Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment

Project ID: J8W07090002

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Fiscal Year: 2009

Initial Funding: $80,567

Total Funding: $308,667

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: Alaska Region

Principal Investigator: Simeone, Bill

Agreement Technical Representative: Cellarius, Barbara

Abstract: The Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment provides up-to-date information on subsistence resource use by residents of one Copper Basin community by conducting a comprehensive subsistence survey, analyzing the resulting data, and preparing a report. Specialists from Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subistence, conduct the project in collaboration with National Park Service staff. Collected information will inform Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, State of Alaska, and Federal Subsistence Board descisions regarding resource management.

Deliverables:

• Subsistence Harvests and Uses of Wild Resources in Copper Center, Slana/Nabesna Road, Mentasta Lake, and Mentasta Pass, Alaska, 2010 (Final Report)
• Subsistence Harvests and Uses of Wild Resources in Chistochina, Alaska, 2009 (Final Report)
• Monitoring White Pine (Pinus albicaulis, P. balfouriana, P. flexilis) Community Dynamics in the Pacific West Region – Klamath, Sierra Nevada, and Upper Columbia Basin Networks (Final Report)