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Sep 13 2019

Aerial view of Ambler and the Kobuk River in the summer. (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service via UAF Gates of the Arctic Research Portal)

Hunters, conservationists criticize Alaska mining road plan

By Associated Press | Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Interior, Politics, Subsistence, Transportation, Wildlife

Hunters said the proposed Ambler Road would be closed to the public, while conservationists said it would hurt caribou and other wildlife needed by area villages.

By Associated Press | September 13, 2019 4:12 pm

Sep 11 2019

A year after a dam was removed, this river near Anchorage is still waiting for water

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Environment, Local Government, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Wildlife

Officials say it will take years before they decide whether to add more water that could help restore salmon in the Eklutna River.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 11, 2019 1:28 pm

Sep 03 2019

Wildfires and warming could transform Alaska’s forests, making leafy trees dominant over evergreens, study says

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Environment, Science & Tech, Weather, Wildlife

If wildfire frequency and temperature rise in Alaska like the paper’s authors expect, broadleaf trees like birch and aspen could become dominant.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 3, 2019 12:31 pm

Aug 23 2019

Experts: Heat and drought, not spruce beetles or leaf miners, turned Alaska forests into kindling

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Environment, Interior, Public Safety, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Weather, Wildlife

There are more insects in the forest than other years, but experts say climate is the biggest factor for fires.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | August 23, 2019 1:35 pm

Aug 13 2019

Enviros say new rules weaken the Endangered Species Act. Interior says they enhance it.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Politics, Wildlife

The U.S. Interior secretary describes the new rules for carrying out the Endangered Species Act as improvements. But environmental groups disagree.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | August 13, 2019 10:16 am

Aug 06 2019

Elizabeth Siddon, photographed in her office on Aug. 1, 2019, points to a figure charting sea ice extent in the Bering Sea, which shows a "double whammy" of back-to-back low sea ice winters in 2017-18 and 2018-19. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KTOO)

Honored nationally, a Juneau scientist helps Alaska fisheries managers see the bigger picture

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Climate Change, Education, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Juneau, Oceans, Science & Tech, Western, Wildlife

Elizabeth Siddon is the only Alaskan this year to receive the highest honor from the U.S. government for early career scientists. Her work helps Alaska’s fisheries managers see the bigger picture.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | August 6, 2019 6:13 pm

Aug 05 2019

Mule deer, white-tailed deer expand range into Alaska

By Claire Stremple, KHNS - Haines | Southeast, Wildlife

New species of deer are moving into parts of Alaska, including the Upper Lynn Canal. Alaska Department of Fish and Game is gathering information on these ungulates.

By Claire Stremple, KHNS - Haines | August 5, 2019 3:02 pm

Aug 05 2019

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | Oceans, Western, Wildlife

Scientists say based on years of observations and data gathered in the Northern Bering Sea, as well as a recent research cruise, they can see warming waters and biological changes going farther north.

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | August 5, 2019 1:39 pm

Aug 02 2019

A Pacific walrus bull. Due to declining sea ice, walrus started hauling out in 2007.

Point Lay sees earliest walrus haulout ever

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | 2 Alaska, A News, Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Environment, North Slope, Oceans, Wildlife

It’s the earliest walrus haulout since it began happening in 2007, according to the federal agency. The haulouts are associated with declining sea ice due to climate change.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | August 2, 2019 2:41 pm

Jul 31 2019

Politico: Science ‘trampled’ as Interior hurries toward ANWR lease sale

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, North Slope, Wildlife

The magazine Politico has obtained leaked documents suggesting the Department of the Interior has altered the work of at least two agency scientists as it presses to finish the environmental reviews on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | July 31, 2019 6:18 pm

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Hunters, conservationists criticize Alaska mining road plan

A year after a dam was removed, this river near Anchorage is still waiting for water

Wildfires and warming could transform Alaska’s forests, making leafy trees dominant over evergreens, study says

Experts: Heat and drought, not spruce beetles or leaf miners, turned Alaska forests into kindling

Enviros say new rules weaken the Endangered Species Act. Interior says they enhance it.

Honored nationally, a Juneau scientist helps Alaska fisheries managers see the bigger picture

Mule deer, white-tailed deer expand range into Alaska

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

Point Lay sees earliest walrus haulout ever

Politico: Science ‘trampled’ as Interior hurries toward ANWR lease sale

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