • full page, color (869 kb)
    • 2 slides/pg, black & white (579 kb)
  • Newtok presentation - Stanley Tom, Tribal Administrator, Newtok Traditional Council
    • full page, color (2.43 MB)
    • 2 slides/pg, black & white (1.55 MB)
  • Shishmaref presentation - Erosion and Relocation Coalition Concerns
    • full page, color (754 kb)
    • 2 slides/pg, black & white (850 kb)
  • Unalakleet presentation
    • full page, color (1.78 MB)
    • 2 slides/pg, black & white (2.22 MB)