North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife

ManagementThe North Slope Borough is approximately the size ofMinnesota and is comprised of 8 Inupiat villages ranging in size from ~ 185 people to ~ 3,000 people in Barrow

It is unique that a municipality government has a wildlifedepartment-Our primary responsibilities are to:

conduct research and monitoring of subsistence resources:

bowhead & beluga whales, seals, fish, caribou, arctic fox, and waterfowl

document harvest and harvest location data from all 8 North Slope villages

Respond to hunters concerns (e.g. animal health issues) and to requests from the AEWC

Participate in the IWC to maintain the bowhead quota

Review State and Federal on- and off-shore oil and gas leasing, and development plans through the NEPA process (EA’s and EIS’s), and work closely with the NSB Permitting Department