In their long fight to regain access to a traditional hunting ground, tribal leaders created a model for communities to act as equal management partners.
Subsistence
An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests
Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.
Marshall’s tribal president speaks on the cultural toll of the Yukon River salmon crash
Marshall’s tribal president, Nick Andrew Jr., has fished for salmon commercially and for subsistence since he was five. He spoke with KYUK about the salmon crisis, and the emotional and cultural tolls it has taken on his community.
New Sitka research could help berry pickers adjust to climate change
Lead researcher Alex McCarrel says changes in climate can disrupt berry development because a berry plant’s life cycle is precisely tuned to its environment.
Trooper citations for salmon discards add grist to regional Alaska fishery dispute
Accusations of ‘chum chucking’ could affect the long-running debate over Alaska Peninsula commercial harvests’ impact on Yukon and Kuskowkim salmon runs.
On the Yukon, Alaska and Canada are bound together by salmon – and their collapse
Communities along the upper Yukon, stretching deep into Canada, have borne the brunt of the salmon collapse, in part because only a fraction of the fish make it that far upriver.