Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a walrus harvest, health and welfare study in 5 northern Bering Sea coastal villages during the Spring of 1981. Goals of the study were to determine the level of harvest, age structure of harvested animals, body condition of harvested animals and levels of contaminants occurring in various body organs and tissues. Walrus harvest levels for the Nome area and King Island were determined to be 449489 and 264269 respectively. Thirtytwo tooth samples were acquired and await analysis. Blubber and skin measurements were obtained for 11 animals. No contaminant samples were acquired. Secondary observations on weather conditions, chronology of harvest and socioculturaleconomic were noted. Intangible benefits derived from the study included a closer rapport with the resource users, greater information exchange and understanding of the Services marine mammal goals and objectives, and greater understanding of the relationship of walrus to the subsistence, cultural and economic base.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This report summarizes a survey of Chamisso Island National Wildlife Refuge in the summer of 1977.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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448 moose were observed. Calf:cow ratios 60:100 and twinning rates 13:100 were indicative of good production and survival to six months of age for the 1987 cohort. The bull:cow ratio was 41:100. Yearling recruitment for the 1986 cohort was fair.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Summer 1956 production survey and banding of waterfowl at Selawik, including comparison of air and ground survey methods.
Eradication of fox on Bird Island and incidental surveys of seabirds in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska, May-June 1984
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Problems and suggested methods for more effective fox eradication on Bird Island, and notes on incidental seabird surveys.
Fertilization and seeding oil-damaged arctic tundra to effect vegetation recovery, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: A paper prepared for the workshop Ecological Effects of Hydrocarbon Spills in Alaska
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Six year study of revegetation after oil spill near Prudhoe Bay identified phosphorus as key ingredient in fostering growth.
A reconnaissance of the breeding distribution of colonial nesting of seabirds on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula, May 30 - June 19, 1973
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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These field notes respond to the need for more knowledge about colonial seabirds, a neglected segment of Alaskas natural resources. Refuges, research and what was then river basins studies provided personnel and resources. The vessel used was the 65foot Aleutian Tern, a refuge vessel, enroute to its summer station in the Aleutian Islands. The crew consisted of George Putney, masterengineer; Chris Anderson, cookdeckhand; George Divoky, wildlife biologist Research; and the author, Ed Bailey, from the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, joined the group at Sand Point on June 8. Alan McCartney an archeologist accompanied us.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Thirtytwo species of seaducks 10 species and shorebirds 7 species were recorded in summer and fall aerial and boat surveys within 12.5 km of the shoreline of central and southern portions of the YukonKuskokwim Delta.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Spring and fall aerial surveys and a ground species identification survey were conducted on the Nowitna NWR in 1987. Totals of 158 swans and 38 nests were observed during the spring survey. Total swans increased 17.1 and the number of nests 34.9 over 1986 on 15 survey units surveyed both years. One hundred and fiftythree swans, including 64 juveniles, were observed during the fall survey. The number of juveniles increased 88.1 over 1985 on 5 survey units surveyed both years. All swans identified to species during the ground survey were trumpeter swans.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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A spring aerial survey of the Nowitna River corridor was conducted to determine density and distribution of geese. Totals observed were 273 whitefronted geese in 30 flocks and 7 Canada geese in 3 flocks. The number of whitefronted geese declined by 48.0 from 1986 on a portion of the survey route surveyed both years. Goose production data were collected during the Nowitna MR annual waterfowl brood survey. Totals of 89 adult and 119 juvenile whitefronted geese were observed on the lower Nowitna River, and 35 adult and 29 juvenile whitefronted were observed on the Sulatna River. Three hundred and eight whitefronted geese were observed on surveyed wetlands.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Contaminants found in fish and wildlife samples collected in Southeast, Western and Northern FWS Ecological Services Field Station regions during 1982.
Wrangel Island snow goose inventory, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1985: 1985 inventory report
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Annual fall count of 1,222 snow geese far lower than previous counts, 2,474 to 12,947.
Eradication of fox on Big Koniuji Island in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska, and census of crested auklets with notes on other fauna, June-July 1986
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Diminished number of trapped foxes, compared to prior year, suggest that few foxes remain on Big Koniuji Island.
An archaeological assessment of a proposed petroleum well site near Sterling, Alaska: Chevron U.S.A., Soldatna Creek
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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No remains of cultural resources were found within the confines of the proposed project.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This bibliography was compiled to assist in working up profiles for the estuaries in Alaska. The purpose of the profiles is to list in a narrative form the geography, geology, oceanography, meteorology, and the fish and wildlife aspects of estuaries and their ecological importance.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Population, distribution, habitat, utilization, status, problems, and management procedures for Pacific coast trumpeter swamps
YFNWR project report number 87-5: Beaver food cache survey, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1986: Management study
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Beaver colonies remained relatively stable or increased slightly within the two survey areas as indicated through aerial foodcache surveys. The LodgeWater Bodies ratio increased for the two areas by 23 over 1985. The increase is reflected in the increase in newly located lodges 15. There was a 10 decrease in the Food Cache ActivityLodge ratio indicating not as many available lodges were occupied. There was a net gain of eight active lodges indicating a relatively stable or slight increase in beaver population reflected through beaver colony activity.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Notes on 77 species of birds observed during study of Aleutian Canada goose.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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A duck pair count was conducted in five trend areas on 30 May 1986 in the Koyukuk NWR. Forty pairs from eight species of ducks were observed.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Lists and describes known and suspected archaeological sites.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Waterfowl nesting conditions on the Innoko in 1986 were much improved over the flooding and late spring of 1985. Light snowfall in the winter of 8586 accumulated only 12 feet throughout the Innoko basin. This, coupled with a dry May and June, allowed good conditions for successful nesting and hatching.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Breeding chronology for all bird species was essentially the same for 1977 and 1978. The number of breeding kittiwakes, gulls and terns of both species declined in 1978 whereas the number of breeding tufted puffins remained rather constant. Likewise productivity at all stages of breeding: number of eggs laid, number of chicks hatched, number of chicks fledged and chicks fledged per nest attempt declined for all of the above surface and cliff nesters, but not for the tufted puffins. The decline in reproductive output in 1978 was due to a number of factors: fewer breeding birds, fewer eggs laid to begin with, increased predation of eggs and chicks by mew and glaucouswinged gulls, ravens, northwest crows and bald eagles, and perhaps a change in the prey base. The prey base for all of the species studied changed radically from 1977 to 1978. In 1977, capelin, Mallotus villosus, was by far the most important prey with respect to numbers and frequency of occurrence. In 1978 capelin was replaced by sandlance, Ammodytes hexapterus as the most important prey and was found in significantly fewer numbers and in significantly fewer of the regurgitations and bill loads of the birds than it was in 1977. This decline of capelin in 1978 may have somehow influenced the decrease in numbers of breeding birds and also their lowered reproductive success.
Report on investigation of wildfowl of the Hooper Bay section of Alaska during the spring and summer of 1924
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Narrative, including species lists, reproduced from Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7176, records of the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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During the report period draft management plans were prepared for Alaskan stocks of walruses, sea otters, and polar bears. The draft management plans define problems and lay out strategies to resolve them. In the event the Alaska Department of Fish and Game resumes management of Alaskan stocks of marine mammals the plans will be useful to the Service in guiding any federal oversight function implemented by the conditions of a waiver action.
Eradication of fox on Big Koniuji Island and ancillary surveys of seabirds in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska, May-June 1985
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Methods, problems and suggested use of cyanide projectiles M44 for completion of fox eradication on Big Koniuji Island.