Site Index of Arctic Refuge Web Pages and Documents
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Site index for the Arctic Refuge (this page)
Wildlife and Wild Landscapes:
- Wildlife:
- Mammals:
- Refuge mammal list
- Refuge mammal list (450 kb pdf file)
- Gray Wolf
- Wolf Story: A family of wolves
- Arktyczna Ostoja (Polish version of Wolf Story)
- Bears (Polar Bears, Brown Bears, Black Bears)
- polar bears (360 kb pdf file)
- brown bears (570 kb pdf file)
- black bears (600 kb pdf file)
- Polar bear denning locations and habitats
- Polar Bear Den Sites (1.4 meg pdf file)
- Polar Bear Denning Habitats (930 kb pdf file)
- Moose migration study
- Wildlife Trends: North Slope Moose
- Caribou (Porcupine Caribou Herd, Central Arctic Herd, Caribou and the Coastal Plain)
- Porcupine Caribou Herd (650 kb pdf file)
- Central Arctic Caribou Herd (550 kb pdf file)
- Caribou and the Coastal Plain (440 kb pdf file)
- Caribou locations (maps)
- Map of Porcupine Caribou herd range (1.6 meg pdf file)
- 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
- Refuge bird list (420 kb pdf file)
- Which Arctic Refuge birds travel to or through your
area?
- Which Arctic Refuge birds travel to or through your
area? (1.3 meg pdf file)
- Bird migration routes
- Bird migration routes (300 kb pdf file)
- Worldwide bird migration
- Worldwide bird migration (720 kb pdf file)
- 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 Landscapes:
- Ecoregions of northern Alaska
- Frozen ground features
- Ice wedges and other permafrost features
- Active layer
- Frozen ground glossary
- seismic trails
- Water and water rights
- Biological References:
- Biological Reports
- 1987 LEIS (27 meg pdf file)
- Bibliography of scientific research
News Room:
- An introduction to this web site:
- Welcome
- What's new
- Current topics:
- Summary of 2007 biological survey activities
- Summary of 2006 biological survey activities
- Summary of 2005 biological survey activities
- Energy
Management:
- Refuge information:
- Contact Information and Office Directory
- Shaded-relief Map
- Other Refuge Maps
- Questions and Answers
- Comprehensive Conservation Plan written in 1988. (52 meg pdf file)
- Four Congressionally Designated Management Areas:
- 1980s additions to Refuge
- Wilderness Area
- Wild Rivers
- 1002 Area
- Refuge Features:
- Description of the Refuge: Arctic Refuge brochure text
- The Arctic Refuge: A Special Place
- Facts and features of the Refuge
- A journey through the Refuge
- Adjacent Lands
Education:
- For Educators:
- "Stained glass" Art Project
- Complete set of "stained glass" images (380 kb pdf file)
- Mammal Skulls of the Arctic Refuge
- Skull boxes at 300 dots per inch resolution (15 meg pdf file)
- Skull boxes at 150 dots per inch resolution (6 meg pdf file)
- Teacher's materials for A Caribou Year
- Map of yearly caribou movements (522 KB pdf file)
- Yearly activities of Porcupine herd caribou (70 KB pdf file)
- Yearly activities of Porcupine Caribou herd scientists (75 KB pdf file)
- Qustions to stimulate further student inquiry (55 KB pdf file)
- Multiple-choice test of "A Caribou Year" readings (67 KB pdf file)
- Answer key for "A Caribou Year" test (59 KB pdf file)
- Mapping the Caribou's Range (GIS)
- Complete GIS files Zipped (102 meg) (individual zip files listed below)
- GIS zipped files of Northeast Alaska (25 meg tiff)
- GIS zipped files of Eastcentral Alaska (20 meg tiff)
- GIS zipped files of Alaska-Yukon border (20 kb)
- GIS zipped files of Arctic Refuge boundary (1.5 meg)
- GIS zipped files of Northern Yukon (15 meg tiff)
- GIS zipped files of NorthCentral Yukon (15 meg tiff)
- GIS zipped files of Northeast Alaska and the Yukon (11 meg tiff)
- GIS zipped files of lakes (881 kb)
- GIS zipped files of Porcupine Caribou herd's range (49 kb)
- GIS zipped files of Tran-Alaska pipeline (64 kb)
- GIS zipped files of major rivers (801 kb)
- GIS zipped files of major highways (1 meg)
- GIS zipped files of terrain (14 meg)
- GIS zipped files of populated places (12 kb)
History and Culture:
- Refuge Establishment: Legislation and Purposes
- Overview of Refuge Purposes
- Public Land Order 2214 Establishing the Refuge
- Portions of ANILCA related to the Refuge
- 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 Cultures
- Communities adjacent to the Refuge
- A gathering to learn traditional ways
Get Involved
Plan Your Visit:
- Information for Visitors:
- Visitor information
- Backcountry camping: Strategies for minimizing your impacts
- Strategies for minimizing your impacts (8.5 x 11 sheet) (400 kb pdf file)
- Strategies for minimizing your impacts (Quarter-fold pamphlet 11 x 14) (900 kb pdf file)
- Refuge law enforcement rules and regulations
- Permits required for commercial activities
- 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 (190 Kb pdf file)
- Bird observation card: Brooks Range and south (300 Kb pdf file)
- Bird observation card: Brooks Range and north (300 Kb pdf file)
- River Travel
- Leaving no trace: a camping adventure
- Kids camping in the wild
- While you're passing through the Fairbanks area: Walking trails in Fairbanks
- Partnership Pamphlets:
- Pamphlet: You are in polar bear country (630 kb pdf file)
- Pamphlet: Kaktovik Visitor Information (2.6 meg pdf file)
Archives:
- Potential impacts of development
- Potential impacts of development (16 meg pdf file)
Miscellaneous Files:
- Privacy policy
- PDF information
November 14, 2008
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