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Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges January 2014 Meeting

Explore the field report detailing vegetation monitoring in Atigun Gorge during the GLORIA project in January 2014, focusing on species diversity and temperature trends in alpine environments facing climate change pressures.

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Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges January 2014 Meeting

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  1. Mountain top vegetation monitoring in Atigun GorgeField ReportMerrill Jensen(all photos taken by Merrill during the project) Friends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesJanuary 2014 Meeting

  2. Project Participants: Janet Jorgensen, USFWS Botanist Al Batten, UAF Herbarium Collections Manager – retired Heidi Helling, USFWS Wildlife Biologist Greta Burkhart, USFWS Aquatic Biologist Charlotte Henson, Volunteer Merrill Jensen, Horticulturist and Volunteer

  3. Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) The purpose of GLORIA is to establish and maintain a world-wide long-term observation network in alpine environments. Vegetation and temperature data collected at the GLORIA sites will be used for discerning trends in species diversity and temperature. The data will be used to assess and predict losses in biodiversity and other threats to these fragile alpine ecosystems which are under accelerating climate change pressures. http://www.gloria.ac.at/

  4. Atigun Gorge – monitoring site

  5. The Haul Road north of Atigun Pass

  6. Roadside attractions

  7. USFWS Base Camp at Galbraith Lake

  8. Reason #1 to head North

  9. Whaaaa…..????

  10. Loading packs with survey gear

  11. Bugs? What bugs??

  12. Arctic home for 5 days

  13. The plot layout

  14. A square meter of ground, a historic data set, and a missing plant

  15. But what is it really?

  16. Plot variability

  17. Unwinding after a long day

  18. Reason #2 to head North 11 pm… Wow…

  19. Guarding the offspring

  20. Assistant for a day

  21. Off to high camp

  22. High camp

  23. The layout

  24. Connecting the points

  25. Alpine rock gardens

  26. The challenge of terrain

  27. What bugs???

  28. The geological wonder known as the Atigun Syncline

  29. Reason #3 to head North

  30. Horned Lark nest

  31. Tough duty, but someone has to do it…..

  32. Hydrological survey

  33. pH testing

  34. Reason to head north #4

  35. Saxifraga flagellaris

  36. Arnica frigida

  37. Papaver sp.

  38. Saxifraga eschscholtzii

  39. Silene uralensis ssp. arctica

  40. Boykinia richardsonii

  41. Heading Home. Reluctantly.

  42. With thanks…Friends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesArctic National Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  43. Questions? North Slope Midnight sun

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