ANCHORAGE, AK—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Tuesday announced its determination that the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) does not warrant protection as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision came as a result from the Service’s 12-month finding on a petition from multiple groups to list […]
Anchorage, Alaska — Thursday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule to clarify that predator control is not allowed on national wildlife refuges in Alaska, unless necessary to meet refuge purposes, federal laws or Service policy, and is consistent with the agency’s conservation mission. The rule was developed in response to […]
NOAA archaeologists have discovered the battered hulls of two 1800s whaling ships nearly 144 years after they and 31 others sank off the Arctic coast of Alaska in one of the planet’s most unexplored ocean regions. The shipwrecks, and parts of other ships, that were found are most likely the remains of 33 ships trapped […]
Troopers report that they have arrested a man and recovered a stolen firearm in an investigation after a call from a business that reported the weapon missing on Monday in Ketchikan. Ward Creek Industrial owner Wayne Beaupre reported the firearm missing “when he could not locate the gun when looking for that specific gun for a customer,” […]