Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries

Acknowledgements

Much of the research reported in this document was designed and conducted between 1988-1994 while Thomas R. McCabe served as the Senior Scientist and Coordinator. His participation was a significant contribution to the research program. The comments and suggestions of the independent peer-reviewers greatly improved the scientific quality of this report. Many others contributed in a wide variety of ways. The authors express their thanks to the following persons:

G. W. Anthony
A. Badyaev
B. Barnes
S. Benjamin
E. Binnian
S. C. Bishop
S. A. Bolinger
C. Bossio
D. Borchert
R. T. Bowyer
C. S. Boyd
A. C. Brown
D. A. Budeau
E. Bulwer-Lytton
E. Burns
K. Butters
T. Chappelle
D. A. Cooley
D. Cox
C. H. Curby
J. Davis
R. DeLong
K. Deruyter
J. Dinsdale
D. DuFour
M. Emers
D. Gomert
G. W. Elison
D. O. Everson
C. M. Falter
S. G. Fancy

T. Fathauer
R. Fernau
R. Fessenden
M. D. Fleming
D. Frandsen
R. Friedrich
K. L. Gerhart
C. Gewin
D. Gohmert
H. Golden
K. Grant
J. C. Greslin
P. Groves
G. Gulik
E. Gunther
J. E. Haga
M. M. Harris
R. B. Harris
W. Hauer
H. Heffernan
K. Higgs
J. Hodges
D. Holleman
M. A. Hurley
M. Irinaga
D. Jacques
J. Johnson
K. Jouppi
R. Karl
R. Kaye
R. Kedrowski

R. A. Kelleyhouse
J. G. King
J. Kitchens
A. Knapp
K. Knutson
L. M. Koestner
O. Kramer
K. E. Kunkle
J. Laravee
B. E. Lawhead
K. Lawrence
E. A. Lenart
C. J. Lensink
P. Lhotka
K. Lloyd
G. Lortie
M. Lubinski
H. A. Maier
C. Markon
P. D. Martin
M. A. Masteller
F. J. Mauer
I. McDonald
L. L. McDonald
E. M. McGowan
B. McIntyre
J. McIsaac
B. McLean
L. McManus
D. A. Melton
P. Merchant

D. C. Miller
J. Milne
J. Minnick
D. G. Miquelle
A. P. Monda
C. A. Monda
N. Mosso
G. Muehlenhardt
E. C. Murphy
S. M. Murphy
D. D. Musil
C. Nielsen
W. A. C. Nixon
K. L. Oakley
L. F. Pank
A. Pedersen
B. Pelchat
P. Quang
A. G. Rappoport
M. K. Raynolds
W. L. Regelin
B. Reitz
B. Ritchie
C. T. Robbins
T. J. Roffe
J. Rood
J. J. Rotella
T. Ruttan
J. A. Schmutz
J. W. Schoen
J. M. Scott
J. Seagren

J. S. Sedinger
M. B. Shasby
R. B. Shideler
C. Sills
C. Skandunas
M. Smith
B. Smith
C. Smits
C. Soloy
D. Sowards
S. Stehmans
O-G. Stöen
D. M. Strickland
W. J. Stringer
J. Suttie
U. G. Swain
C. Taylor
R. Thorson
N. B. Tileston
P. Valkenburg
D. van der Wetering
J. Ver Hoef
P. Walters
C. Warbelow
R. Warbelow
D. Washington
T. Wertz
G. C. White
R. White
M. A. Wilms
S. A. Wolfe
B. Woods

The authors also wish to acknowledge the following agencies and organizations that provided financial support:

• Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration
• National Science Foundation, Grant OPP-9521459
• Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Northern Oil and Gas Action Program of Canada
• Ivvavik National Park
• Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

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This report summarizes investigations of key terrestrial wildlife species that use an approximate 1.5-million-acre area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge costal plain, called the “1002 Area,” in northeastern Alaska. This report contains information about population dynamics, distribution, energetics, and habitat use of the 1002 Area by caribou, muskoxen, polar bears, and snow geese as well as grizzly bears, wolves, and golden eagles. The report includes discussions of the potential effects and mitigation of petroleum exploration or development for these species and their habitats.

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, 1002 Area, Alaska, North Slope, tundra, coastal plain, caribou, Porcupine caribou herd, muskoxen, polar bear, snow geese, brown bear, petroleum

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