Continued low calf count indicates that reproduction remains depressed. The eastern North Pacific population of gray whales that migrates along the West Coast of the United States has continued to decline, with reproduction remaining very low. Two new Technical Memorandums from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center report the estimated population size and calf productivity in 2025. The initial […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) released the following statements following U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins’ announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is beginning the process to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule on a nationwide basis. “The Roadless Rule has never fit Alaska, so I welcome this effort to […]
Registered dietitian and University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss the potential health benefits of eating Alaska’s berries in a free statewide webinar. Shallcross will cover identifying, picking, and preserving berries, as well as the beneficial compounds and nutrients in different berry species. The Zoom webinar is Wednesday, July 9, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Representative Mark Messmer (R-Ind.)— members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees—hosted a press conference today with their colleagues announcing the introduction of their legislation, the Ground and Orbital Launched Defeat of Emergent Nuclear Destruction and Other Missile Engagements (GOLDEN DOME) Act. The GOLDEN DOME […]
