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Jul 15 2019

Bears try to move in, Angoon sets boundaries

By Nina Sparling, KCAW - Sitka | Southeast, Wildlife

Furry visitors have kept the residents of Angoon on their toes for the past few weeks. Several bears have made a habit of passing through town.

By Nina Sparling, KCAW - Sitka | July 15, 2019 11:00 am

Jul 12 2019

Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southwest, Weather, Western, Wildlife

Never-before-seen temperatures in the Kuskokwim River likely sent salmon into cardiac arrest. Salmon don’t function well past 70 degrees, and the water had pushed just above that limit.

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel | July 12, 2019 4:54 pm

Jul 11 2019

As polar bears encroach on this Alaska village, feds charge man with illegally shooting one

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | North Slope, Wildlife

As Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears are spending more time near the Alaska North Slope village of Kaktovik. Now, federal prosecutors have charging a man there with killing one in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | July 11, 2019 10:50 pm

Jul 11 2019

The Eurodam, a Holland America Line ship, sits in port on Monday, June 24, 2019. Video posted to Facebook on Monday appears to show the ship passing close to a pod of humpback whales. (Photo courtesy of Anjuli Sastry)

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Oceans, Tourism, Wildlife

NOAA Fisheries confirmed that the agency’s Office of Law Enforcement determined Holland America Line’s Eurdoam altered course and slowed speed as it approached the humpback whales on June 24.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 11, 2019 6:12 pm

Jul 11 2019

A small bat is pictured with White-nose syndrome.

As a bat-killing disease spreads westward, volunteers gather data on Southeast Alaska populations

By Ari Snider, KFSK - Petersburg | Environment, Science & Tech, Southeast, Wildlife

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game launched a project in 2014 to get accurate data on the region’s bat populations. Now they’re racing against the clock before a deadly bat disease reaches Alaska.

By Ari Snider, KFSK - Petersburg | July 11, 2019 3:05 pm

Jul 09 2019

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather, Wildlife

Residents from two Northwest Alaska villages say they found large numbers of dead mussels and krill washed up along shores in June, contributing to fears that record warm waters may be causing a wide range of ecosystem changes.

By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News | July 9, 2019 4:57 pm

Jul 09 2019

A plane assists in fighting a wildfire at Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska, July 4, 2019.

Burn ban ordered over much of Alaska amid wildfire worries

By Associated Press | Environment, Interior, Public Safety, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Weather, Western, Wildlife

A burn ban was ordered Tuesday over a wide swath of Alaska as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires in the arid state.

By Associated Press | July 9, 2019 2:58 pm

Jul 08 2019

Study on salmon ear stones cited by EPA in Pebble draft EIS comments

By Alex Hager, KDLG - Dillingham | Energy & Mining, Fisheries, Wildlife

The EPA’s 100-page comment on the Pebble Mine draft EIS cited a study focusing on the growth and development of young salmon in the Bristol Bay watershed.

By Alex Hager, KDLG - Dillingham | July 8, 2019 10:40 am

Jul 05 2019

The Beaver Patrol of Juneau helps maintain balance with wildlife and humans

By David Purdy, KTOO | Community, Environment, Juneau, Outdoors, Southeast, Wildlife

Meet Juneau’s Beaver Patrol: a group of volunteers on a mission to ensure that beavers coexist in balance with people and salmon.

By David Purdy, KTOO | July 5, 2019 6:00 am

Jul 04 2019

Lauren Divine of the Ecosystem Conservation Office of Aleut Community of St. Paul holds a dead rat found on St. Paul Island after an intensive 10-month search.

A rat was found dead on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea. Here’s why that’s a big deal.

By Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Community, Environment, Local Government, Science & Tech, Western, Wildlife

An intensive 10-month search for a stowaway rat that invaded the rat-free seabird paradise of St. Paul Island has come to a happy end for everyone. Except the rat.

By Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News | July 4, 2019 6:00 am

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Bears try to move in, Angoon sets boundaries

Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

As polar bears encroach on this Alaska village, feds charge man with illegally shooting one

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

As a bat-killing disease spreads westward, volunteers gather data on Southeast Alaska populations

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

Burn ban ordered over much of Alaska amid wildfire worries

Study on salmon ear stones cited by EPA in Pebble draft EIS comments

The Beaver Patrol of Juneau helps maintain balance with wildlife and humans

A rat was found dead on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea. Here’s why that’s a big deal.

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