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The Porcupine’s Winter in Slow-Motion

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jan 14, 2022   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

The Porcupine’s Winter in Slow-Motion

While running through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane spotted a porcupine in a birch tree. On her runs on days following, she saw it again and again, in good weather and bad. Over time, she knew which Alaska creature she wanted to study. “I thought, ‘Oh my god, how does he do it? […]

Porcupine-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 8th

By Alutiiq Museum on Aug 8, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Porcupine-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 8th

NUUNIQ – PORCUPINE / QUILL QIKERTAQ NUUNIITUQ. – THERE ARE NO PORCUPINE ON KODIAK ISLAND. The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is a large rodent found in Alaska’s forests and shrubby environments. These stout, slow-moving creatures have short legs, a muscular tail, and a thick layer of body fat. They can weigh up to about […]

The Gwich’in Nation Vows to Protect Sacred Lands in the Arctic Refuge

By Dawhell Smith | Trustees for Alaska on Sep 13, 2019   Featured, State  

The Gwich’in Nation Vows to Protect Sacred Lands in the Arctic Refuge

Indigenous leaders question legitimacy of Trump agency’s hasty, secretive review process and deeply flawed environmental impact statement WASHINGTON — The Gwich’in Nation vowed to protect sacred lands Thursday after the Bureau of Land Management released a Final Environmental Impact Statement promoting oil & gas exploitation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The document is the […]

Gwich’in leaders from Alaska and Canada support Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

By Julia Fisher-Salmon | Gwich'in Steering Committee on May 2, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Gwich’in leaders from Alaska and Canada support Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

  [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ashington, D.C. –  Gwich’in leaders from Alaska and Canada responded with hope and gratitude today after the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted 22-14 to move the bipartisan Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, H.R. 1146, out of committee. The bill would restore protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by repealing the […]

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