GIS Services for the Baseline Studies and Environmental Impact
Statement for the Pogo Gold Mine, Interior Alaska (2000–2004)
Client: Teck Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
ABR provided geographic information systems services
to the contractor and subcontractor preparing baseline
studies and the Environmental Impact Statement for
the Pogo Mine, near the Goodpaster River, in interior
Alaska. GIS specialists provided database construction
and management, prepared maps and posters for agency
and public scoping meetings, and prepared many of
graphics for the draft and final EIS documents.
For more information, contact Allison Zusi-Cobb
at azusi-cobb@abrinc.com
Geomorphology Studies of Permafrost Development for the
Alpine Satellite Development Program, Northeastern National
Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (2002–2005)
Client: ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
ABR designed a geomorphology study to provide pre-development
baseline data on permafrost characteristics in the Alpine Satellite
Development Program (ASDP) study area (northeastern National
Petroleum Reserve–Alaska [NPRA]) in support of permit applications
and impact assessments. Specific objectives were to 1) determine the
abundance and distribution of ice wedges in relation to geomorphic units
that have been mapped in the study area; 2) determine ice-wedge
stability by sampling active-layer characteristics above ice wedges; 3)
revise integrated-terrain-unit-map codes for the ASDP, Colville, and
parts of Kuparuk to ensure consistency among maps, and recode ITUs
in the Fish Creek Delta to wildlife habitats; 4) lead a summer education
program on coastal dynamics with students from the native village of
Nuiqsut; and 5) submit a manuscript summarizing results of the
permafrost study for journal publication. For more information, contact
Torre Jorgenson at tjorgenson@abrinc.com
