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ALASKA NORTH SLOPE OIL-FIELD RESTORATION RESEARCH STRATEGY (ANSORRS)
Citation:
Wyant, J. AND C. Knapp. ALASKA NORTH SLOPE OIL-FIELD RESTORATION RESEARCH STRATEGY (ANSORRS). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-92/022.
Description:
This document provides a research strategy to support ecological restoration of disturbances related to oil and gas developments on the North Slope of Alaska that is mutually beneficial to the arctic ecorestoration research community and the arctic regulatory community (including at least the following entities: he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, National Marine Fisheries, US FWS, BLM, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and the North Slope Borough). he purpose of this strategy is to: 1) identify major information or knowledge gaps that have inhibited restoration activities or slowed the regulatory decision process, 2) determine the potential for filling knowledge gaps through research, and 3) suggest tentative priorities for research that are based on the needs identified in steps one and two. lthough research priorities are identified, selection of individual research topics and development of research plans will be the joint responsibility of the specific sponsors and researchers involved.