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</div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div id="fl-main-content" class="fl-page-content" itemprop="mainContentOfPage" role="main"> <div class="fl-content-full container"> <div class="row"> <div class="fl-content col-md-12"> <article class="fl-post post-889 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry" id="fl-post-889" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <div class="fl-post-content clearfix" itemprop="text"> <div class="fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-889 fl-builder-content-primary fl-builder-global-templates-locked" data-post-id="889"><div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-624df25e5e9d9 fl-row-custom-height fl-row-align-bottom" data-node="624df25e5e9d9"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-624df25e5e9d2" data-node="624df25e5e9d2"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624df25e5e9d5 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="624df25e5e9d5"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-624df25e5e9d6" data-node="624df25e5e9d6"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h2 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">PEARD BAY</span> </h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-624df25e5e9d4" data-node="624df25e5e9d4"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624df25e5e9d7 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="624df25e5e9d7"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-624df25e5e9d8" data-node="624df25e5e9d8"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-61250b139ae25 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="61250b139ae25"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-61250b139c418" data-node="61250b139c418"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-61250b139c53d fl-col-bg-color" data-node="61250b139c53d"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-61250b139ee7b" data-node="61250b139ee7b"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>The newest of the Reserve’s Special Areas, Peard Bay encompasses 107,000 acres in the northwest between Utqiaġvik and Wainwright. This area includes high densities of ice seals and polar bears, and the highest density of spectacled eider nesting areas in Alaska. The colorful males display black feathers surrounding white eye patches, resembling a pair of spectacles! Tens of thousands of shorebirds, especially red phalaropes, move through Peard Bay after breeding.</p> <p>Peard Bay also provides haul out areas for ringed and bearded seals. Peard Bay is characterized by thousands of small thaw lakes, freshwater bodies formed in a depression by meltwater from thawing permafrost.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-624deeb02f69a fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="624deeb02f69a"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-full-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-624deeb02f68b fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-top" data-node="624deeb02f68b"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeb02f692 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeb02f692"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deeb02f699" data-node="624deeb02f699"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">SPECIAL HABITAT</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>Haul-outs for marine mammals and migration area for shorebirds and waterbirds. It's a Continentally-significant Important Bird Area.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeb02f68e fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeb02f68e"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deeb02f695" data-node="624deeb02f695"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">SPECIES</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>Ringed seals, spectacled eiders, polar bears, walrus, waterfowl and shorebirds.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeb02f68f fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeb02f68f"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deeb02f696" data-node="624deeb02f696"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">1,000 LAKES</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>Peard Bay is dotted by thousands of tiny thaw lakes — water that melts and collects on permafrost.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeb02f690 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeb02f690"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deeb02f697" data-node="624deeb02f697"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">SIZE</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>Approximately 107,000 acres, the second smallest of the five Special Areas.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeb02f691 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeb02f691"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deeb02f698" data-node="624deeb02f698"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">WHY PEARD?</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>Named by English naval officer Frederick William Beechey after a fellow officer.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-62797b9107b1f 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fl-col-bg-color" data-node="624df4091c4ce"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-624df4090e6ba" data-node="624df4090e6ba"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-png"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="967" height="608" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-12730" src="https://alwlive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/base_map-peard.png" alt="base_map-peard" itemprop="image" title="base_map-peard" srcset="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/base_map-peard.png 967w, https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/base_map-peard-300x189.png 300w, https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/base_map-peard-768x483.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-62853b3b4c16c fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="62853b3b4c16c"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-624dee092e2b7" data-node="624dee092e2b7"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624dee092e2ba fl-col-bg-color" data-node="624dee092e2ba"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-624dee092e2bb" data-node="624dee092e2bb"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #2893ac;">VISIT MORE:</span> <a title="Peard Bay" href="https://www.alaskawild.org/reserve/peard-bay/">Peard Bay</a> | <a href="https://www.alaskawild.org/reserve/colville-river/">Colville River</a> | <a title="Kasegaluk Lagoon" href="https://www.alaskawild.org/reserve/kasegaluk-lagoon/">Kasegaluk Lagoon</a> | <a title="Teshekpuk Lake Special Area" href="https://www.alaskawild.org/reserve/teshekpuk-lake-special-area/">Teshepuk Lake</a> | <a title="Utukok River Uplands" href="https://www.alaskawild.org/reserve/utukok-river-uplands/">Utukok River Uplands</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-624deeba31c40 fl-row-full-height fl-row-align-center fl-row-bg-overlay" data-node="624deeba31c40"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-624deeba31c3b" data-node="624deeba31c3b"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeba31c3c fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeba31c3c"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deeba31c3e" data-node="624deeba31c3e"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">PEOPLE AND THE ARCTIC OCEAN: THE INUPIAT</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>Peard Bay is located just to the northeast of Wainwright, and southwest of Utqiaġvik. The area provides feeding and haul-out areas for spotted seals and walrus, and provides habitat for nesting loons, waterfowl and shorebirds, all of which are important subsistence foods for the Inupiat.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deeba31c3d fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deeba31c3d"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-624deeba31c3f" data-node="624deeba31c3f"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-png"> <img decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img" src="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/img/pixel.png" alt="" itemprop="image" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-624deec61655e fl-row-full-height fl-row-align-center fl-row-bg-overlay" data-node="624deec61655e"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-624deec616559" data-node="624deec616559"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deec61655b fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deec61655b"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"></div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-624deec61655c fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="624deec61655c"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-624deec61655d" data-node="624deec61655d"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">FEATURED ANIMAL: SPECTACLED EIDER</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>This species’ name comes from its adult males, whose breeding plumage is characterized by a white back and a black tail, belly and chest, and a bright orange bill with white feathers at the base – and of course, its green shaggy head with round white “spectacles” around each eye; Length: Males, 20 inches long/Females, 19 inches long; Weight: 3 lbs; Fun Fact: Spectacled eiders spend much of the year in places so remote that its wintering grounds were only recently discovered in 1999.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-62797aa62d196 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="62797aa62d196"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-62797aa63b44b" data-node="62797aa63b44b"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-62797aa63b555 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="62797aa63b555"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-62797aa62baed" data-node="62797aa62baed"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h2 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">THREATS</span> </h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-62797b806737b fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="62797b806737b"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-62797b80736fd" data-node="62797b80736fd"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-62797b80737a9 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="62797b80737a9"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-62797b8065aec" data-node="62797b8065aec"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>One threat to the Peard Bay Special Area is potential energy development in the Arctic Ocean — there is currently no prohibition against developing an infrastructure corridor, such as a pipeline, to transport oil from offshore drilling through Peard Bay and into Alaska’s interior or across northern Alaska to facilities at Prudhoe Bay. Climate change is also having a profound effect on the region — rising temperatures and the disappearance of sea ice is causing more and more marine mammals, such as seals and walrus, to haul-out on the mainland, resulting in greater vulnerability to predators and hunters. In addition, melting permafrost is removing a critical buffer between coastlines and the impact of ocean waves. As permafrost disappears, coastal erosion could become significant, destroying wildlife habitat and nesting areas and disrupting local communities. 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