A Sustainable Future for Bristol Bay
Together with our regional partners, UTBB is building a thriving and healthy future in Bristol Bay!
Our work is guided by the results in the Bristol Bay Regional Vision Project, a comprehensive project outlining a sustainable future that honors our traditional ways of life and way of life. Click here to read the Bristol Bay Regional Vision Statement.
We co-host sustainability summits with other Bristol Bay organizations, bringing together Bristol Bay residents to further strategies and action plans for a sustainable future.
2024 Bristol Bay Sustainability Summit
The 2024 summit took place Oct. 1-3 in Dillingham. Please see the 2024 Bristol Bay Sustainability Summit event page for additional details.
2023 Bristol Bay Sustainability Summit
The 2023 summit was held March 23-24 in Dillingham. Click here for the summit agenda, and click here for more information about the presentations including contact info for the speakers. See links below to download presentations & additional handouts from the 2023 summit and to view the summit recordings!
RECORDINGS
2023 Sustainability Summit:
Presentations
Keynote speech by AlexAnna Salmon (Igiugig Village Council President): Click here to listen!
Community Economics & Quality of Life (Click titles to download presentations)
Community Development thru Community Planning: Shanna Zuspan & Tanya Iden, Principal::Owners, Agnew::Beck Consulting
Resources for Tribal and Municipal Governments: Erin Reinders, Alaska Municipal League
Housing and Urban Development: Brenda Akelkok, Bristol Bay Housing Authority Executive Director
Access to safe, quality, affordable housing in Alaska: Daniel Delfino, Alaska Housing Finance Corp.
Sanitation Infrastructure & ANTHC Community Assistance: Victoria Jelderks, ANTHC DEHE Senior Project Manager
Infrastructure Funding Strategy: Erik O’Brien, Denali Commission
Alaska DOT & PF: Judy Chapman, State of AK DOT&PF
AKSBDC Resources for Small Business Development: Jon Bittner, Alaska Small Business Development Center
Update on Federal Infrastructure Opportunities: Erin Reinders, Alaska Municipal League
BBNC 8(a) Program: Romina Bentz, Bristol Bay Native Corporation
UAF Sustainable Energy Program and Our Community: Eric Goddard & Chandler Kemp, University of Alaska Bristol Bay Campus, Assistant Professors of Sustainable Energy
Clean Energy Development in Bristol Bay and Beyond: Brian Hirsch, DeerStone Consulting CEO
Nuyakuk Hydro Electric Project Update: Will Chaney, Nushagak Cooperative & Cory Warnock, McMillen
Education, Employment & Training (Click titles to download presentations)
McKinley Alaska Growth Capital: Julie Woodworth & Madison Binkley, McKinley Alaska Growth Capital
Caliaq Program - BBNC Regional Youth Employment Program: Annie Fritze, Bristol Bay Native Corp.
Cuilistet Program - Young Leaders Program: Kristina Andrew, Bristol Bay Native Association
Bristol Bay Regional Workforce Development Consortium: Carol Wren & Casey Sifsof, Bristol Bay Native Corp.
Community & Cultural Wellbeing (Click titles to download presentations)
Why We Hurt: BBAHC Opioid Prevention Team
Iliamna Communities Teaching Culture Through Native Language: Atkiq Illutsik-Snyder, Igiugig Career Counselor
Our Lands & Waters (Click titles to download presentations)
Climate Change & Bristol Bay Fisheries - What should we expect and what can we do about it?: Daniel Schindler, Professor of Aquatic & Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington
Where to Now? Renewing Conversations on Restoring Fisheries Access in Bristol Bay: Rachel Donkersloot, PhD - Coastal Cultures Research
Bristol Bay National Wetlands Inventory: Daniel Cheyette, BBNC Senior VP Lands & Resources and Sydney Thielke, USFWS Wetlands Regional Director
Community-Based Environmental Monitoring in Bristol Bay: Mary Hostetter & Bill Kane, Igiugig Village Tribal Stewards
Additional Handouts
2019 Bristol Bay Sustainability Summit
The first summit was held April 11-12, 2019 in Dillingham. Click here to watch Alannah Hurley’s opening remarks at the 2019 Bristol Bay Sustainability Summit.
