JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two people from a fishing vessel that ran aground in Pasagshak Bay offshore Kodiak, Wednesday. No injuries were reported. At 7:08 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic command center received a report from the fishing vessel Quantum they were taking on water approximately two miles […]
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska — Alders, alders, everywhere. When you follow scientists in the Alaska wilderness, you’ll almost certainly get alder-snagged. In November, near Homer, alders grew considerately on Grewingk Glacier till, with space to maneuver ourselves and our heavy packs. A few days later, on Kodiak Island, the alders were a bit more rude. My […]
(Soldotna) — Extensive planning to capture and transplant Sitka black-tailed deer from the Kodiak Archipelago to the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula came to fruition at the end of September. The goal of the translocation project is to evaluate the success of an introduced deer population, track their expansion and survival in a new area, […]