Building diverse partnerships

Our work is a collaboration of many partners developing the science and unique connections needed to take on the 21st century’s challenges and opportunities. We work to identify, facilitate and communicate research (including data collection, analysis, and synthesis) to address the impacts of rapid environmental change. We build teams of diverse partners, including Federal and Tribal governments, communities, universities, resource managers, agencies, industry and nonprofits, working together in a non-regulatory way to adapt to changes and improve decision-making through investments in applied science, new analytical tools and novel datasets, and community engagement.


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Our Region

Our region includes the islands of the Aleutian archipelago, the associated eastern end of the Alaska Peninsula and the Bering Sea and surrounding marine waters.

Our Success Stories

  • Aleutian & Bering Sea Initiative / Northwest Boreal Partnership / Western Alaska Partnership

    Northern Connections: Bridging Indigenous Knowledge & Observation Efforts

    With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Northwest Boreal Partnership is helping to lead a collaboration of 17 organizations, including Indigenous organizations and universities, government agencies, and non-profits. The Northern Connections program aims to support and connect Indigenous-led science and knowledge programs focused on food security, land and water stewardship, environmental changes, and climate[…..]

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  • Aleutian & Bering Sea Initiative / Northwest Boreal Partnership / Western Alaska Partnership

    Expanding Community-Based Monitoring to Address Rapid Environmental Change

    The Northern Latitudes Partnerships are collaborating with the Aleut Community of St. Paul to help expand the Indigenous Sentinels Network to provide remote Indigenous communities with tools, training, networking and convening, coordination, and new capacity for ecological, environmental, and climate monitoring. Tribes and Canadian First Nations see real potential for self-determination through data they collect,[…..]

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  • Aleutian & Bering Sea Initiative / Western Alaska Partnership

    Piloting a new approach to monitoring harmful algae in the Bering Strait

    The National Park Service contracted with us to pilot a Direct Pay Platform to enhance data collection by local experts to help monitor for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Bering Strait region. During 2020-2021 we will be reaching out to Bering Strait Tribes to inquire about local residents who might be interested in helping[…..]

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  • Aleutian & Bering Sea Initiative

    Connecting western science and Indigenous Knowledge from communities in Russia and Alaska to understand northward expansion by Steller Sea Lions

    ABSI was awarded a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding to connect Indigenous communities on both sides of the Bering Strait around the topic of northward expansion of Steller Sea Lions.  This project is in collaboration with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and Alaska Sea Grant and will bring together sea[…..]

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