Fishermen, hunters and researchers gathered at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage in January to discuss how several fish species and marine animals are changing their migration patterns in the warming climate.
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Ambler Road project remains in limbo after Army Corps of Engineers waited months to revoke permits
The Pentagon did not give the Army Corps of Engineers a directive to revoke the road’s permitting until five days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Biden’s Interior Department, as a last act, proposes subsistence protection in NPR-A
It’s not clear any of the new management guidance for the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska will survive the transition to the new administration. Its focus is resource development.
Quintillion fiber ring could quell Alaska’s Arctic internet outages
The company says a new 950-mile fiber optic cable from Nome to Homer should offer redundancy against undersea damage that caused a major outage in 2023.
Oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids
Gwich’in and environmental opponents celebrate the results, while state officials expect the incoming Trump administration to make it easier to drill in the refuge.
Why Alaska is trying to stop the feds from issuing drilling leases in the Arctic Refuge
The state of Alaska has been the biggest fan of oil and gas drilling in the refuge. It says this lease sale is designed to discourage development.