2025 Goldrun Complex Incident Resource Advisor Report, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska
Hayes S, Toubman J, Doucet B. 2025. 2025 Goldrun Complex Incident Resource Advisor Report, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska. National Park Service. https://doi.org/10.57830/2316988
Incident Resource Advisor Report for the 2025 Goldrun Complex in Kobuk Valley National Park, AK. The 2025 Goldrun Complex consisted of nine lightning-caused fires that burned across tundra and boreal forest in the Kobuk River region of Northwest Alaska. Resource Advisor support focused on protecting cultural resources, historic structures, and wilderness character while minimizing suppression-related impacts. Key resource concerns included Native allotments, archaeological sites, subsistence access, wildlife interactions, and disturbance associated with spike camps and structure protection. This report documents observed impacts, mitigation actions, and recommendations to inform future fire management and resource protection in Western Arctic National Parklands.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Hayes, Sarah; Toubman, Jessica; Doucet, Brendan
- Date of Issue
- 2025-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.57830/2316988
- Units
- KOVA , WEAR
- Keywords
- Alaska, cultural resources, fire effects, Goldrun Complex, Kobuk Valley National Park, Resource Advisor, subsistence, Western Arctic National Parklands, wilderness, Wildfire