The river's entire course is north of the Arctic Circle. Leaving Gates of the Arctic National Park the river enters the Noatak National Preserve which exactly delineates the river's watershed. The entire watershed of the Noatak River, not just the river itself, lies within these two protected areas, from the headwaters to where it leaves the Noatak National Preserve, which is a point approximately 20 river miles upstream of Noatak village and 90 river miles upstream of the river's delta in Kotzebue Sound. Even on this last part of the river most of the watershed lies within either Noatak National Preserve or Cape Krusenstern National Monument, with only the immediate river valley outside of these protected areas. The Noatak basin is the largest undisturbed watershed in the United States. The Noatak National Preserve alone encompasses 6,500,000 acres (26,000km2).
Many once crystal-clear rivers and streams across Alaska now flow with 'milky orange juice-colored' water ... The problem now extends from Alaska's lower Noatak River basin in the west to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the northeast.
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have developed a way to use radar to detect open water zones and other changes in Alaska's frozen rivers in the early winter ...Open water zones in river ice can be dangerous.
More lodges are dotted along lakes and river banks ... Armed with high-resolution satellite imagery, Tape and his colleagues located beaver ponds in the lower Noatak River basin area of north-western Alaska.
The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is likely causing the release of more methane—a greenhouse gas—into the atmosphere ...The new research focused on 166 square miles of the lower Noatak River basin in NorthwestAlaska ... DOI ... ....
Kotzebue is the regional trading village serving 11 other surrounding villages from Point Hope on the northwestern coast to Kivalina & Noatak and Kobuk River villages (Noorvik, Kiana & ...
Noatak River to the Arctic Ocean...Hear an armchair journey on the Noatak River in Alaska to see and hear the stories of a wilderness canoe trip taken by six friends (including RSOP staff Steph Comfort) that started above the Arctic Circle.
Noatak River to the Arctic Ocean...Hear an armchair journey on the Noatak River in Alaska to see and hear the stories of a wilderness canoe trip taken by six friends (including RSOP staff Steph Comfort) that started above the Arctic Circle.
Probably mid-20s ... We were ready for a break, and I told Phyllis I knew just the spot ... A sprig of cedar from the canoe country? A stone from Alaska’s Noatak River where friends and I paddled last summer? A lock of blonde hair from a yellow dog we know?.
This is the fourth in a four-part series about kayaking the Noatak River in the Arctic Circle. The river, which anchors the largest undeveloped watershed in North America, flows from ... .
NOATAK RIVER, Alaska, Aug ... We’re camped on a large sandbar made by the joining of the Noatak and CutterRivers, the Noatak River murky from the silt of all that erosion, the Cutter clear.
This is the second in a four-part series about kayaking the Noatak River in the Arctic Circle. ——— NOATAK RIVER, Alaska, July 29 — Despite being hundreds of miles from ... .
Noatak, Alaska, is facing significant challenges, including a river that is now too low for a barge to deliver goods, a shortage of fuel to power vehicles and heat homes, and skyrocketing gas prices ... .
This is the first in a four-part series about kayaking the Noatak River in the Arctic Circle. ——— KOTZEBUE, Alaska, July 25 — The plane banks, straightens and begins its ... .
This is the fourth in a four-part series about kayaking the Noatak River in the Arctic Circle... This month Spokesman-Review outdoors editor Eli Francovich kayaked the Noatak River with Spokane natives Chris and Cary Kopczynski and Jim Wood.
Hastings Tribune
10 Aug 2023
Hastings Tribune
10 Aug 2023