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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 • • • • • • 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