Complete a large scale effort, currently underway with NFWF, to support using cutting-edge tracking technologies to determine the most important staging sites for different species breeding on the Arctic Coast. The project will help to understand the relative importance of staging sites and will allow conservation planning and efforts to reduce or mitigate impacts from development activities.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation
Project Title: Determining Post-breeding Sites for Arctic Coast Shorebirds of Conservation Concern
Organization:
Manomet, Inc.
Project ID:
1201.17.058188
Description:
Award Amount:
$74569.46
Location:
This project will be carried out at three sites on the north slope of Alaska: Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, and the Canning River in the Arctic Refuge. Birds nesting at these sites are expected to use large areas of the arctic ocean coastline along much of the north slope.