Alaska oil pipeline in retrospect
Caribou have not adjusted as well as moose to the presence of the trans-Alaska pipeline. Research has shown that caribou have altered their movements and patterns and range use in relation to the pipeline corridor. Cows with calves show pronounced avoidance of the pipeline, road, and oil field. Traffic and human activity appear more directly responsible for avoidance behavior than does that physical presence of the pipeline, road, and facilities. Animals along the haul road are especially vulnerable to poaching because of the open terrain and the fact that many become tame during the peak of construction activity. Poaching, especially of furbearers, has increased as pipeline-related traffic has decreased.
- OSTI ID:
- 6065365
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resource Conference; (), Vol. 44; Other Information: Abstract of item included in Wildlife management implications of petroleum exploration and development in wildland environments
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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