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Apr 29 2018

Wood Bison in Portage game facility. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Can Alaska bison help save permafrost? Russian scientists want to find out

By Dan Bross, KUAC | Climate Change, Environment, Interior, Science & Tech, Wildlife

Part of the theory is that herd animals pack down snow, freezing the soil much deeper. Other herd effects may also reduce greenhouse gas production.

By Dan Bross, KUAC | April 29, 2018 6:00 am

Apr 13 2018

Alaska Wildlife Troopers say this photo, believed taken on or about Dec. 13, 2015, is evidence of Juneau residents poaching deer.

Five Juneau residents ordered to pay fines, restitution for deer poaching

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Southeast, Wildlife

Most of the defendants — including the operator of Moore Charters in Auke Bay — have pleaded guilty or no contest to the charges, and must pay fines and restitution.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | April 13, 2018 1:27 pm

Apr 06 2018

A Denali wolf. (National Park Service photo/ Tim Rains)

Killing of 10 Denali wolves sparks debate over increasing protections for the animal

By Dan Bross, KUAC-Fairbanks | Interior, Wildlife

The killing of 10 wolves by a single hunter north of the Denali Highway, has raised new calls for protection of the animals in the Denali National Park region. Photos of an unidentified hunter with an AR-style rifle and a snow machine, surrounded by 10 wolf carcasses have circulated online.

By Dan Bross, KUAC-Fairbanks | April 6, 2018 11:38 am

Apr 06 2018

Moose stomps on Alaska man’s foot after he kicked her

By Associated Press | Public Safety, Wildlife

State officials say a man was injured north of Anchorage after a moose that he had just kicked stomped his foot in return.

By Associated Press | April 6, 2018 7:57 am

Mar 30 2018

A king salmon is weighed in at Petersburg’s Memorial Day weekend salmon derby in 2015. The 2018 derby has been canceled. (Photo by Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)

King salmon sport fishing shut down on Southeast’s inside waters

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Fisheries, Oceans, Southeast, Wildlife

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is shutting down sport fishing for king salmon this weekend on most of the inside waters of Southeast Alaska due to conservation concerns.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | March 30, 2018 7:29 am

Mar 29 2018

Alaska Senate passes Stedman’s sea otter resolution

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Federal Government, Southeast, State Government, Wildlife

The Alaska Senate passed a resolution Wednesday calling on the federal government to take steps to increase the harvest of sea otters in Southeast Alaska. Senate Joint Resolution 13 is sponsored by Sitka Republican senator Bert Stedman.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | March 29, 2018 7:36 am

Mar 28 2018

Sidney Campbell with Arden, an American bald eagle at the American Bald Eagle Foundation Raptor Center and Natural History Museum in Haines, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Stefanie Jenkinson)

Haines Raptor Center plans new aviary

By Daysha Eaton, KHNS-Haines | Southeast, Tourism, Wildlife

The American Bald Eagle Foundation Raptor Center and Natural History Museum in Haines houses three American bald eagles: Arden, Vega and Bella. But the existing spaces where the largest birds live are less than ideal, and so the center will build a new aviary.

By Daysha Eaton, KHNS-Haines | March 28, 2018 12:47 pm

Mar 26 2018

Washington state posted an identification guide to help fishers distinguish native Pacific salmon species from Atlantic salmon on the right. (Photo by Megan Farmer/KUOW)

After 3 decades, Washington state bans Atlantic salmon farms

By John Ryan, KUOW-Seattle | Fisheries, Nation & World, Oceans, Wildlife

Atlantic salmon farming has been banned from Washington state waters after Gov. Jay Inslee signed the restrictions on nonnative fish farms into law last week in Olympia.

By John Ryan, KUOW-Seattle | March 26, 2018 1:40 pm

Mar 26 2018

The braided channels of the lower Taku River, east of Juneau. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Department says Taku River salmon numbers are overestimated

By Associated Press | Fisheries, Juneau, Oceans, Southeast, Wildlife

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says it has been overestimating how many Chinook and sockeye salmon make it up the Taku River.

By Associated Press | March 26, 2018 6:42 am

Mar 21 2018

The male seal receives 24-hour care at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. He was found sick on an Unalaska beach earlier this month. (Photo courtesy Alaska Sealife Center)

Third ringed seal found in Unalaska sent for rehabilitation

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | Aleutians, Wildlife

After admitting a sick ringed seal from Unalaska, veterinarians at the Alaska SeaLife Center are cautiously optimistic about his chances for recovery.

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | March 21, 2018 1:17 pm

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Can Alaska bison help save permafrost? Russian scientists want to find out

Five Juneau residents ordered to pay fines, restitution for deer poaching

Killing of 10 Denali wolves sparks debate over increasing protections for the animal

Moose stomps on Alaska man’s foot after he kicked her

King salmon sport fishing shut down on Southeast’s inside waters

Alaska Senate passes Stedman’s sea otter resolution

Haines Raptor Center plans new aviary

After 3 decades, Washington state bans Atlantic salmon farms

Department says Taku River salmon numbers are overestimated

Third ringed seal found in Unalaska sent for rehabilitation

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