Past Projects

(Photo Credit: Hal Shepherd) Background Record temperatures and mining proposals affect fish habitat in Norton Bay Watershed. In June 2019, the Tubulik near Elim and Koyuk had record temperatures at the Vulcan Creek gage site 30 miles from the mouth and there were hundreds of otherwise healthy (not spawned out) dead fish including pink and chum salmon and white fish in the river. At the same time, during 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management was proposing to open almost 20

Bering Sea Western Interior Resource Management Plan Response (Photo Credit: Hal Shepherd) Background and Introduction The Norton Bay Watershed Council (NBWC) is closely monitoring and coordinating the tribal response to a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that poses a serious threat to subsistence resources and ecological integrity on the Seward Peninsula. The BLM released the first version of its Bering Sea Western Interior Resource Management Plan in March 20

aftermath of Typhoon Merbok that struck the villages in the fall of 2022 Changing weather patterns in Alaska have already brought...

aftermath of Typhoon Merbok that struck the villages in the fall of 2022 Introduction As a result of climate change, Alaska Native...

Braided seal intestines dry in the sun on a rack at a subsistence camp. This is a traditional food that Inupiat people have eaten for a...

Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo Credit: USFWS) Introduction A Canadian based mining...

Photo Credit: Hal Shepherd Introduction In 2010, the Norton Bay Watershed Council (NBWC) and Native Villages of Elim, Koyuk, Unalakleet,...

Photo Credit: Hal Shepherd The Norton Bay Watershed Council has undertaken this project to address the Bureau of Ocean Energy...

Protecting subsistence culture & resources Norton Bay, Alaska at Sunrise - Photo Credit: Leigh Takak (2020) Introduction The Inupiat and...

Golovin, Alaska - Photo Credit: Emily Murray (2022) On March 29th, 2024, the Norton Bay Watershed Council held a session at the Alaska...

The Native Village of Elim's Tubutulik River Watershed Vulnerability & Risk Assessment for Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Stream...