At 7:00 am Friday morning, the park’s high altitude rescue helicopter pilot and two mountaineering rangers launched from Talkeetna. After an initial reconnaissance flight of the accident zone, a mountaineering ranger was short-hauled via long line to the awaiting climbers. Together,...
Mark Glassmaker of Alaska Fishing With Mark Glassmaker (mgfalaska.com) related this to me: “On the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers, the first good number of silvers arrived in mid-August, but with such a robust sockeye return and the limit being six fish...
"Chad’s experience in and knowledge about Alaska, including his time as deputy regional forester, makes him the ideal leader for the region. His dedication to conservation and land management, combined with his exceptional leadership strength, makes him well fit to address...
Like the last couple of years, there are several reports of small kings being caught. Fishing for kings should get better through the next couple of months. Other salmon will move inshore later in the season as the weather warms....
“It’s exciting to see the ways the conversation has evolved since 1997, when the last plan was written,” said SalmonState Southeast Alaska Program Manager Dan Kirkwood. “Alaska Native values have become a prominent part of the discussion around managing the landscape, and we...
The last week of April is great timing for steelhead fishing in the freshwater drainages of Prince of Wales Island. Fish have been entering drainages since late March and fresh fish are still migrating from saltwater for peak numbers of steelhead...