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The article examines the impacts of climate change on the transportation system of Alaska which has more than 6,600 miles of coastline, and an underlayer of permafrost in approximately 80 percent of its land mass. Its highways are revealed to be frequently icing, cracking and washing away due to the warming permafrost, coastal erosion and increasing storms. Heat is presented to increase subsurface water flow which in turn affects roads resulting in instability in surfaces and slopes.
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The effects of exchanging noncertified with certified wood-burning devices on the 24h-average PM2.5concentrations in the nonattainment area of Fairbanks, Alaska, in a cold season (October to March) were investigated using the Weather Research and Forecasting model inline coupled with a chemistry package. Even changing out only 2930 uncertified woodstoves and 90 outdoor wood boilers reduced the 24 h-average PM2.5concentrations on average by 0.6 μg.m−3 (6%) and avoided seven out of 55 simulated exceedance days during this half-a-year. The highest reductions on any exceedance day ranged between 1.7 and 2.8 μg.m−3. The relative response factors obtained were consistently relatively low (~0.95) for all PM2.5 species...
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National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska and throughout the U.S. have begun developing a spatially comprehensive monitoring program to inform management decisions, and to provide data to broader research projects. In an era of unprecedented rates of climate change, monitoring is essential to detecting, understanding, communicating and mitigating climate-change effects on refuge and other resources under the protection of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and requires monitoring results to address spatial scales broader than individual refuges. This document provides guidance for building a monitoring program for refuges in Alaska that meets refuge-specific management needs while also allowing synthesis and summary of ecological...
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PURPOSE: The construction and operation of a 737-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter pipeline to transport natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from Alaskas North Slope to Fairbanks, Anchorage and the Cook Inlet area of Alaska are proposed. The Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project would connect with the central gas facility (CGF) near Prudhoe Bay, provide for connection to a Fairbanks natural gas distribution system, and connect to ENSTAR Natural Gas Companys (ENSTAR) pipeline system located in southcentral Alaska (Anchorage and the Cook Inlet area). The residential and commercial needs of southcentral Alaska are currently served by the Cook Inlet gas fields, but these existing fields cannot sustain the areas needs...
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Here you will find some of the more common links to information about the environment in Alaska. This is not an all inclusive list of information on the State of Alaska. If you don't find what you are looking for, be sure to check the Region 10 program buttons to the left.
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The article focuses on Alaska's water transportation which Alaska depends on in hauling bulk cargo like oil or coal out of the state and brining in freight ranging from refrigerated containers of lettuce to drill rigs. It provides the history of Alaska's water transportation and the increased commercialization of the Yukon River following the transfer of Alaska from Russia. It indicates that Alaska's mines and oil rely on water transportation to get their materials to market.
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This page allows you to search all of the reports and publications published in the scientific and technical reporting series by ADF&G's Commercial Fisheries, Sport Fish, and Subsistence divisions. There are three approaches you can use for searching these publications - The first two search through data fields in our publications database and the third will search through the text of the PDF documents themselves. Each method offers distinct advantages - roll the cursor over each search type to find out more!
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Alaska Board of Fisheries website includes links to regulations, proposals, latest news, description of Board of Fisheries authority.
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Environmental Contaminants Program: To protect, improve and restore the quality of fish, wildlife and habitat resources through the identification, prevention and correction of environmental contaminant problems in Alaska. [The page provides links to the following documents:] Contaminant Studies and Technical Reports Organochlorine Analysis in Burbot (Lota lota) (pdf. 451 KB) Contaminants in Peregrine Falcon Eggs Peregrine Falcon Population Trends: Porcupine River, Alaska Contaminant Assessment: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Kensington Mine Area: Baseline Contaminants Study Contaminant Data: Selawik Wildlife Refuge (pdf. 7,513 KB) Contaminant Data: Nowitna Wildlife Refuge (pdf. 1,971 KB) Metal Analyses at Kanuti...
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Using hunting as a management tool in urban areas is often controversial and contrasts with many hunts in rural or wildland settings. Faced with contentious decision-making environments, managers increasingly want to understand public acceptability of hunts before implementing them. A survey of Anchorage residents about acceptability of a nearby moose (Alces alces) hunt offered an opportunity to apply attitude theory to this issue. Results showed majority (51%) support for the hunt, although 34% were opposed and 15% were undecided. There also was considerable divergence in the underlying beliefs of those who supported and opposed the hunt. Support was based primarily on beliefs that it would reduce moose-vehicle...
map background search result map search result map Big Lake Watershed atlas : wetlands & waterbodies within the Big Lake Watershed. Prepared by the Planning and Land Use Department and the Geographic Information Systems Division of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, as part of the Big Lake Watershed Assessment and Planning Project] Framework for ecological monitoring on lands of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and their partners, Anchorage, Alaska Draft environmental impact statement, Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE: Site Information FORT WAINWRIGHT: Site Information Wood-Burning Device Changeout: Modeling the Impact on PM2.5 Concentrations in a Remote Subarctic Urban Nonattainment Area Understanding Beliefs and Attitudes about an Urban Wildlife Hunt near Anchorage, Alaska Annual Management Report Yukon and Northern Areas 2008; ANNUAL MANAGEMENT REPORT YUKON AND NORTHERN AREAS 2008 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE: Site Information FORT WAINWRIGHT: Site Information Understanding Beliefs and Attitudes about an Urban Wildlife Hunt near Anchorage, Alaska Big Lake Watershed atlas : wetlands & waterbodies within the Big Lake Watershed. Prepared by the Planning and Land Use Department and the Geographic Information Systems Division of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, as part of the Big Lake Watershed Assessment and Planning Project] Wood-Burning Device Changeout: Modeling the Impact on PM2.5 Concentrations in a Remote Subarctic Urban Nonattainment Area Draft environmental impact statement, Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline Framework for ecological monitoring on lands of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and their partners, Anchorage, Alaska Annual Management Report Yukon and Northern Areas 2008; ANNUAL MANAGEMENT REPORT YUKON AND NORTHERN AREAS 2008