The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is seeking public comments on a proposed land exchange between the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (Tetlin Refuge) and The Conservation Fund (TCF). The proposed land exchange would remove one potential barrier to construction of the Alaska Pipeline Project (APP), while providing the National Wildlife Refuge System with a […]
Scientists show that predator/prey relationships make possible the rich biodiversity of complex ecosystems
Fairbanks, Alaska—On Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:41 p.m. Alaska time, scientists launched a NASA sounding rocket from Poker Flat Research Range into a brilliant aurora display. The rocket mission, designed to gather information on space weather conditions that affect satellite communications, was a success.
MIAMI—Lavont Flanders Jr., 41, of Miami Gardens, Fla., and Emerson Callum, 45, of Miami, were both sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore to 12 consecutive terms of life in prison on sex trafficking charges, announced Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John V. Gillies, Special Agent […]