Larry S. Lau
Age: 79
Married, 4 daughters

Address:

1316 Oceanview Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99515
(907) 345-3143 phone
(907) 345-1495 fax

Alaska resident of 51 years

Education:

M.S., Planning (specializing in Natural Resource Planning), 1984, University of Alaska, Anchorage
B.S., Forestry, 1967, University of California, Berkeley

Summary of Alaskan Employment History:

Present: Tantikil UNLIMITED, Inc., Consultant, focusing services in the areas of natural resources management, ANCSA land management, planning, and training.

Former Adjunct Instructor, Alaska Pacific University, teaching courses in Environmental and Resource Economics, Principles of Forest Management, Natural Resource Planning and Politics, and Organizational Culture.

1989-1992: Land Manager, The Kuskokwim Corporation, a Village Native Corporation with land and natural resource holdings of 769,000 acres in the middle Kuskokwim. Responsibilities included: initiating development of a resource inventory; formulation of a land-use permit program, including implementation, field monitoring, enforcement, program critique and revision; preparation of standardized documents and tracking systems for leases, various types of permits, filing systems, staff task assignments on a priority basis, etc.; ANCSA 14(C)(1,2) claim adjudication; research, plan, initiate economic development projects—roads, land sales, village planning; initiating and negotiating four ANCSA 14(C)(3) plans for the Corporation; conducting and training staff in a variety of types of field investigations; cooperating with many organizations (ie., Calista Corp., Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Soil Conservation Service, Alaska Div. of Forestry, BLM, local governments) on a variety of projects; preparation of comprehensive land/resource management policies; department administration and staff supervision, work plan development and budgeting; negotiation of various contracts and agreements as related to land/resource management; participation in the legal review and development of State and federal laws and regulations.

1984-1989: Resource Manager, Ahtna, Inc., a Regional Native Corporation with natural resource holdings of timber, minerals, gravel and land totaling 1.52 million acres in the Copper River Basin. Responsible for all aspects of resource management, including: Land Department organization and staffing; training; development of a resource inventory; participation in corporate planning efforts; initiation, development and management of various programs; governmental coordination and negotiations; field investigations; policy development; development and implementation of information tracking systems; formulation and monitoring of resource agreements, land leases, etc.; Project Manager for special projects.

1982-1983: Resource Development Coordinator, Aleutian/Pribilof Islands, Association, Inc. This position involved working directly with the 11 Native communities in the region as well as the local ANCSA village corporations in the areas of economic development, local and regional planning assistance, energy conservation and alternate energy development, and regional issue resolution (subsistence, commercial fishing, coastal zone management, oil and gas development, etc.).

1976-1982: Resource/Environmental Planner and Marketing Coordinator for R&M Consultants, involved in a wide variety of environmental, land-use, resource development projects and studies throughout Alaska; also responsible for business development of the Anchorage Office of the firm, and coordination of marketing efforts with other offices of the company (two in Alaska and three outside the state).

1972-1976: Research Assistant, Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, University of Alaska, Anchorage, participating in natural resource assessments and inventories, land-use planning and environmental studies statewide.

Selected Publications:

Ahtna, Inc. 1973. The Ahtna Region: Background for Regional Community Planning. Prepared with the assistance of the Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, University of Alaska. 250 p.

Buck, E.H. et al. 1974. The Bristol Bay Environment: A Background Study of Available Knowledge. Prepared by the Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center and the Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research, University of Alaska, for the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers. 858 p.

____________. 1975. Kadyak: A Background for Living. Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, University of Alaska. 324 p.

Lau, L.S. 1984. “Comprehensive Planning Framework for Chenega Corporation,” M.S. Thesis. 3 Volumes including maps and appendices. University of Alaska, Anchorage.

Selkregg, L.L. et al. 1974-1977. Alaska Regional Profiles: Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Yukon Regions. 5 Vols. Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, Joint Federal-State Land-Use Planning Commission for Alaska, Office of the Governor of Alaska.

Tantikil UNLIMITED, Inc. 1996. MTNT, Ltd., Forest Stewardship Plan. 79 p. + Appendices + 16 Maps.

Knikatnu, Inc. and Tantikil UNLIMITED, Inc. 1999. Knikatnu, Inc., Forest Stewardship Plan. 69 p. + Maps.

Native Village of Eklutna and Tantikil UNLIMITED, Inc. 2002. Indian Reservation Roads Long-Range Transportation Plan (Draft).

Tantikil UNLIMITED, Inc. 2004. Montana Creek Native Association Forest Stewardship Plan. 76 p. + 7 Maps.

Tantikil UNLIMITED, Inc. 2008. Deloycheet, Inc., Forest Stewardship Plan. 54p. + Appendix + 16 Maps.

References available upon request