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the state of key ecosystem components and to 

 evaluate the effectiveness of environmental and 

 resource conservation programs; 



(F) a description of actions that would be required 

 to identify gaps in knowledge of: (i) basic 

 ecosystem structure and dynamics; (ii) the 

 current status of, and the numerical and 

 functional relationships among, key ecosystem 

 components; (iii) how key ecosystem components 

 have been and are being affected, directly and 

 indirectly, by human activities; and (iv) how 

 the key ecosystem components might respond to 

 alternative management strategies; 



(G) recommendations for research and monitoring 

 programs necessary to fill the identified 

 critical data gaps, establish adequate 

 baselines, and detect and be able to determine 

 the probable cause or causes of changes in key 

 ecosystem components; 



(H) establishment of a process to utilize Alaska 

 Native organizations and traditional Native 

 local knowledge to conduct research into the 

 environmental factors, population dynamics and 

 ecological relationships that control, or 



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