Alaska Eco Tour
Denali National Park & Preserve (National Park Service)
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Research reports for Alaska Fisheries Science Center's National Marine Mammal Lab for Oct-Dec 2002
Rod Hobbs attended the 13th annual meeting of the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee (ABWC) in Anchorage, Alaska, 19-20 November. The ABWC represents native subsistence beluga whale hunters throughout Alaska and beluga whale scientists. Each year a meeting is held to review harvest data and the latest research results. Hobbs presented information on movements of tagged beluga whales in Cook Inlet and the recent abundance estimate of the Cook Inlet stock. A highlight of this year's meeting was the presentation of the NOAA Environmental Hero award to the organization. ABWC President Ross Schaeffer received the award on behalf of the organization. The award was given to the ABWC in recognition of its unique approach to user-based management and its successful mix of scientific expertise and hunters' traditional, ecological knowledge. ... [Read More]
Investigation of the potential disturbance of harbor seals by cruiseships in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, May to August 2002
Cruise tourism in Alaska has been growing rapidly since the early 1970's and there isincreasing interest in evaluating possible impacts on sensitive coastal ecosystems. Recent attentionhas focused on the possible effects of tour vessels, including cruise ships, on subsistence resourcesthat have been critically important to Alaska Natives for many generations. Harbor seals that haul outyear-round on floating ice in tidewater glacial fjords are one such resource of concern because theirpristine habitat is a popular destination for tourism. This study examined the potential effects of cruiseships entering Disenchantment Bay, Alaska on the behavior, abundance, and distribution of harborseals from early May, at the onset of seal pupping, to early August, just prior to molting season. Analyses presented here of the behavioral observations (conducted from cruise ships) were confinedto the single response of seals entering the water during a vessel approach; less overt behavioral responseswere ... [Read More]
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -- Press Releases
The refuge is located in Charlton, Ware, and Clinch Counties in Georgia and in Baker County, Florida. More than 400,000 visitors annually enjoy wilderness canoe trails, an auto tour route, hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife observation and photography. Some of the diverse wildlife found on the refuge include black bears, alligators,red-cockaded woodpeckers, ospreys, herons egrets, and blue-winged teal. ... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 63 fish and wildlife management offices and 81 eco logical services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. ... [Read More]
Site Map - High School Environmental Center - US EPA
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network: Traditional Ecological Knowledge ... Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) ... Ecosystem Exhibits ... [Read More]
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
The estimated number of visitors to the Kenai NWR is 400,000 people per year. Major activities on the refuge include fishing, hiking, camping, and canoeing. Fishing is the most popular activity on the refuge. Weekend visitation during the peak fishing season often results in extremely limited parking and few, if any, available campsites. The refuge is also one of southern Alaska’s most popular destinations for Anchorage residents. Most non-local visitors to the refuge spend one to two weeks at the refuge, though some visitors with motor homes stay up to six weeks. Since the refuge’s creation in 1941 visitation has doubled three times and visitation continues to increase as opportunities for more refuge activities increase. Although the majority of the annual visitation is concentrated in the short summer season, with a peak in July, there are opportunities for winter recreation such as cross-country skiing and snow machine use. The Kenai NWR is home to one of the most active salmon fis ... [Read More]
Notes on Beringia 99 Presentations
The Portrait Project, as it has come to be referred, was designed to be a contemporary artistic representation of three Siberian Yupik communities spanning the Bering Sea, a representative portion of a small population that share common bonds of family heritage and culture. The project was designed to visually describe the contemporary daily lives and activities of Siberian Yupik family members living in Nome, Savoonga and New Chaplino, utilizing mediums of painting, drawing and photography. An extended family portrait, and international family album could be constructed and shared, and be a solid and meaningful contribution to all the communities. The project was intended to demonstrate the disparity or similarity in experience between individuals of a Siberian Yupik population divided by the international border between Chukotka and Alaska. The project was a visual investigation to see if improvements were indeed experienced over the course of this last decade when the first friend ... [Read More]
SustainabilityNewsSummer2004Innovations
Diverse initiatives at Independence are also reducing by-product pollution. Early efforts included installation of benches made of recycled detergent bottles. Exceptionally durable, the benches look like wood, as in the case of another project involving placement of artificial mulch in tree wells. Made of old tires, the artificial mulch resembles shredded wood mulch, but maintains its shape and earth tone color for 10 years. Like natural mulch, it allows water to reach tree roots and reduces weed growth. In the future, recycled wood will be used to resurface the basement at the Second Bank of the United States. The lumber will be supplied by CitiLog™, an urban logging company that recovers used lumber and fallen trees and turns them into attractive, finished products, reinforcing the park's continued dedication to using renewable resources. ... [Read More]
WaterTalk - August 1997
The Secretary's 1997 Honor Award is the most significant recognition the Department of Agriculture can bestow, acknowledging outstanding contributions to agriculture, to the consumers of agricultural products, and to the agency’s ability to serve the nation. Only nine other groups were recognized in the Environmental Protection category. ... The project, for so long in the planning stages, is now moving closer to becoming reality. This June, draft agreements were completed by project participants including: the developer Eco-Tec of NW America; a newly-formed farmers’ cooperative called Tillamook MEADCO; Tillamook County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD); Tillamook County Creamery Association; and the Port of Tillamook Bay. ... [Read More]
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