Call for Registration
ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Craig Fleener, State of Alaska Arctic Policy Advisor
To register for this event, go to:
https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series
The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the Arctic
Research Seminar Series event featuring Craig Fleener, State of Alaska
Arctic Policy Advisor. The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office
at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Wednesday, 11 January
2017 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. It is available online as a live-stream
event to those unable to attend in person.
Registration is required for this event.
The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading
Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and
what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest
to Federal agency officials, Congressional staff, NGOs, associations,
and the public.
This seminar will be presented by Craig Fleener, State of Alaska's
Arctic Policy Advisor.
Craig is Gwich'in and originally from Fort Yukon, Alaska and currently
resides in Anchorage.
From 2010-2013 he served as the Deputy Commissioner of Game,
Subsistence, and Habitat for the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in
Anchorage, Alaska providing policy oversight on wildlife and subsistence
management representing the department at the Board of Game, Arctic
Policy forums, legislative briefings, and outreach. Additionally, he
served from 2008-2010 as the Director of the Division of Subsistence.
Craig served as the Executive Director of the Council of Athabascan
Tribal Governments until 2007 where he managed health care, education,
and natural resources. He was the first Director of Natural Resources in
Fort Yukon and served as the regional biologist for several years.
He has spent more than 28 years in the military with four years in the
U.S. Marine Corps and 24 years in the Alaska National Guard where he
continues to serve as a Major and the Senior Intelligence Officer with
the 176th Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Craig brings decades of experience conducting research in the Arctic.
He's provided support to search and rescue missions throughout Alaska,
served as a permanent participant to the Arctic Council including
in-depth work on several of the working groups of the Arctic Council. He
has worked on human dimensions issues related to subsistence, climate
change, and adaptation in the Arctic and served on numerous boards and
commissions such as the Gwich'in Council International, International
Porcupine Caribou Board, and the Yukon River Panel.
He has a Master of Arts, graduating with honors, in Intelligence Studies
from American Public University where in 2013 he wrote a thesis on U.S.
Arctic Policy; A Race for the Arctic. He graduated from the University
of Alaska Fairbanks in 1999 with a BSc. in Natural Resources Management
and completed substantial work towards an MSc. in Wildlife Biology
through the Resources and the Environment Program at the University of
Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C.
office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies
and beverages will be provided. A live webinar is also available to
those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the webinar
will be sent to 'Webinar Only' registrants prior to the event.
For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in
live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.
For more information and to register for the event, go to:
https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series.
For questions, contact:
Brit Myers
Email: brit [at] arcus.org
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