Science Technology Panel members sought

The North Slope Science Initiative is seeking six new members for its Science Technology Panel, the organization said Dec. 18.

The 15-member panel of scientists and technical experts advises NSSI and its Oversight Group, assisting with resource inventories, monitoring and research needs for Alaska’s North Slope.

Panel members are appointed by the secretary of the Interior for three-year terms and are reimbursed for official travel to participate on the panel, including airline tickets, lodging and per diem.

Panel members may represent the oil and gas industry, subsistence users, traditional ecological knowledge, conservation organizations, academia and other entities and come from disciplines such as landscape ecology, petroleum engineering, civil engineering, geology, botany, hydrology, limnology, habitat biology, wildlife biology, biometrics, sociology, cultural anthropology, economics, ornithology, oceanography, fisheries biology, climatology or North Slope traditional and local knowledge.

Nominations are required by Feb. 2. Information and instructions on nominations are available at www.northslope.org.

NSSI was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to coordinate scientific data collections that will provide a better understanding of the terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems of the North Slope.

- Petroleum News