Larger camps most likely would be placed at the Inigok airstrip, the abandoned Ikpikpuk well site in Sec. 13, T.11S., R.17W., Umiat Meridian. Fuel facilities would be associated with each of these camps and, at some of these sites, a fuel cache might be established without a camp. The use of the Inigok airstrip is likely to be greater in the next few years to support Native Allotment fieldwork and endangered-species monitoring than in subsequent years. Small camps may be placed at locations throughout the planning area.
Vegetation trampling is common to all camps, although it increases with the duration of the camp.
Some solid wastes can be burned onsite, but all other waste, including human waste, is removed from all but the fly and backpack camps. Caches of drums of aviation fuel commonly are established to facilitate more economic aircraft use. 500 gal are within a containment, normally a portable containment dike. Vegetation trampling and small fuel spills are associated with fuel caches. This includes the verification and site evaluation of uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances on BLM land.