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North Slope Infrastructure (V13): Roads, Pipelines and Developed Areas - Update 03/22/2023
This North Slope infrastructure GIS dataset includes roads (line), pipelines (line) and developed areas (polygon) as separate feature classes. Downloads are in shapefile and... -
NSSI Scenarios GIS Data: Prioritizing Science Needs Through Participatory Scenarios for Energy and Resource Development on the North Slope and Adjacent Seas.
This record contains the data used by the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) scenario process. These data sets are listed in the Alaska DataCatalog. The data sets are... -
Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
The Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas provides a description of the natural history and ecological relationships in the Arctic marine environment. This... -
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... -
North Slope NEPA Analysis and Conservation Planning Documentation
Documents associated with NEPA analysis and planning for the North Slope region are provided from the BLM ePlanning website. These include analysis, maps and public testimony... -
Survey and Monitoring of Permitted Areas in NPR-A
Monitoring cultural sites in the vicinity of permitted work areas in the NPR-A (helicopter). Survey for undocumented cultural sites in the vicinity of permitted work areas. -
Archaeology and Coastal Erosion in NPR-A
This project identifies threatened archaeological sites and recover information through documentation, excavations and collections before they are destroyed by erosion. Data... -
Caribou Crossing and Pipelines in the Prudhoe Bay Area: Historical Research
This record contains links to two reports describing research associated with caribou crossing success and infrastructure. 1) Permitting for the Endicott Development Project... -
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... -
Snow Monitoring on the North Slope
The reports below document snow monitoring associated with Alaska Department of Natural Resources tundra management on the North Slope of Alaska. In addition, a snow monitoring... -
NSSI Scenarios Map Analysis Products: Prioritizing Science Needs Through Participatory Scenarios for Energy and Resource Development on the North Slope and Adjacent Seas.
This record contains the GIS data layers that were produced by the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) scenario process. These data are organized around scenario workshops and... -
Physical Oceanographic and Meteorological Data for Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Support Reliability Based Design Criteria for Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Structures
The intent of this project was to produce information that will facilitate implementation of the ISO 19906 Standard: Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - Arctic Offshore...
