“The Bear Lake sustainable escapement goal has been achieved and the hatchery broodstock requirements are anticipated to be met. Through June 18, 10,761 sockeye salmon have passed the Bear Creek weir and over 1,000 fish are holding just below it,” stated...
The Board stated that conservation concerns warrant a closure to caribou hunting on Federal public lands in Units 11, 12 remainder, and 13 by all users. The Nelchina Caribou Herd population has declined precipitously to only 6,983 caribou in October 2023,...
“Based on what we heard from the dozens of community members who participated in our survey, it is clear that Southeast’s communities, particularly Indigenous communities are losing access to fisheries and their future access remains uncertain. However, it is also clear...
"Staff spent 4 days in April searching for wolves in the removal area and 21 days between May 10 and June 5 following caribou and searching for evidence of predation (i.e., caribou fleeing, predators actively chasing or eating caribou). All bears...
“Deep sea mining would devastate ancient, slow-growing and remote ecosystems that are home to deep-sea coral, anemones, sponges and more,” said Kelsey Lamp, one of the report's authors and the director of oceans campaigns for Alaska Environment Research & Policy Center. “Seabed mining would...
"The Naknek Lake Fire (#146), located approximately nine miles west of Dumpling Mountain and two miles south of the Naknek Lake southern shoreline, is currently at five acres, burning in mixed spruce forest. This fire is easily seen by boat and...
"Leroy Kreider of Orofino, Idaho could not have had a bigger smile on his face last Friday night as he watched his fish being hung beneath the iconic Valdez Harbor sign and his wife rolled his wheelchair into position for pictures...
