In 2022, tourism was almost back to pre-pandemic levels, so samples taken this year will show the difference in the whale’s stress levels when there are and aren’t boats in the water all summer.
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One of Juneau’s most-sighted whales has a new calf, and it’s a bit too bold
A humpback calf appears to be okay after an encounter with a tour boat in near Juneau that left some of the whale’s skin on the boat’s hull.
The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.
The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. But instead of preserving wild salmon, it propped up a failing system of hatcheries. Now, that system is falling apart.
Billions of people are in danger from climate change, U.N. report warns
The report paints a picture of a planet already transformed and teetering on the brink of widespread, irreversible damage.
Tribal groups petition federal government to eliminate or limit Bering Sea salmon bycatch
The tribal groups signing the petition mostly represent areas of Alaska where salmon runs have crashed or declined dramatically in recent years.
Groups prod federal government to act on plan to save Cook Inlet beluga whales
Cook Inlet belugas have been listed as endangered since 2008. NOAA estimates that 279 individuals remain.
Bering Sea survey finds Yukon River chinook populations are low and staying closer to shore
Like chinook salmon, NOAA researchers observed chum salmon almost exclusively near Alaska’s shores.
Heavy rains bring flooding and mudslides to the Pacific Northwest and Canada
A massive wind and rain storm that began Friday is causing flooding and mudslides in the Pacific Northwest near the Canadian border, leading to the closure of an interstate highway, evacuations and power outages.
La Niña conditions will likely bring cooler temperatures to Southeast Alaska again this winter
National Weather Service forecaster Benjamin Linstid says it’s not uncommon to see two La Nina winters in a row — forecasters call it a “double-dip.”
Alaska could see another La Niña winter, but early season snow and temps don’t mean much
Alaskans shouldn’t read too much into the early season cold temperatures and snowfall.