As a river eats its way into Newtok, Alaska, residents are planning their moves to a new village site 12 miles away. One family will move into a house on skis with the ability to migrate as needed with self-contained water and electrical systems. In his dozen visits to Newtok, a village of about 354 […]
(Palmer) – All but the first mile of the Cottonwood Creek trail in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge will remain closed to motorized vehicles through the fall season as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game works to protect wetlands. The closure will affect waterfowl hunters and other recreationists who use ATVs to […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Commissioner Mark Luiken signed an Emergency Determination Tuesday allowing the DOT&PF to respond to the rapidly deteriorating river erosion and flooding situation on the Glenn Highway at Milepost 64 near Sutton, Alaska. The Matanuska River has risen to flood levels near the community of […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a new study published today, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the highest shoreline erosion rates in the world. Analyzing over half a century of shoreline change data, scientists found the pattern is extremely variable with most of the coast retreating […]