President Donald Trump is expected to announce new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum Thursday. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan wishes he wouldn’t, saying a trade war could slow the U.S. economy.
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Fishermen’s network creates map of ocean floor to reduce bycatch
The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association collected 140 million data points of sea floor data from its members and reconciled it with federal and state maps. The goal is to make Sitka’s small boat fleet more competitive and efficient.
A ‘floating fillet’: Rice farmers grow bugs to replenish California’s salmon
Insect-rich floodplain water once supported the threatened fish, but it has been diverted. The project’s end goal is to improve the likelihood that Chinook survive the trek to the ocean and back.
Interior Department officials visit North Slope to talk ANWR
A high-profile guest from the U.S. Interior Department was in attendance at the North Slope Borough Assembly meeting in Utqiaġvik on Tuesday, March 6.
Juneau police end policy of flagging flying weed
Juneau’s marijuana industry says that will allow exports across Alaska. The move reverses a policy of flagging commercial marijuana that had resulted in the passenger being denied boarding.
State regulator pushes for stronger laws to deal with abandoned oil wells
A top state regulator is asking the legislature to make sure oil companies pay to clean up old oil wells, even after the wells are sold to a different company.