Community Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CCIAP) Named Recipient Program Recipients of (former) Bristol Bay Coastal Resource Service Area CCIAP Funds Chapter 15 SLA 09 allocates a portion of the State of Alaska's CIAP funds to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for legislatively-named recipents. The Bristol Bay Coastal Resource Service Area (CRSA), one of four CRSAs established under the Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) was allocated $430,549 through this legislation. With the sunset of the ACMP on July 1, 2011, the Bristol Bay CRSA ceased to exist. Prior to the ACMP sunset, the Bristol Bay CRSA Board of Directors decided that several organizations that proposed projects to the CRSA should directly receive the CRSA’s CIAP funds and administer the projects supported by those funds. Chapter 5 SLA 12, effective April 15, 2012, re-appropriated the CIAP funds of the Bristol Bay CRSA to the following new recipients: Bristol Bay Native Association City of New Stuyahok Faces of Hope Community Services Nushagak-Mulchatna/Wood-Tikchik Land Trust Parks Division, Department of Natural Resources University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program Bristol Bay Region Recipient CCIAP Projects Bristol Bay Native Association: Bristol Bay Youth Stewardship Program Round Island Internship Bristol Bay Native Association: Nushagak-Mulchatna Rivers Watershed Anadromous Fish Distribution Bristol Bay Native Association: Nushagak River Watershed Instream Flow Protection City of New Stuyahok: New Stuyahok Landfill Improvement to Protect the Coastal Environment Faces of Hope Community Services: Togiak Coastal, Subsistence and Recreation Access (Phase 1) Nushagak-Mulchatna/Wood-Tikchik Land Trust: Native Lands Conservation Protection Parks Division, Department of Natural Resources: Wood-Tikchik Park Clean-Up and Pollution Prevention Program University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus: Nushagak Bay Education and Research Project University of Alaska Fairbanks,Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program: Composting Toilets for Coastal Water Quality Improvement Regional Profile The Bristol Bay region is located in Southwestern Alaska on the north shore of Bristol Bay, just above the Alaska Peninsula. The region has a population of 4,668 (2008), a coastal area of 9,462 square miles, and 984 miles of shoreline. Communities in the region depend on commercial fishing and subsistence activities. Bristol Bay produces one of the largest sockeye salmon runs in the world. The Togiak herring fishery is the largest on the West Coast in terms of tonnage. The Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the nation, lies within the regional boundaries. The community of Togiak is located in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, and it is the gateway to the Walrus Island Game Sanctuary. The Bristol Bay region is located where three major Native groups converge. Athabascan Indians are located in the Lake Clark and Lake Iliamna area in the eastern part of the CRSA. The Alaskan Peninsula has traditionally been home to the Aleutiq people, and the Yup’ik Eskimo people occupy the other parts of the region. Bristol Bay Communities, Tribes and Regional Organizations: Ten communities are located within the Bristol Bay region: Aleknagik, Clark's Point , Dillingham, Ekuk, Portage Creek , Ekwok, Koliganek, Manokotak, New Stuyahok and Togiak. Picture of Aleknagik Lake, with the village of Aleknagik apparent in the lower left of the picture. Photo: Alex Smith For more information contact: Sally Russell Cox Division of Community and Regional Affairs Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1650 Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: 907-269-4588 FAX: 907-269-4066 Email: sally.cox@alaska.gov