Table I - Summary of Alaska Transect Data - 1952 
. Date of Total Square Mile Percent Waterfowl Per Square Mile Percent Change 
Location Transects In Sample In Area Sample 1949 1950 1951 1952 1951-1952 
Northwest Alaska 
1. Kotzebue Sound 

a. Noatak 6/17 34.6 454 7.6 13.3 17.8 10.3 6.5 - 37 
b. Kobuk 6/18 30.8 506 6.1 32.7 19.4 10.5 8.2 - 22 
c. Selawik 6/19 36.0 1,002 3.6 24.6 23.0 13.0 13.8 + 6 
2. Upper Innoko 6/9-19 41.7 1,171 3.5 11.7 18.8 14.8 12.6 - 15 
3. Yukon 
Bottomlands 6/9-19 114.5 2,494 4.6 10.3 11.8 6.8 10.6 + 56° 
Delta 
4. Yukon-Kuskokwim 
Delta 6/14-19 285.0 19,000 1.5 (16.5)* (17.4)* 27.9 24.1 - 14 
Interior 
5. Minto Lakes 6/9 12.7 600 2.1 . 8.7 11.6 31.3 +170 
6. Fort Yukon Flats6/10 29.0 4,000 Ly: 2 u 35.8 46.6 + 30 
7. Northway-Tetlin 6/17 11.2 2,000 5 - - 31.1 28.6 - 8 
8. Tangle Lakes 6/17 5.0 200 Z..5 - - 12.3 44.5 +262 
Coastal 
9. Copper River 
Flats 6/12-16 23.0 400 5.7 - 7 20.2 41,3 +104 
a 
* Goose concentration area not included in these figures. 
