THANK YOU
New Members
Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
Juneau Charter Boat Operators Association
Dennis Watson
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FY2010 FREE
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We Need Your Help
Young Growth Timber Inventory
As we enter the end of another year and the beginning of a
New Year, Southeast Alaska and the Timber industry are faced with recurring
obstacles and new challenges for survival.
One of the tools needed for future timber economic sustainability is a
Young Growth Inventory.
Many of you have
expressed the importance of this timber cruise and the importance of providing
a timely snapshot of the current value of the young growth forest in the
region. For local businesses and local
governments to plan for the future and transition from old growth forest to
second growth forest, they need to understand the timber resource for Southeast
Alaska.
Doing this takes money and we are asking you, our members, to
help raise that money in the form of contributions.
Contact our office at shellyw@seconference.org.
All final reports will be posted on our
web site at completion.
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Alaska Airlines Constituent Fare Specials
The JCVB partners with Alaska Airlines and the Alaska Committee to promote travel to Juneau during the legislative session. The Travel Deals section of JCVB's TravelJuneau.com has a category to promote constituent fare specials and/or discounts.
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Shortest Day of the Year:
Vitamin D
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December 21, 2009
Claudia Hogue, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
How To Get It WhenThe Sun Goes Down
December
21st was the shortest day of the year. During the dark winter months,
sunlight can be an insufficient source of vitamin D which is vital for
the absorption of calcium and phosphorous. Low vitamin D levels have
recently been linked to a greater chance of developing diseases
including diabetes and heart disease, several cancers and the common
cold.
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Save The Date
Mid-Session Summit
March 1-3, 2010 Juneau, Alaska FY11 Annual MeetingSeptember 14-16, 2010
Petersburg, Alaska
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Welcome new Board Member
Janine Gibbons
South/Southeast Public Seat, Term expiring 2012
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COMMITTEES
Committee Chairs
Energy-JC Conley
Environment-Jon Bolling
Economic Development-Patricia Phillips, Co-Chair Linda J. Snow
Fisheries-Art King
Health, Edu. & Soc. Svcs- Gordy Wrobel
Tourism-Janice Hill
Transportation-Mike Korsmo
Timber-JC Conley
Sub-Committee Chairs
Solid Waste-Jon Bolling
Prince Rupert Container Port-Mike Round
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FY2010
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AIDEA / AEA
AK DCCED / DCRA
AK DOTPF, AMHS
AK Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
AK State Governor
AK State Legislature, Southeast Delegation
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Committee
Alaska Communications Systems
Alaska Cruise Association
AEL&P
Alaska Forest Association
AK Island Community Services
Alaska Litho
Alaska Marine Lines
Alaska Municipal League
Alaska Permanent Capital Management
Alaska Power & Telephone Company
Alaska Resource Development Council
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Alaska Services Group
Alaska Ship & Drydock
Alaska Small Business Development Center
Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
Alaskan Brewing Co.
Allen Marine
Allen, Bill
Ballard & Associates
Bartlett Regional Hospital
BBC Human Resources Development Corp
Briggs, Tom
Cape Fox Corporation
Carson Dorn Inc.
Cascade Creek LLC
Catholic Community Services
CCTHITA
Chatham Electric
Chelan Produce Company
Chilkat Indian Village
Chilkoot Indian Association
City & Borough of Juneau
City & Borough of Sitka
City & Borough of Wrangell
City & Borough of Yakutat
City of Angoon
City of Coffman Cove
City of Cordova
City of Craig
City of Gustavus
City of Hoonah
City of Kake
City of Kasaan
City of Pelican
City of Petersburg
City of Prince Rupert
City of Saxman
City of Tenakee Springs
City of Thorne Bay
City of Whitehorse
Coastal Helicopters
Coeur Alaska
Commonwealth Associates
Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corp.
Copy Express
Craig Community Association
Cruise West, SE AK Operations
D. Hittle & Associates, Inc.
Denali Commission
Dennis Watson
District of Port Edward
Edna Bay Community
Electric Power Systems
Elgee Rehfeld Mertz LLC
Elliott Bay Design Group
First Bank
First National Bank of Alaska
Goldbelt, Inc.
Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce
Greens Creek Mining Company, Hecla
Gruening & Spitzfadden
Gustavus Electric Co.
Haida Corporation
Haines Borough
Haines Chamber of Commerce
Hames Corporation
Holland America Line
Huna Totem Corp.
Hydaburg Cooperative Association
Hyder Community Association
Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
Inter-Island Ferry Authority
IUOE Local 302
J.M.Walsh
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Juneau Charter Boat Operators Assoc.
Juneau Convention & Visitors Bureau
Juneau Economic Development Council
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan General Hospital
Ketchikan Indian Community
Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Kootznoowoo
LB2
Madison Lumber & Hardware
McDowell Group
Metlakatla Indian Community
Municipality of Skagway
Nan Nalder
Nature Conservancy
Northland Services, Inc.
OceansAlaska
Organized Village of Kake
Organized Village of Kasaan
Pacific Seafood Processors Association
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg Economic Development Council
PND Engineers, Inc.
Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.
Pond, Herb
Port of Bellingham
Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce
Princess Tours
Privett, Bill
Red Onion Saloon, Inc.
Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
Rushmore, Carol
Samuelson, Steven
Seafood Producers Cooperative
Sealaska Corp.
Service Auto Parts
Sgt. Preston's Lodge
Shattuck & Grummett
Shee Atika, Inc.
Sheinberg Associates
Sitka Convention & Visitors Bureau
Sitka Economic Development Association
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Skagway Development Corporation
Southeast Alaska Power Agency
Southeast AK Regional Dive Fisheries Assoc.
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
Southeast Conference
Southeast Stevedoring
Southeast Strategies
Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
Taku River Reds
Thomas Bay Power Authority
Thompson Management Services, Inc.
University of Alaska
US Congress
USDA Rural Development
Viking Lumber
Ward Jr., Robert
Waypoint Inn
Wells Fargo Bank
White Pass &Yukon Route
Williams, Bill
Wostmann & Associates, Inc.
Honorary Lifetime Members
Tom Briggs
Bill Allen
Carol Rushmore
Herb Pond
Robert W. Ward Jr.
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2010 Census
The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like:- Bridges, tunnels and other public works projects
The data collected by the census also help determine the number of seats your state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Get more information online CLICK HERE.
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USDA to
Host Forums on Jobs, Economic Growth
Palmer, Alaska, January 8, 2010
USDA Rural Development State Director Jim Nordlund and Farm Services Agency Executive Director Danny Consenstein announced today that the USDA will hold four forums on job creation and economic growth. The forums follow the Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth that President Obama hosted at the White House on December 3rd.
"These forums will provide an opportunity for residents, business owners and community leaders across the state to share ideas on creating jobs and economic opportunities," Nordlund said. "Government can help lay the groundwork for economic growth, but the best ideas for continued growth and job creation often come from local and community leaders. I look forward to hearing these ideas and sharing them with the Administration," Consenstein said.
The schedule for Alaska meetings is:
- Fairbanks-January 14th 2010, at the Alpine Lodge at 1:30p.m.;
- Kotzebue-January 19th at the Alaska Technical Center, at 9:00a.m.;
- Juneau-January 26th at Centennial Hall at 1:30p.m.;
- Anchorage-February 1st at the Millennium Hotel at 1:30p.m.
The forums will include business owners, residents, state and local officials, union members, non-profit organizations, community leaders, economists, and other interested parties. Participants will discuss steps that can be taken to grow the economy and put Americans back to work.
The primary focus will be on the ideas to accelerate job growth in rural America. Some of the topics to be discussed are:
- Creating jobs by building Alaska's rural infrastructure; such as expanded broadband access to rural communities;
- Expanding Alaska's agricultural production and building stronger local food systems;
- Creating jobs by lowering energy costs and developing new renewable energy projects;
- Exploring economic opportunities as a result of climate change;
- Supporting job growth among small businesses; Preparing workers for 21st century jobs;
- Exploring ways to rejuvenate and promote local businesses.
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Alaska Forward Initiative
Sustainability Evaluation
Alaska Forward Initiative is a two-phase initiative of the Alaska Partnership for Economic Development to evaluate the sustainability of Alaska's natural resource based economy.
Phase One is a situational analysis of Alaska's economy: where does Alaska stand in our regional, national and global economies? This analysis is to be completed by January 31, 2010.
Phase Two will use the situational analysis to craft an economic development plan and implementation strategy.
Please take the online survey to voice opportunities and challenges.
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EPA Adopts Strong Standards
For Immediate Release
December 22, 2009
Large Ships to Curb Air Pollution
Washington-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule setting tough engine and fuel standards for large U.S.-flagged ships, a major milestone in the agency's coordinated strategy to slash harmful marine diesel emissions. The regulation harmonized with international standards and will lead to significant air quality improvements throughout the country.
"There are enormous health and environmental consequences that come from marine diesel emissions, affecting both port cities and communities hundreds of miles inland. Stronger standards will help make large ships cleaner and more efficient, and protect millions of Americans from harmful diesel emissions," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "Port communities have identified diesel emissions as one of the greatest health threats facing their people-especially their children. These new rules mark a step forward in cutting dangerous pollution in the air we breathe and reducing the harm to our health, our environment, and our economy."
Air pollution from large ships, such as oil tankers and cargo ships is expected to grow rapidly as port traffic increases. By 2030, the domestic and international strategy is expected to reduce annual emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from large marine diesel engines by about 1.2 million tons and particulate matter (PM) emissions by about 143,000 tons. When fully implemented, this coordinated effort will reduce NOx emissions from ships by 80%, and PM emissions by 85%, compared to current emissions.
The emissions reductions from the strategy will yield significant health and welfare benefits that span beyond U.S. ports and along our coasts, reaching inland areas. EPA estimates that in 2030, this effort will prevent between 12,000 and 31,000 premature deaths and 1.4 million work days lost. The estimated annual health benefits in 2030 as a result of reduced air pollution are valued between $110 and $270 billion, which is up to nearly 90 times the projected cost of $3.1 billion to achieve those results.
This rule, under the Clean Air Act, complement sa key piece of EPA's strategy to designate an emissions control area (ECA) for thousands of miles of U.S. and Canadian coasts. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations agency, is set to vote in March 2010 on the adoption of the joint U.S.-Canada ECA, which would result in stringent standards for large foreign-flagged and domestic ships operating within the designated area.
The rule adds two new tiers of NOx standards and strengthens EPA's diesel fuel program for affected ships. Further, EPA worked with stakeholders and Members of Congress to ensure that the emission reductions are achievable without compromising safety or the maritime economy.
This action represents another milestone in EPA's decade-long effort to reduce pollution from both new and existing diesel engines under the National Clean Diesel Campaign.
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Military Deployment:
How it can affect children
Military Deployment: How School Psychologists Can Help
By Mark C. Pisano
October 2008, NASP
Nearly 70,000 children have at least one parent in the U.S. National Guard or Reserve (Our Military Kids, 2007). These children are in civilian schools, very possibly in buildings where you work! Some could be experiencing their parent's first deployment and feeling very alone and scared.
Military deployments have become more frequent for service members in the Guard and Reserves and are having a significant impact on the functioning of the service member's family and on their reintegration into civilian life. There are approximately 456,000 National Guard soldiers and 400,000 Reserve soldiers. There are 205 National Guard posts across America with North Dakota being the only state without one. Every other state in the U.S. has at least one post but some have as many as 12. On military installations across the world, Department of Defense school psychologists deal constantly with deployment issues and the impact they have on children in the schools. Children who do not have easy access to a large installation, however, are especially vulnerable to emotional wounds because of the lack of access to base support networks. This is increasingly common in the war on terrorism with the important role played by the National Guard and Reserve whose families frequently do not live near military bases.
To read the full article CLICK HERE.
This resources is from a group that families, schools, and agencies may find useful.
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Committees
Health, Education, and Social Services:
Final approval of committee work plan and committee legislative priorities were set.
Fisheries:
 Upcoming MeetingsEnergy: January 21st at 2pm
Transportation: January 28th at 10am |
What's everyone else doing?- January 20, 2010: Legislative Welcome Reception-Centennial Hall, Juneau 5pm - 6:30pm
- January 30, 2010: Alaska Women's Expo-Centennial Hall, Juneau 10am - 5pm
- January 31-February 2: IEDC Leadership Summit IEDC Online
- February 22-24: Alaska State Chamber Legislative Fly In State Chamber
- March 1-3: Southeast Conference Mid Session Summit
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