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NSSI Scenarios Final Reports: Prioritizing Science Needs Through Participatory Scenarios for Energy and Resource Development on the North Slope and Adjacent Seas.
This record contains reports produced by the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) scenario project. The following reports can be downloaded using the links below:... -
NPR-A Caribou Subsistence Harvest Documentation
Documents the annual subsistence harvest of caribou by residents of Nuiqsut, Barrow and Atqasuk for a five year period, including locational information on harvest and in-depth... -
Decision for Steller's Eider Reintroduction
The purpose of this document is to describe the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (FWS) evaluation of the Steller’s Eider Reintroduction Program (SERP), share the input... -
Glaucous Gulls in NPR-A
This project has two main components, (1) to document the diet of Glaucous Gulls and (2) to document the movements of gulls to help interpret results of the diet section. -
Teshekpuk Lake Fish Habitat
Identifies critical, high-use habitat for fish in and around Teshekpuk Lake -
Tundra Nesting Bird Surveys
Breeding ecology and limiting factors of tundra nesting birds in Prudhoe Bay area and near the Canning River Delta. -
Inventory and monitoring of snow goose colony at the Ikpikpuk River Delta
Inventory and monitoring of snow goose colony at the Ikpikpuk River Delta. -
North Slope Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA)
In 2010, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) initiated seven Rapid Ecoregional Assessments (REAs) to help understand the condition of western landscapes. These assessments help... -
Earth Cover Classification - Dalton Highway - Report and GIS Raster
BLM and Ducks Unlimited (DU) cooperatively mapped a study area along the Dalton Highway using portions of four Landsat TM scenes (1999-2001) and classified 43 earth cover... -
Earth Cover Classification - National Petroleum Reserve Alaska - Report and GIS Raster
Eight Landsat TM and three SPOT satellite scenes were used to determine earth cover categories for this 9,300,000 hectare (23,000,000 acre) study area. Seven major classes and... -
Habitat Use and Population Status of Yellow-billed and Pacific Loons within the North Slope
The link below provides data and reports relevant to the assessment of Yellow-Billed loons on Alaska's North Slope as provided by the USGS. -
BLM NPRA Integrated Activity Plan (2020) and Special Areas
Link to BLM eplanning website with Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) documents for the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A). Shapefiles can be downloaded that represent the... -
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... -
Temporal Distributions and Patterns of Habitat Use by Waterfowl in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area
Provide baseline data for detection and/or measurement of disturbance of brant; 2-phased approach; radio telemetry and repeated aerial surveys; will determine movements and... -
Upper Colville River Samon Spawning Area Identification.
Identification of salmon spawning locations in Upper Colville drainage. BLM project, ADFG is cooperator -
Initial Development of a Plan for Monitoring the Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development in the NPR-A on Molting Geese
Initial Development of a Plan for Monitoring the Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development in the NPR-A on Molting Geese -
Recovery of Lichen in Tussock Tundra Following Fire in Northwestern Alaska
Paired permanent vegetative cover transects were established after a small (2 ha) 1981 tundra fire in the Buckland River valley of western Alaska. Data on the regeneration of... -
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... -
Application of Remote Sensing to Overwintering Fish Habitat Management
Using SAR and other applicable imagery and techniques to map potential fish overwintering habitat (i.e. unfrozen water) in NPRA lakes and rivers. Groundtruthing interpretations... -
Polar Bear Terrestrial Denning Habitat in the NPR-A
Field-truth model of polar bear terrestrial denning habitat in the NPR-A and map results.
