U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | WildREACH Workshop Overview

• Wildlife Response to Environmental Arctic Change (WildREACH): Predicting Future Habitats of Arctic Alaska
• 17–18 November 2008
• Westmark Hotel
• Fairbanks, Alaska

This peer-reviewed workshop report identifies the priority research, modeling, and synthesis activities needed to predict climate-related impacts to fish and wildlife populations in the Arctic.

In response to the challenge of managing fish, wildlife, and habitat in an arctic environment that will likely be significantly altered by a changing climate over the next century, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service convened the WildREACH workshop to advance development of models that predict changes in habitat availability and suitability.

The two-day workshop included invited plenary presentations on climate, permafrost, hydrology, plant community ecology, and ecological modeling, as well as working group sessions organized around interdisciplinary topics on birds, fish, and mammals.

Workshop Resources

Background readings, briefing book materials, and additional resources were made available during this workshop. {more}

Additional Workshop Sponsors

UAF International Arctic Research Center

ABR Inc.

UAF Institute of Arctic Biology

Wildlife Conservation Society

Contributors:
Thanks to The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Conservation Society for their work on climate data analysis for this workshop.