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Chas Jones

Chas Jones

Originally from Dixon, Illinois, Chas Jones came to Alaska in 2009. He currently is a doctoral student in hydrology at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, expected to complete his Ph.D. in 2014. His research is focused on integrating local knowledge, hydrology and climate scenarios to understand the effects of hydrologic change associated with a changing climate. Chas participated in the Dangerous Ice Project by establishing study sites on the Tanana River where he performed detailed scientific studies to assess how interactions between groundwater and surface water affect changing ice conditions. This data was used to analyze how groundwater upwelling acts as a control on ice degradation and relates to information gathered from rural Alaskans about dangerous ice conditions on the Tanana River.
Chas Jones appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Charlie Campbell, Interview 2 2012-23 Dangerous Ice

Charlie Campbell was interviewed by Bill Schneider on October 24, 2012 at Bill Schneider's home in Fairbanks, Alaska when Charlie was visiting from his home in Tanana, Alaska. Karen Brewster videotaped the interview, and Chas Jones was also present during the interview.  Charlie was asked to talk about a snowmachine accident that occured near Tanana in April 2012 that killed one of the community's successful hunters as it relates to the Dangerous Ice Project's efforts to document and discuss dangerous ice conditions on the Tanana River. In this interview, Charlie talks about spring subsistence goose hunting practices, ice conditions at the time of the accident, local travel behavior and changes in practices with the advent of snowmachines, the accident and search and rescue and recovery effort, and about the community coming together to try to learn from the incident to avoid future tragedy.

 Chas Jones