Upper Tanana Community Harvest Assessment
Project ID: P14AC00846
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fiscal Year: 2014
Initial Funding: $82,576
Total Funding: $150,368
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Cultural
National Park: Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve
Principal Investigator: Brown, Caroline
Agreement Technical Representative: Cellarius, Barbara
Abstract: Tho Upper Tanana Community Harvest Assessment will provide up-to-date information on subsistence resource use by residents of Upper Tanana communities by conducting a comprehensive subsistence survey, analyzing the resulting data, and preparing a roport. The specific objective is to conduct a comprehensive harvest assessment of the residents of Northway, Alaska. The project will be conducted by specialists from Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence, in collaboration with National Park Service staff. The
collected information will help to inform Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, State of Alaska, and Federal Subsistence Board decisions regarding resource management. The project will be conducted in two phases, and this Task Agreement provides funding for Phase I, data collection. Contingent upon successful completion of the data collection and available funding, this Task Agreement may be modified to add funding to support data analysis and report preparation.
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