3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (425+ words) Located 60 miles above the Arctic Circle, Coldfoot is a busy truck stop on Alaska’s Dalton Highway. Step off the gravel pad, which underlies a year-round population of 34, and you’ll head into several hundred miles of dense boreal forest and the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (299+ words) The 36th Annual Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival kicks off later this week with four full days of programming, from May 7-10. The annual event, which showcases local shorebird and waterfowl migration on the Copper River Delta, has brought birders and nature…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (224+ words) Ten environmental entities filed litigation in federal district court in Anchorage on March 10 alleging that the Interior Department has unlawfully removed federal protections over public lands in a broad area of Alaska. These lands had been protected for more than…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (563+ words) Most of the large animals that have walked the surface of Earth are no longer here. Why? Dan Mann thinks it’s because our recent climate has been too stable, at least when compared to the wacky ups and downs of…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (214+ words) Alaska’s congressional delegation has introduced new legislation aimed at improving data on bycatch reduction in the Gulf of Alaska Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. The delegation announced the Bycatch Reduction and Research Act on Jan. 7, saying the aim is to…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (309+ words) A new international fisheries handbook offers guidelines for countries on how to keep illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing products from entering the international seafood market. The Fisheries Import Control Scheme Handbook, jointly published by U.S., European Union and Japanese entities,…...