The Yukon Kuskokwum Delta, home to Yup’ik and Cup’ik people, provides a perfect location to study how social microbial communities and geese are influencing CO2 and Methane emissions from salt marshes. The YK Delta area is huge. It’s one of the largest wetlands in North America with over 20,000,000 acres. It’s where the Yukon River hits the Bering Sea. Almost entirely road less, it is grassland, tundra, and about 50% water. A wonderful habitat for over 200 species of birds visiting every summer in their life cycle of resting, foraging, and breeding.
