The impacts of predator loss and climate change are combining to devastate living reefs that have defined Alaskan kelp forests for centuries, according to new research published in Science. “We discovered that massive limestone reefs built by algae underpin the Aleutian Islands’ kelp forest ecosystem,” said Douglas Rasher, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for […]
DHSS today announced 116 new people identified with COVID-19. No new nonresident cases were reported. 116 Alaska resident cases were reported in 21 communities and in an unknown location: Anchorage (62), Fairbanks (20), Utqiaġvik (5), Eagle River (3), Juneau (3), Bethel (2), Denali Borough (2), Nome Census Area (2), North Pole (2), Palmer (2), Seward (2) and one each in Chugiak, Girdwood, […]
DHSS today announced six deaths and 128 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 127 are residents in 17 communities: Anchorage (68), Fairbanks (22), North Pole (9), Juneau (6), Chugiak (3), Nome Census Area (3), Utqiaġvik (3), Bethel Census Area (2), Eagle River (2), Kotzebue (2), and one each in Bethel, Bristol Bay and Lake and Peninsula Boroughs combined, Delta Junction, Palmer, Soldotna, Wasilla, […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday announced the upcoming publication of a Final Environmental Impact Statement that describes the environmental effects of six alternatives, including whether the Tongass National Forest should be exempted from the 2001 Roadless Rule. A copy of the final statement will be available on the project […]