2025 Drilling Season Begins with 1000 Gallon Diesel Spill at Staging Camp Beaver, Alaska– Monday Tribal leaders across the Yukon Flats region called for an immediate cease work order and demanded answers from Doyon, Ltd. and Hilcorp Alaska, LLC related to a fuel spill occurring earlier in April 2025. According to initial reports filed with […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of 176th Wing rescued six plane crash victims June 10 near Port Alsworth about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage. The DHC-2 Beaver aircraft crashed in a heavily wooded area of the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, prompting the National Park Service to request hoist-capable […]
Scientists and others from remote communities across western Alaska and northern Canada concerned about the migration of beavers into the Arctic will gather at the University of Alaska Fairbanks later this month. Attendees will share observations, knowledge and new research on the impacts of the animals’ recent range expansion. The Feb. 26-28 meeting of the Arctic […]
The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane — a greenhouse gas — into the atmosphere. Beavers, as everyone knows, like to make dams. Those dams cause flooding, which inundates vegetation and turns Arctic streams and creeks into a series of ponds. Those beaver ponds and surrounding […]