This Day in Alaska History-November 13th, 1913
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This Day in Alaska History-October 28th, 1920
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The quietly essential salmon stream
UPPER CHENA RIVER — On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The clear flow runs through a plastic tube and into a jar. The liquid will tell him if toothy finned predators swim in this body of water. Earlier this summer, more than 50 juvenile Chinook (king) salmon hovered […]
As salmon disappear in warming rivers, Indigenous communities face an uncertain future
For millennia, Indigenous people living in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory have relied on Chinook salmon. The large, fatty fish provide essential nutrients for Arctic living and have influenced traditions and languages across generations. But over the past three decades, many communities have been unable to fish Chinook amid a sharp salmon population decline. The […]