Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones
Western Alaska is one of largest inhabited, roadless areas in North America and, indeed, the world. Access, via a new road that would transverse Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR), to a mining district in a vast roadless section of northwest Alaska has been proposed. Given the pot...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/6878 2023-05-15T15:16:37+02:00 Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones Guettabi, Mouhcine Greenberg, Joshua Little, Joseph Joly, Kyle 2016-08-01 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6878 en_US eng National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6878 Natural Resource Report NPS/GAAR/NRR—2016/1280 household subsistence patterns Ambler Project Report 2016 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:36:44Z Western Alaska is one of largest inhabited, roadless areas in North America and, indeed, the world. Access, via a new road that would transverse Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR), to a mining district in a vast roadless section of northwest Alaska has been proposed. Given the potential effects of the road on nearby communities, we analyzed how communities connected to the road system compare to their unconnected counterparts. Specifically, using zero inflated negative binomial models, we analyzed subsistence harvest data to understand factors that influence subsistence production at the household level. We found substantial difference in these factors between communities near the proposed road (project zone (PZ) communities and a comparable set of road accessible communities outside the region, and were affected by household characteristics such as the gender of the head of household, number of children, and income. Total subsistence production of project zone communities was 1.8 – 2.5 times greater than that of non-project zone communities. Communities with a higher percentage of Alaska Native residents had greater per capita subsistence harvests. Higher household income levels were associated with lower subsistence harvest levels. Roads can provide access for hunters from outside the region to traditional subsistence hunting grounds used by local residents that would not be very accessible if not for the road. Our proxy for competition (number of nonlocal moose hunters) indicates that resident moose harvest amounts are inversely related to the number of hunters in a particular area. If subsistence harvest patterns for project zone communities currently off the road changed to mirror existing non-project zone harvests due to the road, the financial cost would be USD $6,900 – 10,500 per household per year (assuming an $8/lb. ‘replacement’ cost for subsistence harvests). This represents about 33% of the median household income. Taken together, our results suggest that the proposed road should ... Report Arctic Moose Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Arctic |
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Western Alaska is one of largest inhabited, roadless areas in North America and, indeed, the world. Access, via a new road that would transverse Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR), to a mining district in a vast roadless section of northwest Alaska has been proposed. Given the potential effects of the road on nearby communities, we analyzed how communities connected to the road system compare to their unconnected counterparts. Specifically, using zero inflated negative binomial models, we analyzed subsistence harvest data to understand factors that influence subsistence production at the household level. We found substantial difference in these factors between communities near the proposed road (project zone (PZ) communities and a comparable set of road accessible communities outside the region, and were affected by household characteristics such as the gender of the head of household, number of children, and income. Total subsistence production of project zone communities was 1.8 – 2.5 times greater than that of non-project zone communities. Communities with a higher percentage of Alaska Native residents had greater per capita subsistence harvests. Higher household income levels were associated with lower subsistence harvest levels. Roads can provide access for hunters from outside the region to traditional subsistence hunting grounds used by local residents that would not be very accessible if not for the road. Our proxy for competition (number of nonlocal moose hunters) indicates that resident moose harvest amounts are inversely related to the number of hunters in a particular area. If subsistence harvest patterns for project zone communities currently off the road changed to mirror existing non-project zone harvests due to the road, the financial cost would be USD $6,900 – 10,500 per household per year (assuming an $8/lb. ‘replacement’ cost for subsistence harvests). This represents about 33% of the median household income. Taken together, our results suggest that the proposed road should ... |
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Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones |
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Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones |
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Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones |
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Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones |
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Evaluating Differences in Household Subsistence Harvest Patterns between the Ambler Project and Non-Project Zones |
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evaluating differences in household subsistence harvest patterns between the ambler project and non-project zones |
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