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A team including Joe Welch and Andy Bankert performed aerial and boat based surveys for Peregrine Falcon occupancy along the Fortymile River and on other BLM-managed lands within the Eastern Interior of Alaska.

An ABR field crew completed the third year of water quality surveys for the Graphite One mining project outside of Nome, Alaska.

In 2025, ABR supported both aquatic and terrestrial monitoring efforts in Alaska for the BLM.

A multidisciplinary team, led by Sue Ives, provided comprehensive environmental support for a proposed bike path project connecting the communities of Klawock and Craig on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.

The Alaska Energy Authority’s Dixon Diversion project aims to increase storage capacity and power generation at the Bradley Lake hydroelectric facility in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

Landscape ecologist JJ Frost attended the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative (CAVSI) workshop during the Arctic Science Summit Week in Boulder, Colorado.

Sue Ives conducted invasive plant species surveys at three Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) projects in Ketchikan, targeting 14 prohibited noxious weeds and nine restricted noxious weeds, along with 23 other non-native species identified as species of concern by the DOT&PF.

Over the past year, ABR has provided fisheries assistance to the North Slope Borough’s Department of Wildlife.

Joe Welch conducted Golden Eagle nest occupancy surveys in areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management.