Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska Region
Site Index
Wildlife & Habitat
News Room
Management
Education
History & Culture
Get Involved
Plan Your Visit
Site Index of Arctic Refuge Web Pages and Documents
Home
Site index
(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
50th Anniversary of the Refuge's Establishment
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
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
February 26, 2009