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Southeast Alaska dive fishermen are hit hard by sea otters
23+ hour, 21+ min ago (727+ words) In Scott Hursey’s basement workshop, there is a guitar on a worktable he’s building from scratch, and a view of Frederick Sound. And in a back closet, there is an old scuba diving suit. “The only thing exposed is your…...
How one Anchorage nonprofit is rebuilding trust with its raptors
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (774+ words) On a recent Monday, Chandelle Cotter fed a rodent to a male snowy owl named Frost. She doesn’t know much about him, but she does know he likes to talk. “He’d be a good radio bird,” Cotter said, as Frost…...
A fake beluga escape story on social media is a reminder of the hazards of misinformation
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (645+ words) The picture and subsequent story have been shared on multiple social media pages, with one post on Instagram gaining close to 6 million views. “When misinformation like this story gets passed around, obviously that's a concern for us,” said Kaiti Grant,…...
Have you seen this raptor? A partially blind hawk is on the loose in Haines
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) Warrior is 18 years old, partially blind and has spent much of his life in captivity. That changed last Friday, when the red-tailed hawk escaped from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines. “He was fed during a program in front…...
Fostering 48 parakeets: Alaska's senior boom strains bird rescue groups
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (734+ words) Parakeet cages filled a room in a modest house in South Anchorage. The birds’ chattering and chirping mixed with country music coming from a boombox below the cages. As the music swelled at the refrain “Somebody pour me a drank…...
Wildlife managers propose expanding bison habitat near Delta Junction
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (133+ words) State and federal officials are seeking public input as they look to improve and expand bison habitat near the Interior community of Delta Junction. A few hundred plains bison live on the Delta Junction Bison Range, descendents of transplants brought…...
Glacier Bay’s humpbacks are recovering, slowly, from 2014-16 marine heatwave
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (541+ words) Spring is one of Christine Gabriele’s favorite times of year. She spends her days in and around Glacier Bay National Park, watching as the area’s humpback whales return after wintering overseas. “It’s like taking attendance and seeing your old friends,…...
Alaska Native blood quantum clarified for hunting sea otters
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (743+ words) For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least one-quarter Alaska Native and belong to a coastal tribe. But a recent opinion from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service confirms…...
New trail highlights 35 of Anchorage’s best birding spots
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (411+ words) Alaska is a birder’s paradise and there’s a new online resource highlighting prime viewing spots in the state's largest city. The Anchorage Birding Trail features 35 locations in and around the municipality, from Eagle River to Whittier. Hundreds of thousands of…...
‘Enough to feed everybody’: a Siberian Yupik whaler reflects on the hunt
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (491+ words) Whaling is an essential part of subsistence hunting in Siberian Yupik culture and high school student Tracy Tungiyan, in the village of Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island, wanted to understand more about it. So he interviewed a whaling captain from…...