Fish in the TOAS Pool
With snow conditions predicted to degrade rapidly after today, we set out for the TOAS pool to retrieve our vertical fish antenna and any...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 7, 2016
- 2 min
Staging the I-Minus
With warm weather predicted for the North Slope, our snow pack and frozen lakes and rivers won’t last much longer. In anticipation of...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 7, 2016
- 1 min
Awaiting the Thaw
After tuning a fish tracking antenna on Oksrukuyik Creek, we flew over the Kuparuk River on our way to the I-Minus outlet stream,...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 6, 2016
- 2 min
Down the Ice Hole
Surprised by thick, dense ice atop our TOAS1 pool three day ago, we discovered that this location behaves more like a lake than a spring...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 5, 2016
- 2 min
Where the Moose and the Caribou Play
Flying out again over pristine white snow and feeling slightly spoiled by more captivating views, I secretly wished to capture images...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 4, 2016
- 2 min
Subtle Signs of Spring
Preparing to monitor fish movement patterns this season means tending antennas along our rivers prior to ice-out, when spring melt waters...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 3, 2016
- 2 min
Fishing the TOAS Pool
Decked in waders and sporting seines and dip nets, we take to land via snow machine, headed for the TOAS pool. We first stumbled upon...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 2, 2016
- 2 min
Helo Ridin’
After an exceptionally early spring thaw last year, which prevented us from reaching many of our research sites via snow machine, the NSF...
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Heidi E Golden
- May 1, 2016
- 2 min
I-Minus Outlet Stream
Visiting our sites while the Arctic still clings to winter provides important insights for our research, particularly factors that might...
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Heidi E Golden
- Apr 30, 2016
- 2 min
Oks Springs in the Spring
In the Arctic, where tundra streams often freeze solid in winter, spring locations might provide an overwintering refuge for fish and...
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Heidi E Golden
- Apr 29, 2016
- 2 min
Leaf-Out in April
Year two of field work for our three year NSF funded grant exploring adaptation of Arctic grayling to climate change started in...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 20, 2015
- 2 min
Hab. Ass. in the Rain
As much needed rain fell steadily through the night and into the day, thirsty plants on the dehydrated landscape slurped up the water...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 18, 2015
- 2 min
Let the fishing begin!
With 20 fish antennas deployed across three watersheds, the real fun begins! In order to track fish movement, these fish tracking...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 12, 2015
- 1 min
Bone Dry
Cam and I collected water chemistry samples at locations along each of our three study watersheds, but this year water seems as difficult...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 10, 2015
- 1 min
YOY to the World!
After building two more antennas today, Cam, Tom and I discover a school of young-of-the-year larval Arctic grayling swimming in the...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 9, 2015
- 1 min
Hike to Oks2.5
There’s nothing quite like hiking on the tundra. Tussocks, wet sedge meadows, knee high willows and sucky sphagnum moss, provide...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 8, 2015
- 2 min
Divide and Conquer! But First… Fog Delay.
Hearing from our pilot, Keaton, that this morning’s pea soup fog would delay our departure to the Oks headwaters provided a break from...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 7, 2015
- 1 min
Whomping Willows
The I-Minus river system presented challenges unforeseen via Google Earth as we planned our fish passage antenna locations. The IM2...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 6, 2015
- 1 min
Kuparuk Upper Spring (KUS) Pool
Becca Colby and I traveled to the Kuparuk Upper Spring today to install a fish antenna, which detects tagged fish as they traverse the...
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Heidi E Golden
- Jul 5, 2015
- 1 min
YOY Collecting at Happy Valley
For our post 4th of July Sunday morning, we’ve planned to schlepp gear to a few site along two of our rivers, the Kuparuk River and...
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