INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Carol E. Lewis, Dean and Director School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station E. Fred Schlutt, Jr. Director, Cooperative Extension Service Vice Provost for Outreach

The word ‘integrated has many meanings. We are making it a part of our lives and the secret to our success. Integration is the key to the strength of the land grant system NIFA mandates integrated activities for receipt of Hatch and and Smith-Lever funding ‘Mandate’ should never have to be a part of our vocabulary

No other system like the land grant institution exists in the world. It is our pride at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to carry forward this powerful dream of our forefathers. Public higher education is critical to continue our heritage Research must continuously enrich education Extension, outreach, and engagement deliver new knowledge

INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES PeoniesLewis and Schlutt ReindeerLewis and Schlutt ObesitySchlutt Climate ChangeLewis Plan of WorkSchlutt and Lewis

PEONIES IN ALASKA: A discovery 2002 – discovery Funding – “New Crops, New Markets” Variety trials Best Management Practices Alaska Peony Growers Association Economic Opportunities Task Force Specialty Crop Research Initiative Cooperative Extension Service

REINDEER: Alaska’s Livestock of Choice Late 1800s – Reindeer on Seward Peninsula Late 1960s – Research on brucolosis & vaccine Mid 1980as – Alaska Native Land Claims & Partnership with Kawerak Reindeer Herders Association 1999 – 16 animals provided to the Experiment Station 2000 – sell pigs, move cattle, grow reindeer research Funding through “New Crops-New Markets” Research – Alaska diets, herd, pasture, range management Partnership in High Latitude Range Management Reindeer declared livestock Partner with 4H State capital project proposal – food security

Pacific Land Grant Alliance institutions serve a region and communities with Pacific Land Grant Alliance institutions serve a region and communities with diverse, widely dispersed, and mixed commercial/subsistence user groups. The land grant universities play a major role in identifying, fostering, and sustaining resource use and management systems in the region. diverse, widely dispersed, and mixed commercial/subsistence user groups. The land grant universities play a major role in identifying, fostering, and sustaining resource use and management systems in the region. CLIMATE CHANGE IN ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC: Key Role of Land Grants in the Region University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Guam University of Hawaii Northern Marianas College College of Micronesia American Samoa Community College

CLIMATE CHANGE – An Innovative Partnership Shared climate driver Analogous management opportunities Subsistence user communities Opportunities for self-reliance Need to adapt New crop opportunities Key role of the land grant institutions

All PLGA institutions are affected by the Pacific climate system.  Pacific Ocean is the largest single geographic feature on Earth.  Pacific El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the biggest single short-term influence on weather on a global scale.  Nearly all resource systems around the Pacific register an ENSO warming signal and global warming signal agricultural weather agricultural weather forest growth and health forest growth and health fisheries fisheries water supplies water supplies biodiversity biodiversity SHARED CLIMATE DRIVER Ebbesmeyer, C.C.; Cayan, D.R.; McLain, D.R.; Nichols, F.H.; Peterson, D.H.; Redmond, K.T step in the Pacific climate: Forty environmental changes between and In Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop. Eds. Betancourt, J.L. and Tharp, V.L. California Department of Water Resources. Sacramento, California.

PACIFICPARTNERS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTAION

THE WORK OF THE LAND-GRANT’S CAN:  Build capacity for the future  Retain key expertise in climate change  Meet expanded demand from user community  Assist and accelerate mitigation and adaptation  Keep pace with climate change information needs  Build long-term data and information bases  Build community partnerships for success  Enhance research on emerging issues  Incorporate climate change in education programs

PLAN OF WORK – Our ultimate integrated activity 1998 – AREERA 2004 – Begin cooperative process 2005 – First joint meeting to plan the Plan of Work 2007 – First ‘joint’ Plan of Work submitted – Continue to report separately while merging POW 2011 – First joint Plan of Work

No other system like the land grant institution exists in the world. It is our pride at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to carry forward this powerful dream of our forefathers. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS America’s Arctic University