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Monitoring the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd
At least 5 North Slope villages hunt caribou (Rangifer tarandus) from the Teshekpuk Herd. Understanding the movements and distribution of this herd is important if we are to... -
Snow Goose Banding Near the Sag River
Conduct capture and banding of Snow Geese in brood-rearing areas between Heald Pt. and Foggy Island Bay as part of regional studies on the distribution, abundance, productivity,... -
Snow goose abundance and distribution
Document the phenology, abundance, and distribution of snow geese staging on the Refuge coastal plain (and contiguous areas in Canada) prior to fall migration. -
Colonial Bird Surveys
Comprise periodic visual reconnaissance of 3 colonies during incubation. If resources allow, a single survey of the Milne Point Brant colony also will be conducted. -
Snow, Wind, and Time: Understanding Snow Redistribution and its Effects on Sea Ice Mass Balance
Field programs will track snow distributions over the course of a multi-month experiment, while modeling efforts will seek to reproduce the observed evolution of snow... -
Using Artificial Barriers to Augment Fresh Water Supplies in Shallow Arctic Lakes (DE-NT0005684 )
The goal of this project is to implement a snow control practice to enhance snow drift formation as a local water source that recharges a depleted lake despite possible... -
Permafrost and Climate-Monitoring Network (DOI/GTN)
DOI/Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost borehole array is used to monitor the thermal state of the underlying permafrost. This is the largest array of deep boreholes in...
