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Refuge features
Description of the Refuge (Refuge brochure text)
Refuge brochure (pdf file)
The Arctic Refuge: A Special Place
Facts and features of the Refuge
A Journey through the Refuge
Adjacent Lands

Maps
Shaded relief map

Questions and Answers

Current topics
Summary of 2007 biological survey activities
Summary of 2006 biological survey activities
Summary of 2005 biological survey activities
Energy

Who we are

Welcome

Office Directory
Privacy policy

What we do

Science
1987 LEIS (pdf file)
Bibliography of scientific research

Management areas
1980s additions to Refuge
Wilderness Area
Wild Rivers
1002 Area
Comprehensive Conservation Plan (pdf file)

Permits

Wildlife/wild lands

Wildlife
Mammals:
Refuge mammal list
Gray Wolf
Wolf Story: A family of wolves
Arktyczna Ostoja (Polish version of Wolf Story)
Bears (Polar Bears, Brown Bears, Black Bears)
Polar bear denning locations and habitats
Moose migration study
Wildlife Trends: North Slope Moose
Caribou (Porcupine Caribou Herd, Central Arctic Herd, Caribou and the Coastal Plain)
Caribou locations (maps)
Caribou movements in a late spring year (1987)
A Caribou Year (and a scientist's year)
Calving ground caribou activities
Calving ground scientist's activities
Post-calving caribou activities
Post-calving scientist's activities
Fall migration caribou activities
Fall migration scientist's activities
Wintering ground caribou activities
Wintering ground scientist's activities
Spring migration caribou activities
Spring migration scientist's activities
FAQs about caribou
Three caribou herds
Muskoxen
Dall Sheep

Birds:
Refuge bird list
Which Arctic Refuge birds travel to or through your area?
Bird migration routes
Worldwide bird migration
Tundra Swans
Snow Geese
Snow Geese fall use areas (a map)
Eider Egg Hunt: Field Research along the Coast
Wildlife Trends: Peregrine Falcons
Bluethoats: A Refuge Visitor's Story
Buff-breasted sandpipers: A Refuge Visitor's Story

Fish:
Refuge fish list
Fish (Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden, Arctic Cisco)
Arctic Grayling locations (a map)
Dolly Varden locations (a map)

Wild lands
Ecoregions of northern Alaska
Frozen ground features
Ice wedges and other permafrost features
Active layer
Frozen ground glossary
seismic trails
Water and water rights

Visitors & educators

Visiting the Refuge
Visitor information
Backcountry camping: Strategies for minimizing your impacts
Refuge law enforcement rules and regulations
Non-Refuge lands within the Refuge boundary
U.S. Geological Survey map information
Authorized Air taxi operators
Authorized recreational or educational trip guides
Authorized hunting trips guides
Commercial airlines to nearby communities
Refuge weather and forecasts
Recording bird observations
Bird observation card information (pdf file)
Bird observation card: Brooks Range and south (pdf file)
Bird observation card: Brooks Range and north (pdf file)
River Travel
Leaving no trace: a camping adventure
Kids camping in the wild
Pamphlet: You are in polar bear country (pdf file)
Pamphlet: Kaktovik Visitor Information (pdf file)

For educators
"Stained glass" Art Project
Complete set of "stained glass" images (pdf file)
"Caribou Mysteries" lessons and activities

History & culture

Refuge establishment
Overview of Refuge purposes
Establishment legislation
Portions of ANILCA related to the Refuge

History
Caribou Fences: People of the Caribou
Time Line - Establishment and management of the Refuge
Legacy of Conservation
Three names in one year?
Listing of historic writings

Local culture
Communities adjacent to the Refuge
A gathering to learn traditional ways

Site index for the Arctic Refuge (this page)

Archives
Potential impacts of development

Miscellaneous Files
PDF information

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