This Day in Alaska History-December 7th, 1960
Troopers Contact Four Illegal Canadians for Drugs and Wildlife Violations
On 5/31/2024 at 5:07 pm hours, the Fairbanks Rural Unit received information from Ft Yukon about a boat traveling to Ft Yukon from Old Crow, Canada. The information revealed that there was an overdose in the Canadian community of Old Crow and the dealer who had sold the drugs was traveling to Ft Yukon. Detailed […]
Mountain wildlife and the costs of living dangerously
Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches. Findings from a long-term study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Southeast with partners in Canada and Switzerland show that death from […]
Human-wildlife conflicts rising worldwide with climate change
Research on the impacts of climate change often considers its effects on people separately from impacts on ecosystems. But a new study is showing just how intertwined we are with our environment by linking our warming world to a global rise in conflicts between humans and wildlife. The research, led by scientists at the University […]