The Bureau of Land Management announced the new Resource Management Plan for the Eastern Interior Planning Area on Thursday, saying its plan is balanced to increase recreational access as well as ensuring access for mining and development in the area. BLM stated that they had met with stakeholders, that included the Chalkyitsik Village Council, […]
An 89-year-old man was found deceased inside of his truck down a steep embankment near mile 24 of the Elliot Highway on Monday by a family member searching the area for him on Monday night, it was reported by the trooper dispatch on Tueday. According to the report, 89-year-old Robert “Andy” O’Grady was reported missing […]
An historical agreement was signed on Tuesday by the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission and the U.S. Department of the Interior to create a cooperative management demonstration project formalizing a subsistence wildlife management partnership between the DOI and the AITRC regarding the allocation and harvest of moose and caribou on federal lands in the Ahtna region. The agreement […]
Arguably the largest fishing derby in North America, the Interior Alaska Building Association’s Big Catch Classic was a weekend contest open to 6 fish species caught from remote waters across the Interior (July 9th & 10th). A joint effort by the IABA and the Fairbanks Food Bank, this second annual event grew 4x its 2015 […]