(ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO) I’m a sucker for inspiring stories about dogs, and this is a remarkable one out of the Fairbanks area: A blind dog who wandered away from her Ester, Alaska, home during a cold snap has been reunited...
The embattled Kenai River’s king salmon fishery has endured some difficult times in recent years. Now for a second straight year, parts of the Kenai will be shut down for early-run Chinook fishing. Here’s the Peninsula Clarion with more: The river will be...
We’re hitching up our huskies and taking a dog sled journey in the upcoming March issue of Alaska Sporting Journal. Following up on our December profile of the dog mushing Berington twins, we’ll have an Iditarod preview this month with among...
With mining becoming a booming business all around British Coumbia, Canada, it’s clear Alaskans just across the border are fighting back. Hence, Trout Unlimited’s Alaska program and the environmental group Salmon Beyond Borders collaborated on a film short, Xboundary, which stresses the concerns about...
It’s arguably not as big a story as the Bristol Bay region’s opposition to the Pebble Mine, but in Southeast Alaska, another mining project just across the border into British Columbia, Canada, the Mount Polley Mine. An independent review of...
Summer will be here any minute now (well, maybe a little longer than that). But when the ice and snow go away in Alaska, boats will be out in full force in both fresh- and saltwater. Alaska’s United States Coast Guard...
Jake’s Nushagak Salmon Camp is getting ready for another summer of king salmon fishing. Eli Huffman, the camp’s host, filed this report: 2015 WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING YEAR! For us, 2014 was the year without winter in Dillingham, Bristol Bay, and most...
This isn’t Alaska news, but it’s bear news and Alaskans understand more than anyone that they’re sharing their beloved state with these remarkable creatures. That’s what makes this story cringe-worthy. From the Associated Press: CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire’s bear expert...
