COOPERATION

The U.S. Geological Survey and organizations of the State of Alaska have had cooperative agreements since 1958 for the systematic collection of streamflow records, water-quality records, and ground-water levels. Organizations that assisted in collecting data contained in this report through cooperative agreements with the USGS are:

    
   Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development, Alaska Energy Authority,  
          Willie Hensley, Commissioner  
   Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Bruce Campbell,    
          Commissioner, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, U.S.  
          Department of Transportation, Joseph L. Perkins, Commissioner  
   Alaska Department of Natural Resources, John Shively, Commissioner   
   Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Frank Rue, Commissioner  
   Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs, Division of Energy,  
          Mike Irwin, Commissioner  
   Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Gene Burden, Commissioner  
   Municipality of Anchorage, Rick Mystrom, Mayor  
   City and Borough of Juneau, Dennis Egan, Mayor  
   Kenai Peninsula Borough, Donald E. Gilman, Mayor  
   City and Borough of Sitka, Pete Hallgren, Mayor  
   University of Alaska Fairbanks, Gary Yee, Assistant Director of UAF Purchasing 

The following Federal agencies assisted in the data-collection program by providing funds or services:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service

U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force

U.S. Department of Defense, Navy Southwest

U.S. Department of Energy, Alaska Power Administration

U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories

U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Assisting in the collection of the data were the following gage observers:

John Borg, Yukon River at Eagle

Jeremy Williams, Yukon River near Stevens Village

Lorry Schuerch, Kobuk River near Kiana

Larry Hinzman, Kuparuk River near Deadhorse

Rob Gieck, Sagavanirktok River Trib. near Pump Station 3

John Martinisko, Ikalukrok River below Red Dog Creek near Kivalina

Sandy Hamilton, Nation and Kandik Rivers near Nation

Jim Edmundson, Kenai River at Soldotna

Nicky Myers, Yukon River at Pilot Station

Theresa Parent, Kuskokwim River at Crooked Creek

Bob Walworth, Tatalina River near Takotna

Vince Harkey, Ophir Creek near Yakutat

Craig Swanson, Yakutat wells

Organizations that supplied data are acknowledged in station descriptions.

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