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Willow Spring Breakup and Summer Monitoring & Hydrological Assessment (2018-2025)
These reports present the results from the Willow Spring Breakup and Summer Monitoring and Hydrological Assessment. This monitoring and hydrological assessment supports the... -
Survey of Lakes in ConocoPhillips Activity Areas (2018-2022)
The purpose of these studies was to estimate the volume of water available for winter industrial use and to document fish presence in lakes that may be used to support... -
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... -
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.... -
Alpine Hydrology Monitoring (1999-2018)
Reports for Alpine pipeline crossing monitoring, culvert design and monitoring and erosion (1999-2018) are included in this record. -
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,... -
Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope (2003)
This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope. Economic benefits to the... -
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... -
Oil Spills in Arctic Waters: An Introduction and Inventory of Research Activities and USARC Recommendations
The paper begins with a summary of federal efforts in three topic areas: (1) spill demarcation and mitigation, including containment and countermeasures; (2) oil spill... -
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... -
Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resource (ASTAR) Methods
The Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project worked with North Slope communities and regional stakeholders to identify infrastructure development projects... -
Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resource (ASTAR) Studies
The Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project worked with North Slope communities and regional stakeholders to identify infrastructure development projects... -
North Slope Foothills Areawide Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Final Finding of the Director
The State of Alaska is proposing to offer for lease all available state-owned acreage in North Slope Foothills areawide oil and gas lease sales from 2011-2020. The Director of... -
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... -
Oil and Gas Technical Report: Planning for Oil and Gas Activities in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA)
This report identifies issues of importance to Borough residents and ways to address those issues. Most of the recommendations will require a collaborative approach that... -
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... -
Tundra Treatment Guidelines: A manual for treating oil and hazardous substance spills to tundra (3rd Ed.)
This manual is based on over 35 years of combined industry, university, and government agency experience with tundra spills and field experiments on Alaska’s North Slope. Tundra... -
North Slope Flooded Gravel Mine Sites, Case Histories (Tech. Rep. No. 12-04)
In 1986, the Habitat and Restoration Division of the ADF&G started collecting fish, water quality, and physical data on flooded gravel mine sites in the Prudhoe Bay and...
