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Portraits of Alaska

By Fish and Wildlife Service on May 30, 2020 Featured, Rural, State

Each year within Alaska’s 16 national wildlife refuges, the frigid temperatures, darkness and compounding snow of winter slowly give way to tundra bursting with berries in summer. A quick couple of months bring sunlit abundance in the form of millions of salmon and migratory birds, and thousands of migrating caribou. Countless living beings rely […]

Chitina Subdistrict Pre-season Federal Subsistence Fishing Schedule Announced

By Fish and Wildlife Service on May 18, 2012 Rural

Copper Center, AK-The tentative pre-season fishing schedule for Federally qualified subsistence users in the Chitina Subdistrict of the Copper River was announced by the Federal Subsistence Board. This pre-season schedule is identical to the State pre-season schedule and is subject to change based on numbers of salmon entering the Copper River.