Aerial photo of long fence line running across wide, flat plain; mountains in distance; three pick-up trucks circling unidentified object. Probably North Slope.
Map showing caribou calving location outside of the Arctic Refuge 1002 Area in a high-snow spring, and then showing normal travels of caribou onto and across the 1002 Area of the Arctic Refuge coastal plain after calving.
Pine savannas are open, nearly treeless, fire-dependent plant communities dominated by well-developed ground cover and some low-growing shrubs with only scattered trees. The refuge is approx. 5216 acres pine savanna.
The original presettlement...