Some in the remote Bering Sea community of Nome, Alaska, long feared the consequences of inviting the muskox into town, and their worst fears became a reality this week. A herd of […]
Deadly wildlife
Cryptic crypto
Where, oh where went the Iditacoins? Nine months ago, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was nearing its finish in Nome, race organizers unveiled this new cryptocurrency with big claims. “IditaCoin […]
The outcast
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which for years put up with the antics of Cat in the Hat-musher Hugh Neff, has now banned him, but won’t say why. Neff says he […]
Lab fresh fish
While Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and the 49th state fishing industry have been fretting the dreaded “Frankenfish” salmon, a modern twist on old Mendelian genetics, mad scientists have been working to end-run […]
Californaska
With bears trying to den under decks in the city jokingly referred to as “Los Anchorage” and many residents there upset at the elimination of said bears, it would appear the Californication […]
Run for it!
Willow’s Collin Vice ran from a grizzly bear this week, and it’s a good thing he did. A human can’t outrun a bear in a sprint from the blocks. An Alaska wildlife […]
O Canada
As if Canadian commercial fishermen didn’t have it bad enough with precipitously declining salmon runs and Alaska interceptions of Canadian-born fish, now they’ve lost Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of their sockeye, […]
Broken promises
A news analysis With advocates for Alaska salmon hatcheries once again singing their praises, the time has come to revisit what was promised when the now massive 49th state hatchery program […]
New ocean order
The salmon fishing industries of Alaska and Russia look poised to continue as the big beneficiaries of global warming, the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAC) has been told, with Canada and […]
Growing kings
Already a world leader in the sale of king salmon, New Zealand has developed an ambitious plan to take over what has long been Alaska’s most valuable commercial salmon market. The southern […]
