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The Arctic Refuge, although vast, is fragile. The standards of conduct required
to protect yourself and the Refuge are more stringent than for places that are less
remote and have more resilient ecosystems.
Before You Go
Plan to be totally self-sufficient. Supplies and services are not available.
Make sure you have adequate first aid knowledge and supplies.
Leave your itinerary with a dependable person.
Hiking
Spread out whenever possible to prevent trail formation. Trails form quickly on
the Refuge, scarring the land. Leave your route unmarked.
Camping
Try to camp on gravel bars; they are durable and well-drained. If you can't, look
for sites with hardy vegetation - moss and heath plants rather than lichens.
Wear soft-soled shoes in camp.
Camp well above current water levels; rising waters can occur any time. Digging
trenches for tents is unnecessary.
Move before signs of your stay become noticeable. When you leave, return the site
to its natural appearance.
Cooking
Use a gas or propane stove.
If you need a fire, use a fire pan (to prevent scars) or build it on exposed
inorganic soil. Erase all evidence of the fire before you leave; remove unburned debris,
deposit ashes in the main current of a river and return rocks to their original location.
Burn only dead and downed wood.
Water
Treat or boil drinking water; it may contain Giardia or other organisms.
Use a collapsible water jug; fewer trips reduces trail formation.
Bathe and wash dishes at least 100 feet from water sources; use biodegradable soap.
Sanitation
Bury feces at least 150 feet from potential water sources. Remove a fist-full of
tundra, if present, and dig a small hole. Replace the tundra afterwards.
Burn or seal and pack out toilet paper, sanitary napkins and tampons.
Note: This is the MapCruzin.com archive of the FWS Arctic National Wildlife Refuge website. In December, 2001 FWS took this website offline, making it unavailable to the public. It includes 90 plus pages of information and many maps. As of 2006 the important information contained in this, the original "unsanitized" version of the FWS website, has yet to return to the internet, so we will continue to maintain it here as a permanent archive to help inform activists and concerned citizens. If you find any broken links, please report them to me at mike@learn2map.com and I will attempt to make the repairs. January, 2008 update - A small part of the original information that was present in 2001 has made it back into the current ANWR website. There is also an archive that contains a small amount of the original information, but it is not readily available from the main website.
Click here to visit our homepage. Click here for NRDC's message about ANWR from Robert Redford.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2001. Potential impacts of proposed oil and gas
development on the Arctic Refuge’s
coastal plain: Historical overview and
issues of concern. Web page of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
17 January 2001. http://arctic.fws.gov/issues1.html
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