Stakes for Stakeholders: Community Based Erosion Monitoring

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They also leveraged funds to bring additional experts to rural communities.  Site selection and monitoring protocols for three community-based shoreline monitoring systems—stake sites, stake and time-lapse camera sites, and emery rod cross-shore profile sites—have been developed into a tool in the Climate.gov toolkit and monitoring protocols suitable for use by local residents. https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/stakes-stakeholders-community-based-erosion-monitoring.

Program name
Alaska Sea Grant
Location
Alaska
State
Alaska
Purpose
Alaska Sea Grant funded researchers and partners created a system for residents to monitor local erosion, installed equipment and trained residents in five Bristol Bay communities. Researchers will expand the program to Utqiagvik with K-12 education and c
Partners

Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, State of Alaska; CNSM Geoscience Department,University of Alaska Fairbanks; Marine Advisory Program, University of Alaska FairbanksBristol Bay Native Association

Project Topics
Coastal Processes/Shoreline/Erosion
Photo: Gabe Dunham
Gabe Dunham
Marine Advisory Agent, Dillingham