(Homer) — The designation is official and just in time for this year’s annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: The estuaries, shores, sloughs and tidal areas of Kachemak Bay are now officially part of the prestigious Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN). WHSRN is a government-private partnership that designates important areas for shorebirds as a way […]
According to a release put out Tuesday morning by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, a plan has been crafted by a diverse group of stakeholders that includes 35 representatives from Federal agencies, the state of Alaska, the North Slope Borough, Alaska Native organizations, industry and non-profit organizations and the Canadian Wildlife Service, to […]
