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Jul 31 2018

Alaska expands monitoring of animal respiratory pathogen

By Associated Press | 2 Alaska, Health, Wildlife

Department of Fish and Game will expand its monitor program of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a bacterium that can cause respiratory disease primarily in sheep and goats.

By Associated Press | July 31, 2018 8:59 am

Jul 31 2018

The Parks Department closed the South Fork Trail in Eagle River for a few weeks, but reopened it in late July. (Photo by Emily Russell/Alaska Public Media)

Eagle River hikers weigh risks after deadly bear attack

By Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media | Outdoors, Public Safety, Southcentral, Wildlife

If you live in Alaska, you live in bear country. The worst could happen even while the risk of a bear encounter or attack is low. Since last summer, there have been three bear-related deaths, with the latest earlier this summer in Eagle River.

By Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media | July 31, 2018 7:24 am

Jul 30 2018

BLM projects ‘insignificant’ impact from seismic work in ANWR

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

A 3-D seismic survey may be the first sign of controversial oil development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge According to a proposal, geophysical services company SAExploration is proposing to do seismic work in the refuge.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | July 30, 2018 8:21 am

Jul 28 2018

This tick was found on a dog in Anchorage this year. (Photo by Bill Roth/ADN)

More ticks reported in Alaska each year as researchers investigate

By Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News | Climate Change, Environment, Health, Wildlife

A new research project will test ticks found in Alaska to see if the tiny, blood-sucking arachnids carry the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, tularemia or other illnesses.

By Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News | July 28, 2018 1:53 pm

Jul 24 2018

North Slope’s Kaktovik sees winter increase in polar bears, tourists

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Arctic, Environment, North Slope, Tourism, Wildlife

Polar bears congregate near the village because of bowhead whale bones left on shore by subsistence hunters. But the bears can be trapped there for the winter if they don’t make it onto the sea ice before it retreats in August.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 24, 2018 12:04 pm

Jul 20 2018

A new report says salmon, including sockeye, shown here, could have habitat disrupted by new rainfall and snow patterns caused by climate change. (Photo by Katrina Mueller/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

State leaders say salmon initiative would cost time and money if it passes

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Fisheries, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government, Wildlife

Initiative supporters say it would actually lower costs for the state.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | July 20, 2018 6:14 pm

Jul 20 2018

DNA shows Eagle River bears killed were not to blame for attacks

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | Public Safety, Southcentral, Wildlife

Three bears shot and killed in Eagle River are not the bears responsible for recent maulings, including a fatal attack, the Department of Fish and Game announced Thursday.

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | July 20, 2018 6:40 am

Jul 20 2018

King Cove. (Photo courtesy Aleutians East Borough)

Environmentalists call foul after Fish and Wildlife quietly allows in Izembek land survey

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Environment, Outdoors, Wildlife

Conservation groups say the Interior Department has gone behind the public’s back and conducted a land survey in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, in the area of the proposed King Cove road.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | July 20, 2018 6:31 am

Jul 19 2018

More than 200 brown bears were harvested in the Bristol Bay region in spring 2016, according to preliminary numbers from Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Photo courtesy of National Park Service)

Public comment period extended for proposed change to bear baiting regulation

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media | 2 Alaska, Federal Government, Outdoors, Wildlife

In a Wednesday announcement, Park Service officials extended a public comment period because of high public interest in the proposed change.

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media | July 19, 2018 7:45 am

Jul 18 2018

The squid or the whale? Reported giant squid in Lynn Canal turns out to be decomposing whale

By Abbey Collins, KHNS-Haines | Southeast, Wildlife

On Tuesday morning, a fisherman called the U.S. Coast Guard to report a giant squid on the West side of Lynn Canal, near St. James Bay.

By Abbey Collins, KHNS-Haines | July 18, 2018 5:32 pm

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Alaska expands monitoring of animal respiratory pathogen

Eagle River hikers weigh risks after deadly bear attack

BLM projects ‘insignificant’ impact from seismic work in ANWR

More ticks reported in Alaska each year as researchers investigate

North Slope’s Kaktovik sees winter increase in polar bears, tourists

State leaders say salmon initiative would cost time and money if it passes

DNA shows Eagle River bears killed were not to blame for attacks

Environmentalists call foul after Fish and Wildlife quietly allows in Izembek land survey

Public comment period extended for proposed change to bear baiting regulation

The squid or the whale? Reported giant squid in Lynn Canal turns out to be decomposing whale

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