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Data for Single-beam bathymetry data collected in shallow-water areas near Gambell, Golovin, Hooper Bay, Savoonga, Shishmaref, and Wales, Alaska, 2012 Nearshore bathymetry is a vital link that joins offshore water depths to coastal topography. Seamless water depth information is a critical input parameter for reliable storm surge models, enables the calculation of sediment budgets and is necessary baseline data for a range of coastal management decisions. Funding from the Western Alaska LCC resulted in the purchase of field equipment capable of shallow water measurements in rural settings, allowing collection of nearshore bathymetry around western Alaska communities. The resulting vector data shape files of nearshore bathymetry for Gambell, Savoonga, Golovin, Wales, Shismaref, and Hooper Bay are available by following the link below. Categories: Data; Tags: BATHYMETRY, BATHYMETRY, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, Data, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Regional & county planners, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, State agencies, Tribes, WATER DEPTH, WATER DEPTH, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Vulnerability of shorebird and waterfowl habitat in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta: assessing landscape dynamic in response to climate change The YKD is also home to the largest subsistence-based economy in Alaska. Yet, the low-lying landscape mosaic characterizing the YKD is at risk of massive change associated with projected sea level rise (SLR), increasing storm frequency and severity and permafrost degradation due to future climate change. Therefore, to conserve ecosystem services associated with the botanical and faunal richness in the YKD, management strategies in the region should not only be based on current ecosystem conditions, but also incorporate projected changes in landscape composition. The goal of this project is to provide managers and people living in the YKD, an assessment of the vulnerability of the landscape to future change and to... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, All tags... Interested public, LAND COVER, LAND COVER, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST MELT, PERMAFROST MELT, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Tribes, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, environment, environment, underDevelopment, Fewer tags Moored All-Season Vertical Temperature Arrays in Lakes on Kodiak, Togiak, and Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuges The primary purpose of this project is to acquire long-term data series ontemperature of selected lakes to support management of nursery habitat of lakerearingjuvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in relation to climatechange. We adopted protocol developed by the National Park Service (NPS) toestablish moored all-season vertical temperature monitoring arrays in eight lakesof Kodiak, Togiak, and Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuges(NWR) in summer and fall 2011. We recorded lake temperature at a resolution of0.02°C on an hourly basis at various depth strata between lake surfaces and lakebottoms. Monitoring sites were visited annually or biannially to extract data andto service monitoring equipment.... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Federal resource managers, LAKES, LAKES, LCC Network Science Catalog, Report, All tags... SALMONS/TROUTS, SALMONS/TROUTS, State agencies, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, THERMOCLINE, THERMOCLINE, Tribes, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Coastal Resilience Overview Synthesis In Alaska, changes in snow, ice, and weather, have resulted in risks to human lives, infrastructure damage, threats to valuable natural resources, and disruption of hunting, fishing, and livelihoods.Leaders from the Aleutians to the Chukchi Sea came together for a series of Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Workshops, spearheaded by three Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association. Tribal leaders, resource managers, community planners, and scientists explored strategies to adapt to these unprecedented changes.The workshop series brought together 14 Organizing Partners 34 Tribes, 15 State & Federal Agencies, and a total of more than 200 participants to meet in four regional... Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Aleutian Bering Sea Islands LCC data.gov, CLIMATE ADVISORIES, CLIMATE ADVISORIES, CLIMATE INDICATORS, All tags... CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, Conservation NGOs, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES, Interested public, K-12 students & teachers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, society, society, Fewer tags Stream and Lake Monitoring Workshop null Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Monitoring, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Tribes, completed, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags The Tundra in Transition Webinar by Don Spalinger Presented by Don Spalinger & Nathan WolfThis seminar focuses on our concepts of regulation of nutrient flows through tundra ecosystems and the effect that climate (or weather) has on these processes. Nutrient flow and climate, in turn, should regulate plant phenology and production, and thus caribou behavior and nutrition. We will present some ideas for assessing the landscape patterns of these processes and monitoring their impacts. Finally, we will provide examples of such assessment and monitoring processes from our work in Western Alaska over the past two years.​ Categories: Data; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, presentation, Fewer tags Lidar processing and Survey Reports to be completed Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION, DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION, Federal resource managers, All tags... INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LCC Network Science Catalog, LIDAR, LIDAR, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, Tribes, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, completed, elevation, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags High Resolution Vegetation Mapping of the Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. This framework is underpinned by the concept that tundra ecosystem productivity is ultimately driven by the thermodynamics of the system induced by climate. Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Publication, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Coastal Resilience Posters Posters describing coastal processes, food cycles, and relationships among people and marine resources. Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Aleutian Bering Sea Islands LCC data.gov, CLIMATE ADVISORIES, CLIMATE ADVISORIES, CLIMATE INDICATORS, All tags... CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, Conservation NGOs, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES, Interested public, K-12 students & teachers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, map, society, society, Fewer tags Adapt Alaska Whitepaper The Adapt Alaska Collaborative grew out of a set of initiatives to promote climate resilience and adaptation in Alaska. On May 24 and 25, 2017 a group of participants (including representatives of Alaska regional, state and federal agencies and organizations) gathered at a work session to identify next steps to build on the momentum generated by these initiatives toward a more resilient Alaska. At the work session, three working groups formed around specific areas of effort, including a Planning Working Group with the task of identifying ways to streamline the many planning requirements associated with implementing climate resilience and adaptation strategies.The Adapt Alaska Planning Working Group looked at a range... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Aleutian Bering Sea Islands LCC data.gov, CLIMATE ADVISORIES, CLIMATE ADVISORIES, CLIMATE INDICATORS, All tags... CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, Conservation NGOs, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES, Interested public, K-12 students & teachers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Publication, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, society, society, Fewer tags Ecosystem Dynamics and Fate of Warm Permafrost after Tundra Wildfire and Lake Drainage on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) encompasses the southernmost, warmest parts of the arctic tundra biome and is renowned for its high biological productivity and large subsistence-based human population. Ice-rich permafrost currently is widespread and strongly influences terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including local topography, vegetation, soil hydrology, and the water balance of lakes. Ground temperatures are near the freezing point, however, and recent projections indicate that the YKD is poised for widespread loss of permafrost by the end of this century. This has implications for the region’s extensive and heretofore stable terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Tundra wildfire is a common ecological “pulse” disturbance... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2016, AK-00, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, All tags... DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE, Data Acquisition and Development, ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, Interested public, Interested public, LAKES, LAKES, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Large mammals, MODELS, MODELS, Map, Monitoring, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST MELT, PERMAFROST MELT, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Vulnerability Assessment, WILDFIRES, WILDFIRES, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Sightability Correction for Moose Population Surveys Lack of complete snow cover for the past 3 winters in southwestern Alaska has forced agencies to postpone conducting moose surveys due to the likelihood of underestimating the population. For most regions of Alaska, the variation in moose sightability during suboptimal conditions has not yet been quantified. Because scientists are predicting less snowfall in this region over the long term, research was initiated to estimate sightability correction factors (SCFc) to apply to abundance estimates. Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, CALIBRATION/VALIDATION, CALIBRATION/VALIDATION, DEER/MOOSE, DEER/MOOSE, All tags... Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, POPULATION, POPULATION, POPULATION ABUNDANCE, POPULATION ABUNDANCE, POPULATION ESTIMATES, POPULATION ESTIMATES, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Report, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS, STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS, State agencies, Tribes, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Webinar: Moored All-Season Vertical Temperature Arrays in Lakes on Kodiak, Togiak, and Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuges The primary purpose of this project is to acquire long-term data series ontemperature of selected lakes to support management of nursery habitat of lakerearingjuvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in relation to climatechange. We adopted protocol developed by the National Park Service (NPS) toestablish moored all-season vertical temperature monitoring arrays in eight lakesof Kodiak, Togiak, and Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuges(NWR) in summer and fall 2011. We recorded lake temperature at a resolution of0.02°C on an hourly basis at various depth strata between lake surfaces and lakebottoms. Monitoring sites were visited annually or biannially to extract data andto service monitoring equipment.... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Federal resource managers, LAKES, LAKES, LCC Network Science Catalog, SALMONS/TROUTS, All tags... SALMONS/TROUTS, State agencies, TEMPERATURE GRADIENT, TEMPERATURE GRADIENT, TEMPERATURE INDICES, TEMPERATURE INDICES, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, Tribes, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, presentation, Fewer tags Traditional ecological knowledge of Mulchatna Caribou Herd phenology, habitat change, subsistence use, and related species interactions Caribou are an important source of food for residents of western Alaska, but as environmental conditions and migration patterns change, some local hunters have encountered difficulty accessing the Mulchatna caribou herd (MCH). Existing data describe MCH harvests, herd movements, and caribou abundance through time, but an investigation drawing from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has not occurred. This project will integrate TEK with existing knowledge of caribou movements and subsistence harvests. Targeted stakeholders include local tribes, including Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA), local village councils, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LCNP), and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 2016, AK-00, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, State agencies, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Tribes, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative, biota, biota, onGoing, Fewer tags Lidar collection in outer coastal regions of the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Deltas The coastal areas of the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Deltas (YKD) are among the most productive in Alaska. The fish, wildlife, and plant resources have been an integral part of communities in this region for thousands of years. Some of the same traits that make it so productive also make it a challenging place to live and work. To better understand and plan for coastal erosion and storm surges, or plan for roads and trails, information about elevation patterns on the YKD are needed. Current topographic maps have limited value given the flatness of the area. A group of partners worked together with USGS to collect elevation information and create a map that will reveal a portion of the delta’s topography. Kodiak Mapping... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... LIDAR, LIDAR, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, Tribes, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags SINGLE‐BEAM BATHYMETRY DATA COLLECTED IN SHALLOW‐WATER AREAS NEAR GAMBELL, GOLOVIN, HOOPER BAY, SAVOONGA, SHISHMAREF, AND WALES, ALASKA, 2012–2013 Nearshore bathymetry is a vital link that joins offshore water depths to coastal topography. Seamlesswater depth information is a critical input parameter for reliable storm surge models, enables the calculationof sediment budgets, and is necessary baseline data for a range of coastal development decisions.Bathymetric data collection capabilities of an active coastal geohazard field program operatedby the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) were expanded in 2012. Resultantdatasets presented in this report include nearshore bathymetric measurements of critical shallow-watercoastal areas in the vicinity of six western Alaska communities: Gambell, Golovin, Hooper Bay, Savoonga,Shishmaref, and... Categories: Data; Tags: BATHYMETRY, BATHYMETRY, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Regional & county planners, Report, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, State agencies, Tribes, WATER DEPTH, WATER DEPTH, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Develop an existing vegetation layer for the Western Alaska LCC region. This project will produce an existing vegetation type map at 30m resolution for the entire Western Alaska LCC region. The lack of a consistently mapped vegetation data layer for Alaska has been identified as a primary road block for many conservation and management entities across the state. This project will address a number of the LCC conservation goals by addressing a baseline science need that is the foundation for current and future project within the region. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Project, Report, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags Nearshore Bathymetric Data Collection in the vicinity of Western Alaska Communities Nearshore bathymetry is a vital link that joins offshore water depths to coastal topography. Seamless water depth information is a critical input parameter for reliable storm surge models, enables the calculation of sediment budgets and is necessary baseline data for a range of coastal management decisions. Funding from the Western Alaska LCC resulted in the purchase of field equipment capable of shallow water measurements in rural settings, allowing collection of nearshore bathymetry around western Alaska communities. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, All tags... Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Tribes, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Berry Outlook: Identifying berry vulnerabilities to climate and landscape change using local knowledge and other ecological data We propose to develop a Yukon-Kuskokwim Berry Outlook: a data- and observer-driven ecological monitoring and modeling framework that forecasts changes in berry habitat and abundance with climate and environmental change. Berry-producing plants are extremely important to human and wildlife communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta. Berry yield can be influenced by snow cover, rainfall, soil moisture, air temperature, availability of insect pollinators, and seasonal weather extremes; and berry habitat can be altered by more frequent tidal inundation, increased frequency of storm surges, and permafrost deterioration, all of which may be significantly impacted by climate change. In a recent survey of Alaskan environmental... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, All tags... Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Tribes, biota, biota, onGoing, Fewer tags The Tundra in Transition: Unraveling the Dynamics of Western Alaska Caribou-Tundra Ecosystems The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. This framework is underpinned by the concept that tundra ecosystem productivity is ultimately driven by the thermodynamics of the system induced by climate. In winter, soil microbial processes drive N mineralization and thus N available for plant growth... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, Conservation Planning, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LCC Network Science Catalog, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, Report, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags 1 2 »