The Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins partnership discovered harmful toxins in some phytoplankton that could cause health effects in humans while collecting samples in Southeast Alaska.SEATT… Continue reading
For the second year running, Yukon River chinook salmon seem to be climbing out of an abundance pit.The river is home to a bulk of… Continue reading
Weather patterns contributed to a screwy sockeye run in 2015, and this year the same is happening to pinks, the second-largest salmon harvest in Alaska.In… Continue reading
Occasionally, friends have asked me about the life cycles of plants, so here I will attempt to summarize them, in the context of plant evolution.… Continue reading
“It sounds a little bit crackly,” Courtney Pegus said, putting his ear to what looked like an oversized walkie talkie.“Turn the volume up,” Fish and… Continue reading
Southeast tribal groups met with officials from the Department of State and the Environmental Protection Agency last week in Juneau and Ketchikan to discuss ongoing… Continue reading
The Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation reopened the application period for the Snowmobile Trails Grant Program, which provides competitive and reimbursable matching grants for… Continue reading
On Aug. 6, ten members of the Juneau Gun Club trap shooters took part in the trap shooting event.Singles, 10 entries, overcast, 58 degrees A… Continue reading
The Deep Bay Cabin on Zarembo Island, which used to be an administrative site for the Wrangell Ranger District, will be a public recreation cabin… Continue reading
MOOSE CREEK DAM — For the thirteenth consecutive day, four plates of steel in a framework of concrete have quietly saved Fairbanks.Heavy rains in the… Continue reading
With so many plants at the point of harvest, I feel a bit guilty talking about one plant. And, by one plant, I mean one… Continue reading
Two anglers in the past week found themselves pulling giant halibut out of the ocean without a derby ticket to their names.David Pudlosky of Mountain… Continue reading
Summer seems to be closing down all too quickly. Bird song is past, replaced by the chips and squeaks of juvenile birds scuttling in the… Continue reading
NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a Louisiana landowner’s attempt to keep the government from listing 1,500 forest… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The start of wolf hunting season near Denali National Park has opponents calling on Gov. Bill Walker to protect the animals in light… Continue reading
HOW MUCH WOOD IS ENOUGH?The junk mail du jour was one of those women’s sportswear catalogs where trim, angular-jawed yuppies peer intently into the distance… Continue reading
TESLIN, Yukon Territory — A traditional Tlingit story about respect, as told by Teslin Tlingit band council member Duane Aucoin:“There was a young boy who… Continue reading
When the needles began to fall like rain earlier in the summer, and piled up in windrows on sidewalks and roadways, every one wondered why… Continue reading
Using the tiniest of clues, scientists have determined what probably killed the woolly mammoths of St. Paul Island — thirst.“It looks like climate did them… Continue reading
TESLIN, Yukon Territory — Ask scientists about the decline of the Yukon River’s chinook salmon run, and they’ll tell you they know one thing for… Continue reading
