Conservation groups say the Trump administration is rushing the process to open ANWR before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Subsistence
State withholds Prince of Wales wolf population estimate from subsistence council
The state has shared the estimate in the past — but this year they say they won’t until after announcing the length of the wolf season.
‘We need you for the future’: Elders and Youth Conference goes virtual
The annual meeting seeks to strengthen bonds between the oldest and youngest generations of Indigenous people.
Yukon mushers struggle to find food after poor salmon runs
Weak salmon runs this year compelled Fish and Game to halt subsistence fishing entirely in some parts of the Yukon River — leaving many mushers without their main source of dog food.
Yukon River communities ask governor to declare fishery disaster
One fisheries advocate says it’s been an especially tough year, with high water impeding fishing for much of the summer and runs coming in weak, particularly the fall chums.
A flurry of lawsuits aim to stop drilling plans in Alaska’s Arctic. So what’s next?
The recent lawsuits over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and National Petroleum Reserve are a lot to keep track of. Casey Grove spoke to Tegan Hanlon to try to sort it all out.
3-week power outage in Newtok leads to spoiled meat in freezers
Families without personal generators have seen their freezers thaw out and watched a summer’s worth of subsistence harvest go to waste.
15 states sue to stop drilling plan for Arctic Refuge
The attorneys general of the 15 states argue that they have standing to sue because what happens in the Arctic Refuge affects their fish, wildlife and physical environment.
3 Yellowstone bison arrive at their new home near Old Harbor, Alaska
The buffalo left Montana for Alaska on Monday — three hardy bulls, which weigh about a thousand pounds each.
Native rights group backs Kake in lawsuit over emergency subsistence hunt
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is asking the court to intervene on behalf of the Organized Village of Kake which took advantage of the emergency hunt to take two moose and five deer.