Landslide Hazards Program

About the Program

The DGGS Alaska Landslide Hazards Program (ALHP) is dedicated to mapping and assessing landslides, understanding and quantifying landslide hazards, and improving geologic hazard communication and coordination with other agencies and communities. ALHP is devoted to improving and developing long-term relationships and collaborations with agencies and communities that are affected by landslides.

Headlines

• ALHP is working with the Haines Borough and City of Cordova on developing landslide inventory and landslide susceptibility maps funded by the FEMA Cooperative Technical Partners Program
• ALHP has a project with Division of Mining, Land & Water on creating landslide inventory and landslide susceptibility maps for an area in Juneau
• ALHP continues to support the Barry Arm Landslide research, monitoring program and field logistics
• Recent landslide hazard related publications

Coming Soon

• Alaska Landslide Inventory
• FEMA Cooperative Technical Partners Program with City and Borough of Wrangell on developing landslide inventory and landslide susceptibility map
• Alaska Geologic, Weather, and Climate Hazards Workshop funded by the FEMA Cooperative Technical Partners Program

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