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Rushed, Reckless Seismic Testing Imperils Wildlife, Stifles the American Public’s Voice

By Mary Jo Brooks | NWF on Oct 23, 2020   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

Rushed, Reckless Seismic Testing Imperils Wildlife, Stifles the American Public’s Voice

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2020) — The Department of Interior’s headlong rush to conduct seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge threatens iconic wildlife and Indigenous communities that depend on this pristine land. The rushed, 14-day comment period — in the midst of a global pandemic — all but ensures that the public’s […]

State of Alaska Opens Public Comment Period for 2018 Chignik Sockeye Salmon Fishery Disaster Fund Draft Distribution Plan

By Doug Vincent-Lang | Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Jul 23, 2020   Featured, General News, Southwest Alaska  

State of Alaska Opens Public Comment Period for 2018 Chignik Sockeye Salmon Fishery Disaster Fund Draft Distribution Plan

  On October 30, 2019, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared the 2018 Chignik sockeye salmon fishery a disaster under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. On February 27, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce allocated $10.3 million to address losses to the Chignik management area affected by the fishery failure. The State of Alaska, […]

Comment Period Extended for Proposed Ambler Road Draft Analysis

By BLM Communications on Sep 27, 2019   Featured, State  

Comment Period Extended for Proposed Ambler Road Draft Analysis

New Oct. 29 deadline gives members of the public 15 additional days to provide input     ANCHORAGE — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) extended the deadline Thursday for public comments on the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from 45 to 60 days, moving the deadline to Oct. […]

Bristol Bay Leaders Call on Army Corps of Engineers to Suspend Permitting for Pebble Due to Drastic Changes In Mine Plan

By Lindsey Bloom | Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay on Sep 18, 2019   Featured, Southwest Alaska, State  

Bristol Bay Leaders Call on Army Corps of Engineers to Suspend Permitting for Pebble Due to Drastic Changes In Mine Plan

DILLINGHAM, AK – Tuesday’s news that the US Army Corps of Engineers will not require public input or scrutiny of major changes to Pebble’s permit application was met with dismay from Bristol Bay fishermen, Tribal leaders, and others, who reiterated the need to stop this rushed permitting process for Pebble’s toxic project at the headwaters […]

Meet Callichimaera Perplexa, the Platypus of Crabs

By Jim Shelton | Yale News on Apr 25, 2019   Featured, Science/Education  

Meet Callichimaera Perplexa, the Platypus of Crabs

   Watch the video to see an animated, three-dimensional recreation of the puzzling mid-Cretaceous crab that forces a rethink of what a crab is.(Video credit: Daniel Ocampo R., Vencejo Films, & Javier Luque, Yale University [images]; animation and 3D reconstruction by Alex Duque) The crab family just got a bunch of new cousins, including […]

Southeast Alaska Tanner Crab Fishery Deadline Nears

By Fishermen's News Online on Jan 6, 2019   Fishermen's News Online  

Southeast Alaska Tanner Crab Fishery Deadline Nears

  [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 2018/2019 commercial Tanner crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will open concurrently with the commercial golden king crab fishery on Feb. 12, 2019. The registration deadline is Jan. 14, and all commercial fishermen registering after the deadline will have to pay a $45 late fee. Permit holders may register at Alaska Department of Fish […]

State of Alaska Opens Public Comment Period for 2016 Pink Salmon Disaster Fund Draft Distribution Plan

By ADF&G on Sep 4, 2018   Events/Notices, Featured, State  

State of Alaska Opens Public Comment Period for 2016 Pink Salmon Disaster Fund Draft Distribution Plan

On January 18, 2017, Secretary of Commerce Pritzker declared the 2016 Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fishery a disaster under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Following this declaration, Congress appropriated $56.3 million to Alaska to address losses to the seven management areas in the Gulf of Alaska affected by the fishery failure. The […]

Groups Rally to Oppose Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic Refuge

By Alaska Wilderness League on Jun 15, 2018   Featured, Rural, State  

Groups Rally to Oppose Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic Refuge

WASHINGTON – Indigenous and environmental groups and concerned citizens are gathering here today to protest the Trump Administration’s proposal to conduct oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The rally at 4:00 pm, outside the National Association of Homebuilders, marks the last of seven Department of Interior public hearings on the environmental […]

Polar Bears of the Past Survived Warmth

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Aug 30, 2017   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Polar Bears of the Past Survived Warmth

An ancient jawbone has led scientists to believe that polar bears survived a period thousands of years ago that was warmer than today. Sandra Talbot of the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage was one of 14 scientists who teamed to write a paper based on a polar bear jawbone found amid rocks on a […]

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