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North Slope Rapid Ecoregional Assessment
Intermediary results on human footprint
and social and economic MQs
Update to the AMT and Techteam
October 20, 2014
Institute of Social and Economic Research
University of Alaska Anchorage
This presentation will cover…
Updates on
• Human footprint, including all anthropogenic activity in the region
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Communities
Transportation
Mining, oil, and gas infrastructure
Communication
Recreation
Subsistence
• Few Management Questions
• Process models as they are now
• Preliminary results
Human footprint: Communities, Camps and Cabins in the North Slope
Federal (NPS, USFWS, BLM): 180,000 sq. km.
State (selected, patent): 53,000 sq. km.
Native (selected and patent): 25,000 sq. km.
Human footprint: Linear features
Pipelines: 2,500 Km.
Electrical transmission lines:75 Km.
Trails: 10,000 Km.
Rivers: 4,500 Km.
Roads: 1,700 Km.
Human footprint: Prudhoe Bay infrastructure and development
Human footprint: Recreation
Human footprint: Renewable Energy
Management Questions: TF3; (AF2)
What are the measurable and perceived impacts of development on subsistence harvest of caribou? (Fish)?
Oil and gas
infrastructures shape
files and tabular data
Map identifying location of oil
and gas infrastructures
Content
Analysis
Subsistence Advisory Panel
(Meeting minutes, Issues and
recommendations)
Themes
(Areas of concerns used as
key terms)
Targeted
search
Literature
(Reports, Peer-reviewed
articles, ADF&G, NSB,
MMS/BOEM)
Summary report
identifying perceived
impacts of development
on subsistence harvest of
caribou
Review and
assessment
Perceived impacts of
development on subsistence
harvest of caribou
Extract
Work definitions of
subsistence and development
Literature
Measurable dimensions of
‘development’ that impact
‘subsistence’ harvests of
caribou
Extract
Relationships between
variables and total
harvest
Clip
Data Discovery for variables
(ADF&G, AKDOL, BEA, AEDG)
Source Dataset
Final Result
Intermediate Results
Operator
Acronyms:
NOS: North Slope
Model identifying the measurable
dimensions of development that
impact subsistence harvests of
caribou
Management Questions: TF3
Measuring impacts on subsistence harvest
Transportation
Infrastructure
moderator
Access to subsistence
area
Subsistence Harvest
Legal restriction
moderator
Access to subsistence
area
Subsistence Harvest
Physical barrier, i.e. pipeline,
wellhead, or other
infrastructure
moderator
Access to subsistence
area
Subsistence Harvest
Management Questions: AC1
How does water withdrawal from lakes for oil and gas activities (year-round industrial and domestic use and winter
operations) affect lake water quantity and water quality, outflow/stream connectivity, and down-basin stream habitat?
Data required: Location data on lakes
used for water withdrawal
Oil and gas
infrastructures shape
files and tabular data
NOS water bodies shape
files
overlay
Location of water bodies
used by the oil and gas
industry
Oil and Gas Water
Permits
extract
Define “domestic” vs
“industrial” water use
Source Dataset
Intermediate Results
Final Result
Operator
Acronyms:
NOS: North Slope
Map identifying locations
of water withdrawal from
oil and gas activities
Management Questions: AP1
What physical and perceptual limitations to access to subsistence resources by local residents are caused by oil/gas
activities?
Subsistence Advisory Panel
(Meeting minutes, Issues and
recommendations)
Content
Analysis
Themes
(Areas of concerns used as
key terms)
Targeted
search
Literature
(Reports, Peer-reviewed
articles, ADF&G, NSB,
MMS/BOEM)
Summary report identifying
the perceptual limitations to
access to subsistence
resources by local residents
are caused by oil/gas
Review and
assessment
Literature
(Peer-reviewed articles,
Reports)
Perceptual limitations to
access to subsistence
resources
Extract
Physical limitations to access
to subsistence resources
caused by oil and gas
activities
Community locations
shape files
Oil and gas
infrastructures shape
files and tabular data
Overlay
Relative locations of
subsistence resources with
communities
Distribution models
Land Status shape files
and tabular data
Source Dataset
Final Result
Intermediate Results
Operator
Acronyms:
NOS: North Slope
Overlay
Map identifying physical
limitations caused by oil
and gas activities
Management Questions: AT3
What additional contaminants baseline data are needed for fish, birds, marine and terrestrial species, particularly
those that affect the health and safety of subsistence foods?
• Department of Environmental Conservation tracks a long list of contaminants across the state
• Their data is not linked to any biological data
• Department of Fish and Game conducts assessments of impacts on specific contaminants on specific species
• These assessments are conducted in response to specific requests
To answer this question, we started from the subsistence species on the CE list and reviewed the literature on
contaminants that impact any of the species.
• Several contaminants per each species were identified
• Available data (attributes) were identified
• Additional attributes are now being identified
Sources of Data
US Army Corps of
Engineers
Bureau of Economic
Analysis
Erosion
UA Census Bureau
National Center for
Education Statistics
Population
Federal
Employment
Alaska Department of
Labor
State
Local/Regional
Alaska Bureau of Vital
Statistics
Linear features
Alaska Department of
Education
Block features
Energy
Income
Language
Alaska Housing Finance
Commission
Vital Statistics
North Slope Borough
Planning Department
Education
Institute of Social and
Economic Research
Location