Details are finally shaking out about Obama’s Alaska visit. The White House says the president will announce new policy initiatives while he’s here.
Climate Change
Juneau Afternoon – 8-31-15
Beginning at 9:30 KTOO-NEWS will be carrying proceedings of the President’s Climate Chance Conference. This will take up most of the day. Monday at 4 on KRNN on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host. We’ll learn about People in Recovery Advocacy Training, with guest, Kara Nelson; We’ll talk with Ginamaria Smith and Lee Rogers…
Study: Tongass forest most resistant to climate change
Some conservationists want President Obama’s climate-change agenda to include preserving Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
Mysterious whale deaths spike in the Gulf, prompts investigation
Thirty large dead whales have been observed floating or washed ashore in coastal Alaska since May. That’s over three times the average for Alaska waters.
Archaeologists uncover new artifacts near Quinhagak
The old village continues to reveal artifacts that give a glimpse into the daily lives of Yup’ik people hundreds of years ago.
Dead herring, poison mussels found on Unalaska shorelines
Scientists have been receiving reports of dead and dying whales, birds and the small fish known as sand lance in the Aleutian Islands.