According to reports, a 59-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash on the Sterling Highway on Monday evening. Troopers and EMS responded to a call at mile 115 of the Sterling Highway at 9:17 pm on Monday evening in reference to a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. Once there, EMS would declare Girdwood resident Michael Elson […]
In celebration of the Endangered Species Act’s 50th Anniversary, NOAA is featuring the marine mammal and sea turtle species found in Alaska that are protected under the ESA. The Endangered Species Act provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species, habitats, and the ecosystems upon which they depend across Alaska and the country. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard suspended its active search at sunset Saturday for an overdue boater, Timothy Wilson Jr., a 70-year-old male near Kake pending any further developments. “We extend our deepest sympathies to Mr. Wilson’s loved ones,” said Cmdr. Raymond Reichl, search and rescue mission coordinator at Sector Juneau. “The decision to suspend an active […]
Removed from the Endangered Species List in 2013, the eastern distinct population segment of the Steller sea lion is still recovered a decade later. Steller sea lions were named for Georg Wilhelm Steller, a German surgeon and naturalist who first documented the species in 1742. They were once so abundant throughout the North Pacific that […]