FAIRBANKS, Alaska – As extremely saturated trails continue to dry out after record snowfall this winter, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern Interior Field Office (EIFO) extended the temporary closure to all motorized vehicles including off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on the Wickersham Creek, Trail Creek, and Quartz Creek trails to prevent trail degradation and resource damage. “Much of the snow has melted but the […]
The Arctic Interagency Visitor Center and Dalton Highway recreation sites welcome visitors COLDFOOT, Alaska – Summer recreation sites along the Dalton Highway are open for the summer season, including the Arctic Interagency Visitor Center (AIVC) in Coldfoot and the Yukon River Contact Station at the Yukon River Bridge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced Friday. In addition, the Five Mile, Arctic Circle, and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard’s Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion will conduct its federal, annual training requirements in western Alaska this year from April 30 to May 12. The timing coincides with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s River Watch which provides aerial surveillance and real-time […]
This June, George Divoky will refurbish a cabin that sits on a lonely gravel island north of Alaska. He was not planning a remodel this year. Sometime during the winter, a polar bear tore through a plywood wall of the cabin Divoky moved 20 years ago to Cooper Island. Cooper Island is a crescent of […]