Projects and Research
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge staff collaborate with partners, organizations, communities and other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs to monitor and research the ecological systems and diversity of wildlife in this far northern landscape. Current and recent projects include:
- Inventory and Monitoring Plan activities
- Monitoring and researching migratory birds that breed and nest on the arctic coastal plain
- Aerial moose population surveys
- Moose research on the north slope and coastal plain
- Caribou spatial ecology and migration research
- Dall sheep surveys
- Arctic fox investigations
- Snow surveys
- Fisheries research
- Wetlands inventory
- Hydrological monitoring
Arctic Refuge Winter Snow Conditions Report
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the U.S. Geological Survey maintain a network of monitoring stations across the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Arctic Refuge Decisions and NEPA Processes
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge engages the public through a variety of NEPA processes to best guide management decisions affecting Arctic Refuge conservation.
Arctic Refuge Water Quantity and Quality Survey
Water is critically important to all the habitats and species found on Alaska’s Refuges, including Arctic.
North Slope Dolly Varden Studies
When woolly mammoths still roamed Earth, rain and snow fell on the south side of Alaska’s Brooks Range.
Inventory, Mapping, and Digitizing the Wetlands of Alaska's Refuges
As part of the National Wetlands Inventory, we are mapping and digitizing high priority wetlands in Alaska’s 16 National Wildlife Refuges.
Early Detection of Invasive Species in Alaska
Invasive Species Program staff collaborate with Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge, the State of Alaska and other partners to protect Alaska's lands and waters by working to detect invasive species infestations while they’re still relatively small.