Accretion on Taashuyee (Mendenhall wetlands)
Vegetation-&-rebound study for Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) In 2003, Discovery Southeast mapped tidal and supratidal habitats on the Refuge…
2004, update 2023 | Richard Carstensen | 39 pages
PDFs in this section were written to summarize field projects. Often they begin with a pre-trip Scoping section, with maps and information on geology, wildlife, logging history, etc. prepared beforehand. Daily journals follow, similar in format to those in the Journals sub-category. These, however, are more directly focused on a research question, such as amphibian or bird habitats, proposed hydro or airport development, or assessment of mitigation or conservation easement potential.
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Bishop et al 1981 Salmon Creek road
Environmental and cultural assessment for the proposed Salmon Creek road-pipeline development Before I began working with Dan Bishop in 1985,…
1981 | Bishop, Mills, Jacoby and Moore | 95 pages
Kaxdigoowu Héen watershed scoping
Resource materials for Montana/McGinnis watershed Scoping document from the 2007-2010 CBJ Natural history project. Download pdf here (22MB).
2010 updated 2020 | Richard Carstensen | 55 pages
Bishop, Armstrong & Carstensen 1987 Juneau Airport
Environmental analysis of lower Jordan Creek From March through July, 1987, I assisted Dan Bishop and Bob Armstrong with an…
1987 | Bishop, Armstrong & Carstensen | 40 pages
Fish Creek walkthrough
Focus group tour On Thursday, August 26th, about 30 masked aficionados of dynamic Fish Creek delta assembled on invitation from…
2021 | Richard Carstensen, Bob Armstrong | RC-59 pages: BA vid-links
Chilkat Atlas introduction
Introductory pages to Greater Chilkat Watershed atlas As we flesh out the atlas, here’s a preview of where it’s heading.…
2021 | Richard Carstensen | 7 pages
Repeat photography Part-2: ground-based
Retakes field journals, 2005 season Summarizing the Repeat Photography Project for 2005, Kathy Hocker and I divided our field reports…
2005, 2nd ed 2013 | Richard Carstensen & Kathy Hocker | 40 pages
Repeat photography Part-1: aerials
Retakes field journals, 2005 season Summarizing the Repeat Photography Project, Kathy Hocker and I divided our reports into 2 parts:…
2005; 2nd ed, 2013 | Richard Carstensen & Kathy Hocker | 39 pages
Forests after logging or glaciers
Effects of age and succession type on forest overstory and understory In 1991 I assisted highschool students Joey Bosworth and…
1991 | Joey Bosworth & Erika O'Sullivan | 1 page poster
Birds & plane safety
Beginning in late 2001, on contract with Airport EIS consultants SWCA, Bob Armstrong and I spent a full year surveying…
2004 | Richard Carstensen & Bob Armstrong | 14 pages
Hammered gems & unproductive leftovers.
In 2008, Bob Christensen and I were 3 years into the Ground-truthing Project. During those 3 years, the Forest Service…
2008 | Carstensen & Christensen | 30 pages
Ground-truthing Project final report, 2005
The Ground-truthing Project, sponsored by Sitka Conservation Society, ran from 2005 to 2010. Kenyon Fields at SCS administered the program,…
2005 | Carstensen & Christensen | 63 pages
Supplement to the CBJ wetlands surveys, 2016
In summer 2014, Koren Bosworth, Cathy Pohl, Andrew Allison and I surveyed wetlands throughout the CBJ. Although we were not…
2016 | Richard Carstensen | 31 page excerpt (of 512p)
Area descriptions for CBJ wetlands surveys, 2014
Supplement to the 2016 Juneau Wetlands Management Plan In summer 2014, Koren Bosworth, Cathy Pohl, Andrew Allison and I surveyed…
2018 | Richard Carstensen | 8 separate pdfs, 2 to 5 MB
Willson-Baldwin invert study, 2004
During the Armstrong-Willson-Carstensen Hotspots study, 2002-03, Mary Willson teamed with Aaron Baldwin to sample intertidal invertebrates throughout the Mendenhall Refuge.…
2004 | Mary Willson & Aaron Baldwin | 42 pages
The Mendenhall Wetlands: a globally recognized Important Bird Area.
In 2009, with support from the Southeast Alaska Land Trust, Bob, Mary, Marge and I distilled much of the information…
2009 | Armstrong, Carstensen, Willson and Osborn | 82 pages
1867-2017: 150 years of change
Background paper for 3 banners commissioned by the Juneau Douglas City Museum, showing changes to iconic landscapes of Áak’w Aaní…
2017 | Richard Carstensen | 41 Pages
Repeat photography summary report
Documenting change through repeat photography in Southeast Alaska Carefully framed retakes of historical photographs documenting vegetation and landform change in…
2005: 2nd ed, 2013 | Richard Carstensen, Kathy Hocker | 39 pages
Wildlife “out the road”
Report to the Southeast Alaska Land Trust on habitats and wildlife use of glacially-rebounding valleys from 25 to 28-mile Glacier…
2003 | Richard Carstensen & Kathy Hocker | 35 pages
Hotspots: bird survey of Mendenhall Wetlands (April 2002 to May 2003)
Summary of a 14 month bird survey on Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, undertaken on request from US Fish &…
2004 | Robert Armstrong, Richard Carstensen, Mary Willson | 77 pages