With snow conditions predicted to degrade rapidly after today, we set out for the TOAS pool to retrieve our vertical fish antenna and any...

With warm weather predicted for the North Slope, our snow pack and frozen lakes and rivers won’t last much longer.  In anticipation of...

After tuning a fish tracking antenna on Oksrukuyik Creek, we flew over the Kuparuk River on our way to the I-Minus outlet stream,...

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...

Flying out again over pristine white snow and feeling slightly spoiled by more captivating views,  I secretly wished to capture images...

Preparing to monitor fish movement patterns this season means tending antennas along our rivers prior to ice-out, when spring melt waters...

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...

After an exceptionally early spring thaw last year, which prevented us from reaching many of our research sites via snow machine, the NSF...

Visiting our sites while the Arctic still clings to winter provides important insights for our research, particularly factors that might...

In the Arctic, where tundra streams often freeze solid in winter, spring locations might provide an overwintering refuge for fish and...

Year two of field work for our three year NSF funded grant exploring adaptation of Arctic grayling to climate change started in...

As much needed rain fell steadily through the night and into the day, thirsty plants on the dehydrated landscape slurped up the water...

With 20 fish antennas deployed across three watersheds, the real fun begins! In order to track fish movement, these fish tracking...

Cam and I collected water chemistry samples at locations along each of our three study watersheds, but this year water seems as difficult...

After building two more antennas today, Cam, Tom and I discover a school of young-of-the-year larval Arctic grayling swimming in the...

There’s nothing quite like hiking on the tundra. Tussocks, wet sedge meadows, knee high willows and sucky sphagnum moss, provide...

Hearing from our pilot, Keaton, that this morning’s pea soup fog would delay our departure to the Oks headwaters provided a break from...

The I-Minus river system presented challenges unforeseen via Google Earth as we planned our fish passage antenna locations.  The IM2...

Becca Colby and I traveled to the Kuparuk Upper Spring today to install a fish antenna, which detects tagged fish as they traverse the...

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...