It’s a delicate waiting game, and the window to set branches at just the right time has shrunk in recent years.
Subsistence
On appeal, state wins right to challenge subsistence hunting decision for Kake
The state challenged the Federal Subsistence Board’s authority to open an emergency hunt aimed at helping people in Kake get food in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ninth Circuit reaffirms Metlakatla’s off-reservation fishing rights but leaves extent up to lower court
A federal appeals court has affirmed Metlakatla tribal members’ right to fish in their traditional waters without state permits.
Federal Subsistence Board to consider rural status for Ketchikan
Ketchikan and Juneau are the only two Southeast communities designated as urban.
This year’s Arctic Report Card highlights Indigenous perspectives, but is it enough?
NOAA’s latest report card has something new: a chapter on the consequences of climate change for people who live in the Arctic.
Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking water
One researcher described streams that have become “so acidic that they curdle your powdered milk.”