U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective memories. Caribou are the most abundant large mammal species on land in the Arctic. They are not only an important part of the ecology but are also a primary source of food for hundreds of communities. The antlered deer migrate […]
New 1-million-acre Teshekpuk Lake Conservation Right of Way acts on community-led proposal to offset Willow Project ANCHORAGE, Alaska –Tuesday the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a right of way to Nuiqsut Trilateral, Inc. that provides durable, long-term protections for the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd and its key habitat across roughly 1 million acres within an […]
The Alaska we experience today and our children will experience in the future is not the Alaska of the past. According to the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released this week by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration and co-authored by ten University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists, warming is affecting caribou populations, heat-trapping gas releases and […]