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Kristin S. Simac Title: Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7087 Fax: (907) 786-7150 Email: ksimac@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

M.S.	2001	Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK	Environmental Science
B.S.	1984	Willamette University, Salem, OR	Biology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Logistical support for Polar Bear Research Group
Coordination of sample collections for Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue and Archival Program

Significant Recent Publications

Durner, G. M., S. C. Amstrup, G. S. York, E. V. Regehr, K. S. Simac, T. S. Smith, S. T. Partridge, T. Bentzen, K. S. Amstrup, and D. C. Douglas. 2006. Polar bear research in Alaska. Pages 77-100 in J. Aars, N. J. Lunn, and A. E. Derocher, Editors. Proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 20-24 June 2005, Seattle, Washington. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland. IUCN/SSC Occasional Paper 32. 198 pp.

Amstrup, S. C., G. M. Durner, E. V. Regehr, G. S. York, K. S. Simac, T. S. Smith, S. T. Partridge, and D. C. Douglas. 2005. Polar bear research in the Beaufort Sea. In Proceedings of the Canadian Polar Bear Technical Committee, 7-9 Feb 2005, Edmonton, Canada.

Amstrup, S. C., G. York, T. L. McDonald, R. Nielson, and K. Simac. 2004. Detecting denning polar bears with forward looking infra-red (FLIR) imagery. BioScience 54(4):337-344.

Steven C. Amstrup, George M. Durner, Eric Regehr, Geoff York, Kristin S. Simac, Thomas S. Smith, Steven T. Partridge, and David Douglas. 2004. Polar bear research in the Beaufort Sea. Report to the Polar Bear Technical Committee, February 2004. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

York, G. Amstrup, S. C., and K. Simac. 2004. Using Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) imagery to detect polar bear maternal dens. Operations Manual. Prepared for U. S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 949 East 36th St. Anchorage, AK 99508. OCS Study MMS 2004-062.

Amstrup, S. C., G. M. Durner, A. S. Fischbach, G. S. York, K. S. Simac, T. S. Smith, S. T. Partridge, and D. C. Douglas. 2003. Polar bear research in the Beaufort Sea. In Proceedings of the Canadian Polar Bear Technical Committee, Feb 2003, Edmonton, Canada.

Amstrup, S. C., G. S. York, T. L. McDonald, R. M. Nielson, K. S. Simac, and G. M. Durner. 2003. Detecting denning polar bears with forward looking infra-red imagery (FLIR). Page 59 in Proceedings of the Ninth MMS Information Transfer Meeting. U. S. Minerals Management Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Report for OCS Study 042. 118 pp.

Amstrup, S. C., G. M. Durner, A. S. Fischbach, K. Simac, and G. Weston-York. 2002. Polar Bear Research in the Beaufort Sea. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth working meeting of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialists Group, Nuuk, Greenland. Edited by N. J. Lunn, S. Schliebe, and E. W. Born. Occas. Pap. IUCN Spec. Surv. Comm. 26: 109-125.

Amstrup, S. C., G. M. Durner, A. S. Fischbach, K. Simac, and G. Weston-York. 2002. Polar Bear Research in the Beaufort Sea. Proceedings of the Bear Taxanomic Group Workshop on Ursids in Captivity. American Zoological Society Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, April 27 - 29, 2001.

Kucklick, J.R., S.S. Vander Pol, P.R. Becker, R.S. Pugh, K. Simac, G.W. York, and D.G. Roseneau. 2002. Persistent organic pollutants in murre eggs from the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. 22nd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 August 2002. Organohalogen Compounds 59:13-16.

Vander Pol, S.S., P.R. Becker, J.R. Kucklick, R.S. Pugh, D.G. Roseneau, K. Simac, and G.W. York. 2002. Trends in concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in eggs from Alaskan murre colonies. 2nd AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution of the Arctic, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1-4 October 2002. Extended abstract 0-025 in Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) Rept. 2002.2, Oslo, Norway.

Vander Pol, S.S., S.J. Christopher, R. Day, R.S. Pugh, P.R. Becker, D.G. Roseneau, K. Simac, and G.W. York. 2002. Trends in concentrations of mercury in eggs from Alaskan murre colonies. 2nd AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution of the Arctic, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1-4 October 2002. Extended abstract P-M40 in Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) Rept. 2002.2, Oslo, Norway.

Simac, K., S. Amstrup, G. Weston York, T. McDonald, G. Durner, and A. Fischbach. 2001. Forward looking infrared (FLIR): a new method for detecting maternal polar bear dens. Society for Marine Mammalogy, Abstracts, 14th BiennialConference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, November 28 – December 3, 2001, Vancouver, B. C., Canada.

York, G.W., B.J. Porter, R.S. Pugh, D.G. Roseneau, K. Simac, P.R. Becker, L. K. Thorsteinson, and S.A. Wise. 2001. Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project: Protocol for Collecting and Banking Seabird Eggs. NISTIR 6735. National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD 25 p.

Websites of Interest

Polar Bear Research