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NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

By NOAA-Alaska Regional Office on Jan 7, 2021   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

A bearded seal rests on ice in the Bering Sea. NOAA/Cameron NOAA Fisheries is proposing to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population of bearded seals. Both species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The ESA requires that NOAA […]

Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Endangered Beluga Whales

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Mar 28, 2020   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Science/Education  

Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Endangered Beluga Whales

  Scientists partnered with tech industry experts to develop the first machine learning application for acoustic monitoring of Alaskan beluga whales. An innovative machine learning application will help scientists collect information essential to protect and recover the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population.  In 1979, the Cook Inlet beluga population began a rapid decline. Despite being protected as an […]

Forest Service Paying Timber Industry to Pick Which Trees It Wants in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

By Rebecca Bowe | Earth Justice on Jan 27, 2020   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

Forest Service Paying Timber Industry to Pick Which Trees It Wants in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

  Documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act detail close collaboration linking logging interests, Forest Service, and State of Alaska JUNEAU – Up to $1.3 million in U.S. Forest Service (USFS) dollars will wind up in the hands of the Alaska Forest Association – a timber industry group – for work that entails selecting old-growth […]

Amazon Forest Regrowth Much Slower Than Previously Thought

By Ian Boydon | Lancaster University on Dec 21, 2019   Featured, Science/Education  

Amazon Forest Regrowth Much Slower Than Previously Thought

  The regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought, a new study shows. The findings could have significant impacts for climate change predictions as the ability of secondary forests to soak up carbon from the atmosphere may have been over-estimated. The study, which monitored forest regrowth over two decades, […]

Dunleavy Rollbacks Ignore Voters, Property Rights, and Tourism Dollars

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper on Nov 27, 2019   At Sea, Featured, State  

Dunleavy Rollbacks Ignore Voters, Property Rights, and Tourism Dollars

HOMER—Local businesses, voters and property owners Tuesday responded to the Dunleavy Administration’s abrupt decision last week to unravel safeguards to Kachemak Bay. On November 19, ADFG staff notified its planning team the “governor’s office decided to repeal the PWC [Personal Watercraft] prohibition” for the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area. The notice named right-wing radio personality […]

New Seafloor Maps Reveal Habitat Sculpted by Ancient Glaciers

By NOAA Fisheries on Sep 26, 2019   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

New Seafloor Maps Reveal Habitat Sculpted by Ancient Glaciers

New bathymetric map of the western Gulf of Alaska. New seafloor maps show for the first time the course of ancient ice masses. They show how they shaped essential habitat for the western Gulf of Alaska’s abundant fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. Scientists wove together historical and modern data—from century-old hand-drawn charts to modern multibeam surveys. They created […]

How Long Does a Whale Feed? New Data Gives Insight Into Blue and Fin Whale Behavior

By Michelle Klampe | Oregon State University on Sep 15, 2019   Featured, Science/Education  

How Long Does a Whale Feed? New Data Gives Insight Into Blue and Fin Whale Behavior

Photograph of fin whale taken during Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers using electronic tags were able to monitor blue and fin whales off the coast of Southern California over multiple weeks, providing new insight into the feeding behaviors of the two largest whale species. The researchers also found evidence of […]

When Biologists Stocked Alaska with Wolves

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Aug 20, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

When Biologists Stocked Alaska with Wolves

  Alaska had been a state for one year in 1960 when its Department of Fish and Game conducted a wolf-planting experiment on Coronation Island in Southeast Alaska. At the time, the remote 45-square-mile island exposed to the open Pacific had a high density of blacktailed deer and no wolves. That summer, biologists from Fish […]

Kuskokwim Tribes Fight Donlin Mine Permits

By Mary Matthias | Orutsararmiut Native Council on Feb 8, 2019   Featured, Southwest Alaska, State  

Kuskokwim Tribes Fight Donlin Mine Permits

Leaders Assert Major Mine Permits are Illegal, Rushed, and Ignore Local Concerns Bethel, Alaska – Thursday a consortium of  tribal governments from the Kuskokwim region led by Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC) has filed an appeal of two permits recently issued by the State of Alaska to Donlin Gold, a mining project owned by Canadian based […]

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