Under the direction of the Minto Flats Northern Pike Management Plan (5 AAC 74.044), when the annual subsistence harvest, from January 1 until ice out, in the Chatanika River drainage upstream of the confluence of the Chatanika River and Goldstream Creek exceeds 750...
Bundy is charged with a violation of the Lacey Act, which prohibits transportation of unlawfully taken wildlife over state lines. If convicted, Bundy faces up to a year imprisonment and a fine of $100,000. A federal district court judge will determine...
Opposition to the controversial open pit cyanide leach gold mine has dramatically increased in recent years, including formal opposition by the Association of Village Council Presidents, which represents 56 Tribal Governments in the Kuskokwim region, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, and the...
In its appeal decision, the Army Corps rejected the vast majority of PLP’s claims, including the company’s challenge to the Corps’ central finding in denying the permit. At the heart of that decision is its undisturbed conclusion that the Pebble Mine...
The Joint Board of Fisheries and Game reminds Alaskans that the May 1 deadline is fast approaching for submitting proposed regulation changes pertaining to local fish and game advisory committees, the processes for adopting regulations by the Board of Fisheries and...
The following press release is courtesy of NOAA Fisheries Alaska: NOAA Fisheries will hold a public hearing to receive input on an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska. This amendment would...