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aleutian regionakutan, alaska

  • Population 80
  • Language/culture group: Unangan (Aleut)

pribilof regioncommunity of saint paul island, alaska

  • Population 470
  • Language/culture group: Unangan (Aleut)

bristol bay regiontogiak, alaska

  • Population 987
  • Language/culture group: Central Yup'ik

delta regionemmonak, alaska

  • Population 900
  • Language/culture group: Central Yup'ik

st. lawrence regionsavoogna, alaska

  • Population 786
  • Language/culture group: St. Lawrence Island Yup'ik

Participating Communities

kids from emmonak, alaskaCommunities participating in this study are Akutan, St. Paul, Togiak, Emmonak, and Savoonga. All have a history of research on local and traditional knowledge and/or subsistence harvest surveys, which will provide useful information and a basis for identifiying trends and changes over spans of a decade or more. St. Paul, in particular, has a strong connection to fur seals, black-legged kittiwakes, and thick-billed murres, which are three key species to be studied in BSIERP. Savoonga is similary connected to walrus, another BSIERP species.

Learning about changes

Download a mini-poster that summarizes the local and traditional knowledge (LTK) component of the program.

Major research areas

The goal of community-based research is to incorporate results of LTK research into BSIERP ecosystem models and syntheses.

Local Harvest Practices

  1. Document, characterize and quantify
  2. Analyze change over time

Local Ecosystem Understandings

Comparison Across Communities