The BLM’s parent agency, the Department of Interior, now has 30 days to issue a decision.
Arctic
Polar bear attacks are extremely rare, and many questions remain after fatal mauling in Wales
The last fatal mauling in Alaska was more than three decades ago.
Polar bear fatally mauls woman and boy in Northwest Alaska village
According to initial accounts, a polar bear came to the village and chased several residents, troopers said.
Alaskans remember Oliver Leavitt as an influential leader and whaling captain
Leavitt was a whaling captain and a cultural beacon for his people, fluent in Inupiaq and known for his ability to make skin whaling boats without a blueprint.
Company to refund FEMA for botched Yup’ik and Iñupiaq translations
The company’s Yup’ik translations turned out to be a mish-mash of phrases lifted from an 80-year-old book of Russian language and folklore.
FEMA sent ‘unintelligible’ disaster relief information to Alaska Native people after Typhoon Merbok
The translated documents were supposed to offer information on how to apply for financial assistance.
In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw
Warming soils beneath Utqiagvik are triggering erosion that threatens homes, infrastructure and cultural resources.
Climate change seen as suspected factor in Western Arctic Caribou Herd decline
The herd’s population drop fits a pattern across the Arctic, and there are signs that warmer temperatures are driving some changes.
A wilderness guide stumbled upon Alaska’s northernmost glacier — one not marked on any map
The glacier is 30 miles from the coast and 10 miles northwest of the Brooks Range.
This year’s Arctic Report Card highlights Indigenous perspectives, but is it enough?
NOAA’s latest report card has something new: a chapter on the consequences of climate change for people who live in the Arctic.