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NPR-A Fisheries Monitoring Implementation Plan
A primary purpose for the development of this monitoring plan was to support the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) national mission of... -
North Slope Decision Support for Water Resource Planning and Management (DE-NT0005683)
Water is an essential component of the North Slope environment. Local communities use lakes and rivers for access to subsistence resources and to sustain those same resources... -
Tundra Travel Modeling Project
This project intended to provide natural resource managers with objective, quantitative data to assist decision making regarding opening of the tundra to cross-country travel.... -
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a study describing the ongoing climate change in the Arctic and its consequences: rising temperatures, loss of sea ice,... -
Establishing precision shoreline GPS coordinates for infrastructure and sites of interest experiencing accelerated erosion
Legacy well sites, former DEW-Line sites, staging areas, roads, airstrips, landfills, dumps, and/or cultural sites experiencing sea, lake, or river shoreline erosion are being... -
Impacts of Seismic Trails, Camp Trails and Ice Roads on Tundra Vegetation in the Northeast NPR-A
The results demonstrate how vegetation type and trail type influence the level of impacts, and how recovery progresses over time. The study will compare impacts to the tundra... -
Advancing Oil Spill Response in Ice-Covered Waters
The objective of this project is to identify programs and research and development projects that improve the ability of responders to deal with accidental oil spills in fresh or... -
Climate Change, Permafrost, and Impacts on Civil Infrastructure
Permafrost, or perenially frozen ground, is a critical component of the cryosphere and the Arctic system. Permafrost regions occupy approximately 24% of the terrestrial surface... -
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... -
Gas Hydrate Production Trial Using CO2 / CH4 Exchange (DE-NT0006553)
The goal of this project is to define, plan and conduct a field trial of a methane hydrate production methodology whereby carbon dioxide molecules are exchanged in situ for the...
