Name: Jim Dau: In 2011, which was probably the worst year I saw when I was employed, it was about 80,000 caribou were delayed an average of a month. They didn't walk back 3 to 5 miles from the road and then cross. Many of those caribou walked back all the way to Point Hope.
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Description: In 2011, which was probably the worst year I saw when I was employed, it was about 80,000 caribou were delayed an average of a month. They didn't walk back 3 to 5 miles from the road and then cross. Many of those caribou walked back all the way to Point Hope.

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Jim Dau

6:14 - 6:37

“In 2011, which was probably the worst year I saw when I was employed, it was about 80,000 caribou were delayed an average of a month. They didn't walk back 3 to 5 miles from the road and then cross. Many of those caribou walked back all the way to Point Hope.”

Speaker: Jim Dau
Timestamp: 6:14 – 6:37
Transcript: AIDEA Board Meeting Audio — September 22, 2026
Community: Alaska News
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Captured at: September 22, 2026

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We're not talking about dozens of caribou or hundreds of caribou or even thousands of caribou. In 2011, which was probably the worst year I saw when I was employed, it was about 80,000 caribou were delayed an average of a month. They didn't walk back 3 to 5 miles from the road and then cross. Many of those caribou walked back all the way to Point Hope. That's over 100 straight-line miles.

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