Designs and conducts field and literature investigations. Develops and maintains specialized databases on Alaska and its resources. Communicates and disseminates information without advocacy. Provides technical training and support for environmental monitoring programs. Offers educational opportunities for students and the general public.
Helps prevent and resolve disputes on public policy issues.
ENRI 's multidisciplinary staff includes specialists in environmental policy and regulatory analysis, natural resources management and planning, aquatic ecology, zoology, botany, geology, fisheries and wildlife biology, microbiology, climatology, oceanography, environmental chemistry and toxicology, cultural and physical anthropology, subsistence and socioeconomics, consensus-building techniques, library science, graphic design and production, and Geographic Information Systems.