I RKINDEER HERDING IN TRANSITION: HISTORICAL AND MODERN DAY CHALLENGES FOR ALASKAN REINDEER HERDERS
I The people of northwestern Alaska have had a long relationship with local popu-, lations of Rangifer tarandus. During the last 200 years this relationship has changed from one of subsistence to overexploitation of caribou (the name for wild reindeer in North America), to commercial livestock produ...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.419.8298 2023-05-15T15:00:28+02:00 I RKINDEER HERDING IN TRANSITION: HISTORICAL AND MODERN DAY CHALLENGES FOR ALASKAN REINDEER HERDERS Greg L. Finstad Kniit K. Kiell William S. Schneider The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.419.8298 http://www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/1117_Finstad_Kielland_2006.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.419.8298 http://www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/1117_Finstad_Kielland_2006.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/1117_Finstad_Kielland_2006.pdf The Seward Peninsula Grazing System text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T03:54:19Z I The people of northwestern Alaska have had a long relationship with local popu-, lations of Rangifer tarandus. During the last 200 years this relationship has changed from one of subsistence to overexploitation of caribou (the name for wild reindeer in North America), to commercial livestock production of semi domesticated reindeer and now may be returning to a subsistence economy based on caribou. Reindeer were introduced to Alaska in 1892 because of the disappearance of caribou, a subsistence resource. Until recently, reindeer meat and velvet antler production generated significant employment and revenue important to the economies of rural Alaskan communities. However, from 1976 to 1996 the Western Arctic Caribou Herd (WACH) increased from about 75,000 to I 463,000 animals. Concurrently, winter range use of the WACH shifted westward onto traditional reindeer ranges of the Seward Peninsula for the first time in over 100 years. This event has produced socio-economic and ecological consequences for the region. Many reindeer lierders have lost 75-100 percent of their herds 1 through comtiiingling and out-migration with wild caribou. This loss, amounting to over 17,CM)0 reindeer, represents a potential economic value of millions of dollars. Many herders have adopted new technologies, such as satellite telemetry and intensive herding to salvage what is left of their herds. Here we discuss the role of grazing animals and patterns of human re.source use in an Arctic system. We then discuss our findings on the effects and changes in management practices brought about by caribou incutsion in the context of the regional economy on the Seward Peninsula. Kej'word.s: reindeer herders, subsistence, WACH, out-kigration, economic loss, refugia, weather, production, human dimension Text Arctic Rangifer tarandus Seward Peninsula Alaska Unknown Arctic |
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I The people of northwestern Alaska have had a long relationship with local popu-, lations of Rangifer tarandus. During the last 200 years this relationship has changed from one of subsistence to overexploitation of caribou (the name for wild reindeer in North America), to commercial livestock production of semi domesticated reindeer and now may be returning to a subsistence economy based on caribou. Reindeer were introduced to Alaska in 1892 because of the disappearance of caribou, a subsistence resource. Until recently, reindeer meat and velvet antler production generated significant employment and revenue important to the economies of rural Alaskan communities. However, from 1976 to 1996 the Western Arctic Caribou Herd (WACH) increased from about 75,000 to I 463,000 animals. Concurrently, winter range use of the WACH shifted westward onto traditional reindeer ranges of the Seward Peninsula for the first time in over 100 years. This event has produced socio-economic and ecological consequences for the region. Many reindeer lierders have lost 75-100 percent of their herds 1 through comtiiingling and out-migration with wild caribou. This loss, amounting to over 17,CM)0 reindeer, represents a potential economic value of millions of dollars. Many herders have adopted new technologies, such as satellite telemetry and intensive herding to salvage what is left of their herds. Here we discuss the role of grazing animals and patterns of human re.source use in an Arctic system. We then discuss our findings on the effects and changes in management practices brought about by caribou incutsion in the context of the regional economy on the Seward Peninsula. Kej'word.s: reindeer herders, subsistence, WACH, out-kigration, economic loss, refugia, weather, production, human dimension |
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I RKINDEER HERDING IN TRANSITION: HISTORICAL AND MODERN DAY CHALLENGES FOR ALASKAN REINDEER HERDERS |
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I RKINDEER HERDING IN TRANSITION: HISTORICAL AND MODERN DAY CHALLENGES FOR ALASKAN REINDEER HERDERS |
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I RKINDEER HERDING IN TRANSITION: HISTORICAL AND MODERN DAY CHALLENGES FOR ALASKAN REINDEER HERDERS |
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i rkindeer herding in transition: historical and modern day challenges for alaskan reindeer herders |
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