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A Report on the Snow Cover of the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 2014-2019
Since 2014, scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have conducted snow research in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1002 area, the first such research since the... -
Grizzly bears on the North Slope and in the Arctic NWR
Grizzly bears in arctic Alaska are living at the edge of their range and are an important component of predator-prey systems. We are using GSP/satellite collars on grizzly bears... -
ANWR Landscape Change Detection
Rapid warming has occurred over the past 50 years in Arctic Alaska, where temperature strongly affects ecological patterns and processes. To document landscape change over a... -
Overwintering Habitats of Dolly Varden in the Canning River
Dolly Varden are an important subsistence fish species in Alaska’s eastern Arctic. Previous Project: This radio telemetry investigation aims to: (1) estimate overwintering... -
FWS Pacific Walrus Information
This website contains information on walrus distribution, migration, food and habitat requirements, growth and reproduction, sensory perception and disturbance and natural... -
FWS Polar Bear Information
Section 117 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as amended in 1994, requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to report periodically on the status of marine mammal stocks... -
Action Plan for Pacific Common Eider (2006)
Pacific common eider (Somateria mollissima v-nigra) was selected as a focal species as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Program’s Focal Species... -
Teshekpuk Lake Molting Goose Survey
The significance of the Teshekpuk Lake area to molting geese was first documented by Henry (Hank) Hansen and Jim King in 1957 (King 1970), and the importance of the area as... -
Pacific Walrus Stock Assessment Reports
Section 117 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as amended in 1994, requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to report periodically on the status of marine mammal stocks... -
Population Trends and Demography of Moose in Arctic NWR
Distribution and demographic characteristics of moose in the Refuge. This is a very low density population. -
Breeding Biology of Steller's Eiders near Barrow
The 2010 study entitled, “Breeding Biology of Steller’s Eiders and Other Waterfowl near Barrow, Alaska” will allow the: 1) capture, handling, marking, and attachment of... -
Population Estimation and Surveillance for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Live Captured Breeding Shorebirds in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
In 2005, a U.S. Interagency Strategic Plan was developed to sample wild bird species in North America that have the highest risk of being exposed to or infected with HPAI;... -
Archive: Yellow-Billed Loon Geodatabase and Shapefiles (2009)
This data set has been updated and the more recent (2013) database is available at the link below. The registry is composed of a geodatabase with two files that represents... -
SURVEY OF DISTURBANCE TO ALPINE TUNDRA IN ATIGUN GORGE FROM SNOW-VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN NOVEMBER 2003
Snow vehicles operated by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Alyeska) traveled from the Dalton Highway into Atigun Gorge in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in November, 2003,... -
Surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in live captured tundra swans in Northwest Alaska
Surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in live captured tundra swans in Northwest Alaska. -
Recovery of alpine tundra vegetation damaged by tracked vehicles in Atigun Gorge
Document time to recovery along a tracked-vehicle trail that was created in 11/03. Vegetation sampled 2004, 2005, and 2007. -
Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response
Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response (Best Practices) is the result of a Fish and Wildlife Countermeasures Coordination Project undertaken by the... -
Porcupine Caribou Herd photocensus
Estimate population size of the Porcupine Caribou Herd during the post-calving aggregation period on the Refuge coastal plain. -
Soil temperature monitoring
Temperature data loggers record soil temperatures at over 30 locations in the refuge, to document differences in soil temperature over time and between different landscapes and... -
Caribou overwinter mortality
Document overwinter mortality for adult caribou in the Porcupine Caribou Herd, and investigate implications of observed adult survival on herd population trends.
