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In this October 2018 photo, Bjorn Dihle inspects the acid mine drainage flowing into the Tulsequah River from a containment pond filled by effluent from the Tulsequah Chief Mine in British Columbia, Canada. (Courtesy Photo | Chris Miller)

Elected officials: Safe mining needed for salmon

Virtual briefing focuses on transboundary waters.

 

A male pink salmon fights its way up stream to spawn in a Southeast Alaska stream in August 2010. A recent report out of Washington state details a dire situation for the state’s salmon. Advocates in Alaska say the report offers a warning to Alaska about salmon-safe development. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Salmon advocates: Dire Washington report offers warning to Alaska

A salmon story with a different ending?

 

A truck stops outside Douglas Island Pink and Chum to pump in water on Thursday following damage to a pipeline caused by a landslide on Dec. 3, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Landslide damages DIPAC’s freshwater supply

Many fish slated for release next spring were destroyed to preserve resources.

 

A male pink salmon fights its way up stream to spawn in a Southeast Alaska stream in August 2010. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Study: Pink salmon could prosper in warmer Arctic waters

The findings bolster reports from Alaska subsistence fishermen.

A male pink salmon fights its way up stream to spawn in a Southeast Alaska stream in August 2010. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Pride of Bristol Bay: Lessons from a Bristol Bay ‘salmon mama’

Pride of Bristol Bay: Lessons from a Bristol Bay ‘salmon mama’

Salmon runs in in her blood.

Pride of Bristol Bay: Lessons from a Bristol Bay ‘salmon mama’
Why are Alaska’s salmon shrinking?

Why are Alaska’s salmon shrinking?

Researchers have found an answer —and explored what it means.

Why are Alaska’s salmon shrinking?
Salmon derby soldiers on for 74th year

Salmon derby soldiers on for 74th year

Socially distant derby.

Salmon derby soldiers on for 74th year
A grizzly bear sow and cubs that are fishing for chum salmon in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, northern Alaska. (Courtesy Photo / Matt Cameron, National Park Service)

Bears alert scientists to secret salmon streams

How could people have missed those salmon runs?

A grizzly bear sow and cubs that are fishing for chum salmon in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, northern Alaska. (Courtesy Photo / Matt Cameron, National Park Service)
Sue Mauger, Cook Inletkeeper’s science and executive director, works in the Russian River. (Courtesy Photo | Joe Yelverton)
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What climate change means for Alaska’s rivers — and king salmon

A study finds some answers for Chinook salmon decline lie in freshwater rivers and streams.

Sue Mauger, Cook Inletkeeper’s science and executive director, works in the Russian River. (Courtesy Photo | Joe Yelverton)
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Some salmon return, but ‘not nearly enough’

Some salmon return, but ‘not nearly enough’

Fishermen are hurting.

Some salmon return, but ‘not nearly enough’
‘Devastating,’ meager chum salmon returns worry the fishing industry

‘Devastating,’ meager chum salmon returns worry the fishing industry

‘Unprecedented and staggeringly poor.’

‘Devastating,’ meager chum salmon returns worry the fishing industry
Connecting people to salmon in Alaska, the East Coast and the Midwest during COVID-19

Connecting people to salmon in Alaska, the East Coast and the Midwest during COVID-19

A lot has changed almost overnight.

Connecting people to salmon in Alaska, the East Coast and the Midwest during COVID-19
Salmonberries hang fat from a bush on a recent summer. (Courtesy Photo | Mary Catharine Martin)

Alaskan solace on a recent hike

Even if we are quarantined and we can only see spring arrive from our window.

Salmonberries hang fat from a bush on a recent summer. (Courtesy Photo | Mary Catharine Martin)
Opinion: The salmon way is worth fighting for

Opinion: The salmon way is worth fighting for

Alaska is our country’s last salmon state.

Opinion: The salmon way is worth fighting for
King fishing on for Southeast anglers

King fishing on for Southeast anglers

The bite is on.

King fishing on for Southeast anglers
Anjuli Grantham shows off historic salmon canneries tin from a collection from the Karen Hofstad at the Alaska State Library’s Research Center for First Friday on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Book spotlights fishy stories at the heart of the state’s history

Colorful labels and characters from bygone era.

Anjuli Grantham shows off historic salmon canneries tin from a collection from the Karen Hofstad at the Alaska State Library’s Research Center for First Friday on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
‘The salmon way’: Book explores connection between Alaskans and the resilient fish

‘The salmon way’: Book explores connection between Alaskans and the resilient fish

The fish tell a deeply human story.

‘The salmon way’: Book explores connection between Alaskans and the resilient fish
Salmon Derby dates set

Salmon Derby dates set

Get ready to chase those salmon.

Salmon Derby dates set
Salmon researchers: small Juneau hatchery helps with big ideas

Salmon researchers: small Juneau hatchery helps with big ideas

One fish, two fish, coed fish, Taku fish.

Salmon researchers: small Juneau hatchery helps with big ideas
Hooked on salmon: Southeast and its fish keep filmmaker coming back
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Hooked on salmon: Southeast and its fish keep filmmaker coming back

Coming back to where he began, like a certain kind of fish.

Hooked on salmon: Southeast and its fish keep filmmaker coming back
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