The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska : a reader

68 Pages·1991·14.8 MB·English

by  Dworsky, Richard F

U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Alaska
February 1991
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THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA
A READER
February 1991
prepared by:
Bureau of Land Management
Alaska State Office
and
Arctic District Office
Compiled by Richard F. Dworsky, Ph.D., and James H. Ducker, Ph. D.
Maps and illustrations by Carol A. Belenski
BLM-AK-PT-91-004-1120-910-Rev 91

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION and PURPOSE
I
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
Climate and Air Resources 2
Physiographic Provinces 3
Permafrost and Soils 4
Geology 5
Mineral Resources 6
Oil and Gas 6
Locatable /Solid Non-Energy Leasable Minerals 7
Mineral Materials 8
Coal 8
Water Resources 9
Biotic Communities 9
Vegetation 10
Terrestrial and Aquatic Resources 11
Wildlife 11
Waterfowl 14
Fisheries 14
Marine Mammals .15
Scenic Quality Evaluation 16
Paleontology 16
Special Areas 16
PEOPLE NPR-A
in the 17
People 17
Cultural and Historic Resources 19
Socioeconomics 19
Government and Planning Efforts 20
Land Status and Rights-of-Way 20
Subsistence 21
Recreation Resources 22
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
23

MAPS
After Page
LOCATION MAP
PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
4
OIL AND GAS 6
LOCATABLE/SOLID NON ENERGY LEASABLE MINERALS
8
MINERAL MATERIALS
8
COAL
8
VEGETATION
10
WILDLIFE
1 12
WILDLIFE
II 12
WILDLIFE
III 14
MAMMALS
FISHERIES/MARINE
14
SCENIC QUALITY EVALUATION.
16
SPECIAL AREAS 16
CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES 20
LAND STATUS
20
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
20
RECREATION RESOURCES
22
TABLES
Page
TABLE SNOWFALL
1 2
TABLE SELECTED NPR-A VILLAGE POPULATIONS
2 18
TABLE NPR-A LAND STATUS
3 21
TABLE 4 ESTIMATES OF EXISTING RECREATION-1989 22

Location of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska