Each July and August, dozens of Bristol Bay residents take to the berry flats. Some are casual gatherers, picking handfuls here and there. Others set out to harvest enough salmonberries to rival the year’s salmon harvest.
Subsistence
Slow fall chum run leaves Yukon smokehouses empty
Slow fall chum runs have kept subsistence fisherman from being too active on the Yukon River this past week, but as Chinook continue crossing the border, officials say their numbers are well above escapement goals.
Four Western Alaska communities to receive large halibut donation after dismal walrus harvest
Four communities affected by this spring’s poor walrus harvest will soon receive 10,000 pounds of halibut from a nonprofit that supplies seafood to hunger-relief efforts.
Subsistence Board vote makes Saxman rural again
The Federal Subsistence Board voted during a work session Tuesday in Anchorage to return communities to the status they held before 2007.
Conservationists declare victory in court’s Tongass road ruling
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 2003 exemption on Wednesday that would have made it possible to build roads through the Tongass National Forest.
As subsistence foods become scarce, Kivalina celebrates a new store
It’s been a festive day in the Northwest Arctic community of Kivalina as residents celebrate the grand opening of a new store. It’s an end to eight months of struggle with limited supplies after Kivalina’s store burned to the ground Dec. 5.