A R C T I C I N T E G R A T E D E C O S Y S T E M R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M
Background Information About the Arctic IERP
Before any Arctic IERP research proposals were written, the North Pacific Research Board admin- istered an assessment, the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis that applied $1.5M provided by Shell and ConocoPhillips to compile and synthe- size existing information about the ecosystem and inform research priorities. This assessment included community meetings in 2013 in Savoonga, Gambell, Kotzebue, Nome and Barrow (now Utqiaġvik), in which representatives from 17 communities between St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea and Barter Island in the Beaufort Sea participated. Results from the scientific assessment and input provided via the community meetings informed the creation of the Arctic IERP.
The Arctic IERP began in 2016 with funding from the North Pacific Research Board, the Collaborative Alaskan Arctic Studies Program (formerly the North Slope Borough/Shell Baseline Studies Program), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), and the Office of Naval Research Marine Mammals and Biology Program. Generous in-kind support was contributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the National Science Foundation.
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