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Mar 20 2019

A group of researchers from the Prince William Sound Science Center sample pink salmon carcasses near Cordova as part of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Alaska Hatchery Research Project.

What happens when wild salmon interbreed with hatchery fish?

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government, Subsistence, Wildlife

A research project by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game seeks to understand the genetic differences between wild and farmed pink salmon populations.

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | March 20, 2019 4:34 pm

Mar 16 2019

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Sen. Lisa Murkowski look at some old-growth logs in the yard at Viking Lumber in Klawock. The two toured Prince of Wales Island on July 5, 2018. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)

Tongass old growth timber sale gets go-ahead despite habitat concerns

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Southeast, Timber, Wildlife

The U.S. Forest Service is moving ahead with one of the largest old growth timber sales Southeast Alaska has seen in years. The project projects harvesting as much as 225 million board feet of old growth lumber.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | March 16, 2019 4:28 am

Mar 06 2019

Sea Surface temperature map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Predicting marine heatwaves can have economic implications

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | Aleutians, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Weather, Wildlife

The Gulf of Alaska is once again experiencing a marine heatwave. Scientists around the world are trying to predict these events, but there are economic implications to forecasting the future.

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | March 6, 2019 2:13 pm

Feb 09 2019

Silver Bay Seafoods representative Tommy Sheridan answers questions on Feb. 4, 2019, from the bow of a chartered boat near Olga Point.

Investors are backing Southeast’s largest oyster farms

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Business, Economy, Fisheries, Food, Oceans, Southeast, Wildlife

The largest ever oyster farms in Southeast Alaska could be coming soon. Silver Bay Seafoods wants to lease 182 acres of seafloor in Sitka Sound. The state sees potential for a thriving industry, but local reception has been cool.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | February 9, 2019 11:27 am

Feb 07 2019

Biologist Lori Quakenbush monitoring arctic marine mammals.

So far, seals are adapting to shrinking sea ice

By Johanna Eurich, KYUK-Bethel | Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, North Slope, Oceans, Science & Tech, Subsistence, Wildlife

Ice seals use sea ice to raise their young, and sea ice is in rapid decline. Logically, that should spell doom for seals in the Arctic. But one researcher says the animals have adapted well so far.

By Johanna Eurich, KYUK-Bethel | February 7, 2019 4:06 pm

Feb 06 2019

Fisheries biologist Helen Dangel examines a sample taken from a mussel in Starrigavan Estuary.

Is your dirty laundry making dirty mollusks? Traces of microplastics offer clues.

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | Environment, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southeast, Wildlife

Researchers in Sitka have been looking at the impact of microplastics on local shellfish. Their findings illustrate a possible connection between microplastics in mollusks and household laundry.

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | February 6, 2019 6:01 pm

Feb 06 2019

Study finds saltier water in Y-K Delta could be bad news for some ducklings

By Johanna Eurich, KYUK-Bethel | Climate Change, Environment, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southwest, Western, Wildlife

A researcher with the University of Alaska Fairbanks says that with the loss of sea ice and increased storm surges, saltwater levels near duck nesting grounds in the Y-K Delta are rising.

By Johanna Eurich, KYUK-Bethel | February 6, 2019 2:14 pm

Feb 05 2019

Interior Dept. kicks off new round of meetings on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, Interior, North Slope, Wildlife

Some people at the meeting expressed concern about the process. Lisa Baraff with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center said that the timeline BLM has been using for their environmental review is too short.

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | February 5, 2019 9:20 am

Feb 02 2019

Muskox photographed near Nome. (Photo by Jason Gablaski, Bering Landbridge National Preserve, National Park Service)

Hunters sleep in Bethel parking lot to get muskox permits

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK | Outdoors, Subsistence, Western, Wildlife

Every year, thousands of people apply online for less than 200 winter permits to hunt muskox in Alaska. The truly devoted travel to Bethel to sign up in person.

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK | February 2, 2019 4:11 pm

Jan 24 2019

Part of the Tongass National Forest in April 2008. (Creative Commons photo by Xa’at)

Shutdown not stopping review of Alaska’s Roadless Rule

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Federal Government, Politics, Southeast, State Government, Timber, Wildlife

The bulk of federal employees will miss two paychecks by Friday, Jan. 25, as the government shutdown continues. But the U.S. Forest Service is dedicating paid staff to a controversial initiative in Alaska.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | January 24, 2019 2:35 pm

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What happens when wild salmon interbreed with hatchery fish?

Tongass old growth timber sale gets go-ahead despite habitat concerns

Predicting marine heatwaves can have economic implications

Investors are backing Southeast’s largest oyster farms

So far, seals are adapting to shrinking sea ice

Is your dirty laundry making dirty mollusks? Traces of microplastics offer clues.

Study finds saltier water in Y-K Delta could be bad news for some ducklings

Interior Dept. kicks off new round of meetings on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Hunters sleep in Bethel parking lot to get muskox permits

Shutdown not stopping review of Alaska’s Roadless Rule

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