The Trump administration is close to auctioning off drilling rights for the land in northeast Alaska — potentially just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January. But to what degree will the industry participate?
Wildlife
Environmental groups say Pebble could threaten the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale
The Marine Mammal Commission estimated that 1,300 belugas were in Cook Inlet in 1972. Now there are fewer than 269 whales left.
Trump administration rushes to sell oil rights in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Conservation groups say the Trump administration is rushing the process to open ANWR before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Alaska Airlines jet hits bear on Yakutat Airport runway
The Boeing 737 was slowing down when the flight crew noticed a sow and a cub crossing the runway, according to a statement from Alaska Airlines.
A ‘bear catastrophe’ in Haines: Fish and Game raises concerns over record brown bear kills
Biologists are worried about the future of the local population after a record number of bears were killed in defense of life and property this year.
Fish and Game closes highly successful Afognak Island elk hunt by emergency order
A Fish and Game biologist said they had “closed down pretty much the entire island, which I don’t think we’ve ever done before.”
Permit for Navy activities allows over 16,000 ‘behavioral disturbances’ to Southeast marine mammals
Environmental groups have expressed concern that the Navy does not do enough to mitigate its impact on marine life, from whales and porpoises down to zooplankton.
Shouldn’t all of Juneau’s bears be hibernating by now?
Black bears usually den up in a hollow tree or excavate part of its roots around Halloween when food resources become limited and snow covers the ground.
Chicken ‘massacre’ in Bethel leaves carnage, coop keepers say they have a suspect
“Everyone at first was perplexed, like, ‘What is it? Is it a fox? Is it a weasel? Is it a mink? Like, what could this be?’”
LISTEN: Alex Trebek visited Alaska because he loved this animal (What is a musk ox?)
Alex Trebek visited and donated to the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer for more than three decades.