Sentences with phrase «porcupine caribou»
Kassi initiated the struggle to save the Porcupine Caribou in Northeastern Alaska on behalf of the Gwich» in.
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He has worked on human dimensions issues related to subsistence, climate change, and adaptation in the Arctic and served on numerous boards and commissions such as the Gwich» in Council International, International Porcupine Caribou Board, and the Yukon River Panel.
A reduction in annual calf survival of as little as 5 % would be sufficient to cause a decline in the Porcupine caribou population.
The Porcupine Caribou is expected to decrease in the face of 1002 Area development.
In late spring, just as the snow recedes and the tundra plants turn green, the Porcupine Caribou herd, numbering 129,000, migrates from south of the Brooks Range in the Arctic Refuge and Canada to give birth to their young on the arctic coastal tundra.
Oil exploration there is likely to negatively impact Porcupine caribou, blocking a portion of the herd's 1,800 - mile (2,900 - kilometer) migration.
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The Porcupine herd of caribou (named for the Porcupine River) in Alaska travel 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) throughout the year from feeding ground to breeding ground — one of the longest overland migrations in the world.
Other mammals include caribou, red fox, wolf, lynx, wolverine, river otter, mink, marten, weasel, porcupine, snowshoe hare, red squirrel, and beaver.