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Mountain top vegetation monitoring
in Atigun Gorge
Field Report
Merrill Jensen(all photos taken by Merrill
during the project)
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesJanuary 2014 Meeting
Project Participants:Janet Jorgensen, USFWS BotanistAl Batten, UAF Herbarium Collections Manager –
retiredHeidi Helling, USFWS Wildlife BiologistGreta Burkhart, USFWS Aquatic BiologistCharlotte Henson, VolunteerMerrill Jensen, Horticulturist and Volunteer
Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA)
The purpose of GLORIA is to establish and maintain a world-wide long-term observation network in alpine environments.
Vegetation and temperature data collected at the GLORIA sites will be used for discerning trends in species diversity and temperature.
The data will be used to assess and predict losses in biodiversity and other threats to these fragile alpine ecosystems which are under accelerating climate change pressures.
http://www.gloria.ac.at/
With thanks…
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service