The Pebble Mine saga continues In a move sure to anger Lower 48 environmentalists and much of Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has decided to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over […]
Big ripples
Market dictates
The history behind rock-bottom salmon prices With Bristol Bay fishermen fuming over the rock-bottom low prices being paid for wild sockeye salmon this year, maybe it is time to revisit how […]
Transparency
Bay commercial fishermen want transparency Commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay were today protesting the low prices being paid for their catches of wild sockeye salmon this year and demanding the state to […]
Bristol Bay bust
Bristol Bay salmon prices hit rock bottom
Dangerous playground
Alaska is such an easy place to die Once again the drowning death of a friend has brought home the reality of what a dangerous place Alaska is for both work and […]
Goodbye ‘bou?
Lack of caribou cancels subsistence hunt The big problem with Alaska’s so-called “subsistence” hunting law is today being clearly illustrated in the Nelchina Basin 100 miles northeast of the 49th state’s largest […]
Saving kings
Fishing gear mod undergoing serious study A news analysis With the commercial salmon setnet fishery on the east side of Cook Inlet closed for the season to protect the small number […]
Plummeting value
Humpysque prices for sockeye salmon A perfect economic storm is brewing across Alaska as the 49th state heads into the heart of the brief and frenzied season that defines its commercial […]
The narrative
A lesson in how news is spun The Alaska Department of Fish and Game made a huge mistake in the wake of the aerial execution of nearly 100 brown/grizzly bears and a […]
Dogged problem
Call for Anchorage leash law rising again Summer has come to Alaska’s largest city; local trails are busy with Anchoragites; and dogs are once again rivaling the now Portlandesque problem of the […]
