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TEON: Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network The Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (TEON) is intended to meet the need for a sustainable environmental observing network for northern Alaska. The TEON plan proposes collection of a time series of specific environmental variables in seven representative watersheds across northern Alaska. The Kuparuk River watershed is central to this plan both because of its location that bisects Alaska’s North Slope and its record of hydroclimatic data and research now surpassing 30-yrs. Nested catchments within and adjacent to this sentinel Arctic river system integrate climate and landscape responses from the Brooks Range foothills (Imnavait Creek and Upper Kuparuk River) to the Arctic Coastal Plain (Putuligayuk... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... CRYOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, DISCHARGE/FLOW, DISCHARGE/FLOW, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE, MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE, Map, Monitoring, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, Policy makers & regulators, Project, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE, SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, Training/Outreach/Workshop, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags Modeling Barrier Island Lagoon System Response to Projected Arctic Warming Arey Lagoon and Island, situated on the Beaufort Sea coast just west of Barter Island and within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), was selected as a focus site for an in-depth study of coastal processes on a regional to local scale. Arey Lagoon and adjacent areas encompass a barrier island chain, a glacially fed river and delta (Hulahula and Ogpilak Rivers) from the Brooks Range watershed, low-lying tundra with coastal wet sedge, and thermokarst lakes that all may be vulnerable to the effects of changing storm patterns in response to climate change.Analysis of historical maps and imagery showed that Arey Lagoon mainland coast, partially protected by Arey Island from the direct attack of ocean waves, was... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL PROCESSES, All tags... COASTAL PROCESSES, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Regional & county planners, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, Vulnerability Assessment, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags Evaluating the 'Bottom Up' Effects of Changing Habitats: Climate Changes, Vegetative Phenology, and the Nutrient Dynamics of Ungulate Forages To elucidate these potential “bottom up” effects of climate changes to Arctic ungulates and evaluate the trophic mismatch hypothesis, the Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (ALCC), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Teck, Inc., and the National Park Service provided funding in 2012-14 to incorporate the calving and summer range of the Western Arctic caribou herd (WAH) into an ongoing inter-agency research and monitoring effort to examine the influences of climate change on the nutrient dynamics of caribou forages. This work is leveraging existing projects on the North Slope of Alaska that are primarily funded through the USGS Changing Arctic Ecosystems Initiative. Field... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... MAMMALS, MAMMALS, PLANTS, PLANTS, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Shorebirds and Invertebrate Distribution on Delta Mudflats along the Beaufort Sea More information is needed about species composition, abundance, or distribution of the microfauna and meiofauna living within the interstitial spaces of the littoral zones along the Beaufort Sea coast. Shorebirds depend on meiofauna for food for pre-migratory fattening and these organisms make important contributions to bioremediation of oil spills.The information obtained from this jointly-funded research can contribute to development of mitigation measures and strategies to reduce potential impacts from post-lease exploration and development. This information need extends to the lower trophic levels forming the base of these complex food webs and the biochemistry that influences these relationships. Their contributions... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, All tags... DELTAS, DELTAS, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, INTERTIDAL ZONE, INTERTIDAL ZONE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Extensive Mapping of Bering Sea Coastal Change by Landsat Time Series Trend Analysis, 1985-2012 The project will complete an extensive mapping of coastal change along the entire coastline of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). The work will provide important baseline information on the distribution and magnitude of landscape changes over the past 41 years. The extent of change to the coastline and to coastal features, such as spits, barrier islands, estuaries, tidal guts and lagoons, is known to be substantial in some areas along the coast (e.g., portions of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta), although the extent of change along the full Bering Sea coast is not well documented. With this analysis, changes can be summarized for different land ownerships or other units to assess the extent of... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, DEGRADATION, All tags... DEGRADATION, DELTAS, DELTAS, DEPOSITION, DEPOSITION, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARIES, ESTUARIES, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Federal resource managers, INLETS, INLETS, KARST LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, KARST LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, LACUSTRINE PLAIN, LACUSTRINE PLAIN, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LONGSHORE CURRENTS, LONGSHORE CURRENTS, MEANDER, MEANDER, Map, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, Presentation, Project, RIVER, RIVER, ROCKY COASTS, ROCKY COASTS, Regional & county planners, Report, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, SUBSIDENCE, SUBSIDENCE, SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, Tribes, User Manual, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, Vulnerability Assessment, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Temperature, phenology, and embryo survival in western Alaska sockeye salmon population: the potential for adaptation to a warming world? Viable sockeye salmon populations are critical to the economy, culture, and freshwater ecosystems of Bristol Bay in Western Alaska, and it is unclear how populations might respond to warming temperatures during the critical life history stages of spawning and embryo incubation. The overarching goal of the project is to understand how temperature might influence population-specific patterns of embryo incubation, timing of hatching and fry emergence, and sockeye salmon embryo survival. By combining analyses of data from two large lake systems in the Kvichak watershed, laboratory rearing experiments to elucidate functional relationships, and simulation modeling, this project quantifies biological responses to changing... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, DATA REFORMATTING, DATA REFORMATTING, All tags... Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LAKES, LAKES, LCC Network Science Catalog, MEDIA TRANSFER/DATA RESCUE, MEDIA TRANSFER/DATA RESCUE, PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS, PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS, PHYSICAL/LABORATORY MODELS, PHYSICAL/LABORATORY MODELS, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, RIVERS/STREAMS, RIVERS/STREAMS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL AREAS, Report, SALMONS/TROUTS, SALMONS/TROUTS, State agencies, WATER TEMPERATURE, WATER TEMPERATURE, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Historical Orthomosaic, Digital Surface Model, and Shoreline Position for the Northern Alaska Coastline The most comprehensive historical aerial imagery of Alaska available to the public was collected as partof the Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography Program (AHAP) during 1978-1986. Recent studiesexamining coastline erosion have clearly demonstrated that the AHAP photographs are a valuablebaseline for detecting and quantifying change that occurred in Alaska in recent decades. Unfortunately,these data have been greatly underutilized due to challenges associated with orthorectifying the rawimagery and making it ready for users of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). By partnering with theAlaska Satellite Facility (ASF) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks the ALCC has made high-qualityAHAP orthomosaics of the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, All tags... COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Tribes, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, oceans, oceans, planningCadastre, planningCadastre, Fewer tags Alaska invasive plant identification and record input smartphone app Concern about invasive species in Alaska is a growing concern, attracting attention from land managers, politicians and the public. Nearly half the new discoveries of invasive plants, animals, and insects in the state are reported by concerned individuals with a general interest in invasive species. The development of a mobile application for invasive plant identification and reporting will help enable the public to gather and share new invasive plant discoveries. This project will result in the development of a decision tool for identifying non-natives plant species, which will provide the foundation for the app. Project staff will also review user-submitted requests for identification assistance, review app-generated... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Applications and Tools, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision Support, IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, All tags... IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, Interested public, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, LCC Network Science Catalog, PLANTS, PLANTS, Project, Regional & county planners, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, underDevelopment, Fewer tags Travel Support for Stakeholder Involvement in "Differential effects of climate-mediated forest change on the habitats of two ungulates..." This project will fund travel for face to face meetings with stakeholders (State and Federal agencies and Subsistence resource users) of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (WALCC) in regard to a scientific modelling project. The modelling seeks to project the effects of climate on available forage for moose and caribou, as modified by snow cover and fire regimes, through 2100. The face to face meetings will present the goals and objectives of the modelling effort, seek identification of areas of particular concern for managers and subsistence users, and seek input on additional objectives that may be addressed by the project. At the completion of the project, there will be a second set of face... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: DEER/MOOSE, DEER/MOOSE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, environment, All tags... environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Biological Responses to Increasing Water Temperatures in Lakes of the Barrow/Atqasuk Focus Watershed: An Interdisciplinary Bioenergetics and Contamina There is currently have a very poor understanding of how climate change will affect food web structure and mercury accumulation in lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. In this study, researchers are addressing this knowledge gap by adopting a space-for-time approach. Fish and food web ecology, and mercury accumulation patterns, are being investigated in several lakes that represent a gradient in temperature/ice phenology of up to two ice-free weeks and 10°C. They are also comparing food web structure and rates of mercury biomagnification among the lakes, and relating these to several climate variables. Finally, they are relating past trends in mercury accumulation in lake sediments to indices of lake productivity... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, CONTAMINANTS, CONTAMINANTS, All tags... Conservation Design, Federal resource managers, LAKES, LAKES, LCC Network Science Catalog, PERMAFROST MELT, PERMAFROST MELT, Project, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, Tribes, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags North Slope Alaska Admiralty Bay LiDAR Over the last 3 years, high-resolution LiDAR elevation data has been acquired for much of the northern coast of Alaska in support of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program’s National Assessment of Shoreline Change project. Because of funding limitations, LiDAR data were not collected over most river deltas and embayments. Subsequent discussions with scientists and managers from both public agencies and private organizations indicated a need and desire to fill the gaps in the coastal elevation data set, specifically over the low-lying deltas and estuaries that provide important habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife. The Arctic LCC provided support to help cover costs associated with acquiring and processing... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS, COASTAL LANDFORMS, Data Acquisition and Development, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LCC Network Science Catalog, LIDAR, LIDAR, Project, TERRAIN ELEVATION, TERRAIN ELEVATION, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, Fewer tags