Land/resource management

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | ALASKA CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTER

Kenai Peninsula Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

April 8, 2025

As temperatures rise on the peninsula, freshwater quality is expected to change — affecting both salmon and humans, new CASC-funded research suggests.

At latest PI-AK exchange, subsistence and sovereignty take center stage

September 16, 2024

The two CASCs shared ocean-spanning reflections at the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference in late July.

Research connections reveal risks to mountain goats from avalanches in Southeast Alaska

May 7, 2024

A close-up of a mountain goat on a ridge in alpine terrain.

Mountain goats are highly specialized for alpine life but survival requires negotiating precarious trade-offs. Findings from a long-term study by AK CASC researchers show that death from avalanches represents a widespread but previously undescribed pathway by which snow can influence populations of these mountain-adapted animals.

Annual Report – 2023 Year in Review

August 23, 2023

The AK CASC Annual Report 2023 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.

Scientists assess future landslide risk in Alaska’s national parks

April 5, 2023

Original article by Heather McFarland The Pretty Rocks landslide, spurred by greater warmth and rainfall, will force Denali National Park’s main access road to close at the halfway point in 2023 for the second full…