Welcome to www.northslope.org, the web portal for the North Slope Science Initiative. The North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) is an inter-agency effort to increase collaboration at the local, state, and federal levels to address the research, inventory, and monitoring needs as they relate to development activities on the North Slope.

The North Slope is a region found in the far north of Alaska, bordered by the foothills of the Brooks Range to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north. The region encompasses 89,000 square miles, comprised of diverse and unique ecosystems. This area, however, is most well known for its oil fields, which are among the largest in the United States. The North Slope of Alaska is thought to have the greatest remaining oil potential of any onshore area in the United States. The USGS is conducting an intensive examination of its geology and petroleum potential with current research focused on conventional oil and gas resources of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) on the western portion of the North Slope.

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