Apprenticeship Program

With generous support of the Alaska Department of Labor and Work Force Development, the Alaska Forum is able to implement our EnvironmentalTechnician Apprenticeship Program in partnership with Alaska employers. This program offer training and employment opportunities for all Alaskans.

Apprentices "earn while they learn" and build critical skills working with instructors and mentors.

We are proud to announce a new application cycle for 2-10 new Apprentices to join the program. Applications, which are available here, are due before March 23, 2012

For more information, please visit our Environmental Technician page. We would like to thank the continued hard work of our 9 first year Apprentices and recognize the following businesses helping to make this Program a success:

• AECOM
• CH2MHill
• ConocoPhilips
• Environmental Management Inc
• Oasis
• Umiaq
• Weston Solutions

We would also like to welcome SGS Environmental Services to our list of partnering employers!

Alaska Forum on the Environment

We would like to thank all those that participated in the Alaska Forum on the Environment on February 6-10, 2012! We appreciate the great positive feedback and look forward to next years event!

Yes we have already started planning for our February 3-8, 2013 Alaska Forum on the Environment and will be offering increased focus on marine debris, tsunami impacts, and environmental regulatory compliance. With increased number of Keynote events, the 2013 event already promises to be a "must go" event!

We will start making official announcements regarding 2013 by September. Save the Date - Feb 3-8, 2013!

2012 Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2012 Alaska Forum Award Winners!

The 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes a project, program, group, publication, or similar concrete accomplishment that occurred during the three years prior to nomination for the award. 

Aleutian Pribilof Islands Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Project – represented by Bruce Wright, Senior Scientist. The PSP project looks for measures of climate change in increased harmful algal blooms resulting in increased shellfish toxicity in the region.  This work has been recognized by State and Federal resource managers and has been called the most extensive and progressive work on PSP in the country. 

RAVEN AmeriCorps Program- represented by Ellen Kazary Community Development Manager.  The Rural Alaska Village Environmental Network (RAVEN) Youth Development AmeriCorp program serves rural Alaskan communities by promoting environmental education, implementing energy conservation, encouraging recycling and waste reduction, and fostering community involvement in area-wide clean-up efforts.  RAVEN AmeriCorps Members improve environmental conditions across rural Alaska.                   

2012 Environmental Excellence Award recognizes a long-term contribution and commitment by an individual.

Bobbie Anne Barnowsky, Old Harbor Tribal Environmental Coordinator.  Ms. Barnowsky has taken what was once an “open dumping” community and converted it into a new community driven to protect its natural environmental resources.  She has established an environmental newsletter, disposed of hazardous waste accumulated over several generations, and fully involved all entities and community members into a long-term commitment to improve the environment for future generations.

Dennis Nickerson, Craig Tribal Association.   Through his work as a Traditional Ecological Knowledge researcher and Environmental Coordinator, Dennis has played a key role in documenting and monitoring sacred sites, managing the IGAP program, created quarterly newsletters, promoting environmental education, organized Kassan Bay beach cleanups, and provided important public testimony on subsistence and traditional/historical issues.

Leadership Opportunities

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