Excellent Alaska fishing industry writer Laine Welch penned a piece today in the Alaska Journal of Commerce about the drop in expected halibut catch limits after the governing body was not able to come up with updated numbers in a 2018...
After the Environmental Protection Agency did an about-face on Friday and applied the brakes on the greenlighting the Pebble Mine project “at this time” – per EPA head Scott Pruitt in his statement – Reuters reports this morning that Northern Dynasty Ltd.,...
The following press release is courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is following through on his promise to restore the rule of law and process to the previous Administration’s action to...
The following appears in the January issue of Alaska Sporting Journal BY CHRIS COCOLES Coming back from Russia with gloves – not to mention skis, poles and boots – Sadie Bjornsen wanted to get back to the Winter Olympics. Four years after...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries is taking some blowback – and maybe even regretting its decision on upcoming Chinook regulations – after its Southeast Alaska meetings wrapped earlier this week . Here’s Alaska Public Media’s Robert Woolsey on Chinook salmon initiatives for...
It’s been a warmer than usual winter in Alaska – granted, it’s a balmy 9 degrees in Anchorage as I type this – but shaky ice formation in several Alaska rivers are cause for concern considering the number of subsistence hunters...
-BW #earthquake #tsunami #alaska #akgov pic.twitter.com/alSFVbuPpb — Bill Walker (@BillWalkerAk) January 23, 2018 As a native Californian, I’ve experienced my share of earthquakes over the years, and many Alaskans are used to the ground shaking in their fault-heavy state. So by...
A tragic accident in the village of Aniak (Western Alaska, near Bethel) claimed the lives of a man and his son, whose snowmachine collided with a moose. that Alaska State Troopers say was alcohol-related From the Anchorage Daily News: Two people were found...
