APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 

 E. H. Follmann 



SITE SELECTION 



The site selection process began in July 1975 and initial work in- 

 volved contacting various agencies and groups to locate potential study 

 sites. Among those contacted, the main sources of information were the 

 Bureau of Land Management, the Alaska Pipeline Office, the Alaska Division 

 of Lands, and the State Pipeline Coordinator's Office. In addition, the 

 Alaska Department of Highways (now Alaska Department of Transportation and 

 Public Facilities) provided a considerable amount of information. 



A total of 575 potential sites were identified and subdivided into 

 three areas north of Latitude 66 — the North Slope, the Yukon River Basin, 

 and the Seward Peninsula — to obtain representative sites throughout arctic 

 and subarctic Alaska. Later in the project the Yukon River Basin sites 

 were separated into Northern Interior and Southern Interior sites. Following 

 identification of these sites, field reconnaissance was initiated to assess 

 the suitability of the sites for the study and to characterize those sites 

 considered potential candidates for the study. Sixty-four sites remained 

 as candidates following field reconnaissance. 



To augment the drainage and material site descriptions developed in 

 the field for the 64 sites, additional information on gravel removal activi- 

 ties and watershed characteristics was obtained from various agencies. 



E. H. Follmann is presently associated with the Institute of Arctic 

 Biology of the University of Alaska. 



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