Statewide Threat Assessment 2017 BIA Tribal Providers Conference November 30, 2017

Village Infrastructure Protection (VIP) Program Coordination and Facilitation vs. Implementation Threats: Coastal Erosion, Flooding and Permafrost Degradation Impacts to Infrastructure GAO Report 551—2009 Photos Courtesy of Lemay Engineering

Need for Assessment GAO Recommendation: “directing the Corps to conduct a flooding assessment in Alaska to augment the Corps’ recently completed erosion assessment” State of Alaska Immediate Action Working Group (IAWG): “Develop a methodology for prioritization of needs based on the risk to lives, health, infrastructure….” $5.5 Billion of Public Infrastructure at Risk

Statewide Threat Assessment Project Rural Communities with Population > 20 Evaluate Erosion, Flood, and Permafrost Data Assign Risk Index for Each Threat Establish Aggregate Risk Index Photos Courtesy of Romy Cadiente

Project Partners Corps of Engineers Update 2009 Erosion Assessment Flood Data Analysis Flood and Erosion Vulnerability Scoring Criteria Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Evaluate Permafrost Degradation University of Alaska – Fairbanks (UAF) Permafrost Vulnerability Scoring Criteria Combined Scoring

Schedule Individual Threat Scoring Criteria: February 2018 Aggregate Scoring: March 2018 Public Meetings: March 2018 GIS Database and Final Report: June 2018

Objectives and Uses Consolidated Data Better Understanding of Vulnerabilities and Threats State and Federal Prioritization of Resources Scoring Criteria Quantify and Communicate Needs

GIS Database Statewide Searchable Database Permafrost Data River Break-up Summaries Coastal Floods USACE Floodplain Data FEMA Disasters Erosion Data Inventory of Threatened Infrastructure (Limited) Individual and Combined Threat Indices Designed for New Data in the Future

Program Intersections NOAA / Alaska Institute for Justice (AIJ): Community Based Monitoring and Assessment NSF / UAA: Coastal Process Modeling Western Alaska LCC / Alaska DNR, DGGS: Flood Mapping FEMA / Alaska Risk MAP Photos Courtesy of Lemay Engineering

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