Alaska Fishing Guide Pays $900,000 After Taking Blame For Wildfire
A Copper Center-area fishing guide service paid $900,000 in fines after a guide was deemed responsible for a wildlife in the area, ...
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Alaska Environment Report Finds All Southcentral Waters Tested Contain Microplastics
“This report underscores that our relative isolation has not protected Alaska from microplastic pollution. We collected just three liters of water from the sources we tested, and we found microplastics in every single sample- when you multiply it out, we’ve got...
NOAA Accepting Public Comment On Southeast Alaska Salmon Incidental Take EIS
The biological opinion included issuance of an incidental take statement that exempted take of listed species by Southeast Alaska salmon fisheries in compliance with the terms and conditions in the incidental take statement.
As the result of a lawsuit on the biological...
Southwest Alaskans Encouraged To Submit Ideas For Bear Pin Logo Contest
. The winning design becomes the official Katmai bear pin that thousands of visitors wear this summer. The winning designer is awarded a set of pins along with the satisfaction of seeing their artwork worn on jackets and ballcaps by visitors...
Study: Marine Heat Waves’ Effect On Pacific Cod Growth In Alaska
“We found that the fish were hatching two to three weeks earlier. To see that dramatic of a shift in hatch dates of a species due to a one- or two-year event is pretty remarkable,” Miller said. “That those changes continue...
Investigation: Canadian Mining Interests Using Questionable Financial Methods While Southeast Alaska Watersheds At Risk
“Frankly, we were shocked at what this report revealed,” said Salmon Beyond Borders Advisor Heather Hardcastle. “The EIA investigation shows that the B.C. and Canadian governments, while avoiding international collaboration for shared salmon rivers, are instead working hand-in-glove with Canadian mining companies. It’s...
Crazy Like A Fox! A Backcountry Bandit’s GoPro Heist Attempt
"I was out filming a little city fox who lives in the city limits of Anchorage Alaska. She is not tame, but she is very tolerant of humans. I set my GoPro out to try to get some close...
The Ice Angler Cometh: Alaska Winter Fishing Memories
Looking back on my more than 30 years of traveling through Alaska – nearly a decade of which was spent living there – ice fishing has created some priceless memories....