Resilience Planning that Strengthens Alaska’s Rural Communities
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AML Resilience Planning that Strengthens Alaska’s Rural Communities Project
AML is working with coastal communities to prepare and respond to rapid and slow-moving hazards and disasters, such as flooding, erosion, permafrost thaw, landslides, and changes in temperature and precipitation. Through this project, AML and contracted experts are collaborating with coastal communities to advance local priorities that support efforts to plan and prepare for the future, including the sustainable management of social, economic, cultural assets, as well as the protection of critical energy and security infrastructure that is of vital national importance.

Project Contacts

Danielle Meeker
Resilience Planning Coordinator
danielle@akml.org

Project Description:

Key Takeaway
  • Enhance the capacity of local governments to address environmental change through the provision of training opportunities, digital tools, and direct assistance to develop resilience plans.
Project Activities
  • Annual regional roundtables to identify data needs, prioritize resilience projects, and review new tools
  • Virtual and in-person nature-based solutions trainings
  • Contractor-supported development of:
    • Web-based tool for communities to collect relevant environmental and socioeconomic data to inform planning
    • An online repository for users to retrieve, analyze, and visualize relevant data
    • Guide for municipalities to identify, evaluate, and prioritize nature-based solutions to mitigate coastal hazards
    • Community-specific plans that include resilience strategies informed by participant input, local priorities, and available data
Communities Served
  • Up to 25 rural coastal communities in Alaska, with lessons learned shared across the state.
Funding Agency
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF)
Timeline
  • Activities will be completed by early 2027
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