Managing fisheries means more than managing fish. To keep fisheries sustainable, managers need to make sure the ecosystems that support fish production stay healthy. An important part of Alaska’s marine ecosystems is the corals that create habitat for fish and their prey. Coral gardens provide refuge for fish, but may be vulnerable to fishing […]
FAIRBANKS – To better prepare for developing the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a series of public meetings from mid-January through mid-March 2017 to gather vital public input from the many users of public lands. This plan will guide management of 13.1 million acres of public […]
In a series of tweets Friday, President-elect Donald Trump promised a report on allegations of Russian hacking within 90 days. Citing Russian claims that they have no information, Trump accuses “sleazebag political operatives,” “political opponents,” and “Intelligence” of making up and releasing reports containing compromising information about him. It now turns out that the phony […]
On Thursday afternoon, Alaska State troopers received a report from a caller, that someone had driven onto private property on the Central Kenai Peninsula, and took off with a vehicle parked there. Troopers responded to the scene, and found that 42-year-old Nikiski resident, James Mistecka, had driven to the property and hooked up a 1989 […]