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Setting traps to catch an Alaska virus

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Sep 23, 2021 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

Here in middle Alaska north of Fairbanks, a trapper wearing a flannel shirt, leather gloves, and a bushy beard tromps through the forest. He spreads his arms wide to part wild rose bushes as he steps toward his traps. On this crisp, cool fall day in 2021, this trapper — who lives in Atlanta and […]

Pet Owners Take Note: Abundant Hares Suggest Impending Tularemia Outbreak

By Laurie Boeck | ADF&G on May 30, 2018 Featured, Health, State

(Fairbanks) — An abundance of hares reported this week, including dead hares with Tularemia and voles covered in ticks, could mean diagnosis of the summer’s first cases of Tularemia in local pets aren’t far behind. “Tularemia outbreaks in dogs and cats that come in contact with sick hares occur in the Fairbanks North Star Borough […]