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Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Kodiak NWR. Established 1941. Features. Irregular coastline Mountainous Spruce forest in north Tundra in south Within 15 miles of coast Many streams 11 large lakes. Salmon Drive the System. Brown Bears.

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Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

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  1. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

  2. Kodiak NWR Established 1941

  3. Features • Irregular coastline • Mountainous • Spruce forest in north • Tundra in south • Within 15 miles of coast • Many streams • 11 large lakes

  4. Salmon Drive the System

  5. Brown Bears • Estimated population 3,000 • Bear viewing/photography becoming increasingly popular • About 470 hunting permits issued annually • About 165 sport harvested • Several subsistence harvested

  6. Other Mammals Bill Pyle, USFWS Jen Leasure Randall Davis, Texax A&M

  7. Birds Hank Pennington 2 Million seabirds 400 Nesting pairs 150 Thousand wintering ducks and geese

  8. Staff Staff of 21

  9. Facilities HQ, Hangar & Triplex 2 Admin Sites 9 Public Use Cabins

  10. Biological Program

  11. Deer Mortality Survey

  12. Bear Population Monitoring IAS Steve Hillebrand, / USFWS Other Photos: Bill Pyle / USFWS Stream use

  13. MAPS Station Ryan Burt/USFWS Photo

  14. Nearshore Bird Survey Robin Corcoran/USFWS Photo

  15. Reindeer Survey

  16. Mountain Goat Survey

  17. Bear Movements & Resource Use

  18. Bear Movements & Resource Use

  19. Bear Movements & Resource Use

  20. Bear Movements & Resource Use

  21. Kittlitz’s Murrelet (KIMU) Research Robin Corcoran/USFWS Photo

  22. Kittlitz’s Murrelet (KIMU) Research

  23. Kittlitz’s Murrelet (KIMU) Research

  24. Kittlitz’s Murrelet (KIMU) Research

  25. Kittlitz’s Murrelet (KIMU) Research

  26. Mountain Goat Research Management Goal: •Maintain a sustainable mountain goat population that: 1) Meets agency harvest objectives. 2) Does not detrimentally impact native flora and fauna.

  27. Mountain Goat Research Summer 2011 Pilot Field Study 1.Quantify mountain goat diets. 2.Determine feeding site selection.

  28. Mountain Goat Research Preliminary Results •Surveyed 298 transects •5,066 plots! •161 unique plant species / habitats –Most common plants: •Long-awned sedge, patridgefoot, arctic daisy, black crowberry •Distance to rock outcropping important, slope less.

  29. Invasive Plant Management Blythe Brown & Bill Pyle//USFWS

  30. Results…native habitat restored Leslie Kerr / USFWS July 2009 July 2002 Bill Pyle / USFWS

  31. Subsistence Management Support Subsistence Council meeting Janine Saito, USFWS Paul Banyas / USFWS Other Photos: Bill Pyle / USFWS

  32. Visitor Services Program Connecting People with Nature

  33. Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center Crossroads of Conservation & Education

  34. Visitor Center - Exhibits

  35. Visitor Center - Exhibits

  36. Visitor Center – Gray Whale Skeleton

  37. Visitor Center - Downtown

  38. Visitor Center - Lobby

  39. Visitor Center – Info Desk

  40. Visitor Center Crew

  41. Alaska Geographic Helping Kodiak Refuge to Connect People with Nature.

  42. Families Understanding Nature

  43. Salmon Camp

  44. Salmon Camp in the Villages

  45. KRYL Program

  46. Career Day at High School

  47. Envirothon

  48. YCC Program at Halibut Bay

  49. Visitor Center Seminars

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