Cook Inlet sockeye above forecast When cyclones rip through the Asian tropics, do the sockeye salmon of Alaska’s Cook Inlet end up a beneficiary? One has to wonder with scientists studying climate […]
Awash in fish
Kings rising
Kenai River Chinook offer some hope For the first time in five years, there appears the possibility that the return of Chinook salmon to the Kenai River – an Alaska waterway once […]
Trouble again
Musher now banned on two continents Banned first by the now defunct Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race that once ran for 1,000 miles through the frozen heart of Alaska to Whitehorse, […]
Losers, again
Court rejects federal fisheries takeover Inspired by the belief of the outlaw Roland Maw that federal law dictates all salmon in Cook Inlet be managed to produce the maximum return of sockeyes […]
Rundown
Two weeks ago, 61-year-old Fairbanks cyclist Janice Onorato was rammed by a car while riding along the Steese Highway north of the Central Alaska city. Why Alaska State Troopers, who responded […]
Big Wild Life
Anchorage’s growing problem Ya got trouble, my friends, right here in Anchor Town. And that starts with a “T” and that rhymes with “B” and that stands for birds! Chickens, namely. […]
Iditarod spirit
What exactly is the “spirit of the Iditarod” in these times? This is a question that has been begging to be asked since the Iditarod Trail Committee earlier this week […]
Trainwreck fishery
Tough times continue for Alaska fishing industry As the commercial salmon fishing in Alaska heads into the heart of its summer season, the 49th state would appear to be reliving the […]
$5.5 billion musher
New ‘spirit of the Iditarod’ Got a few hundred thousand dollars lying around that you’d like to spend? If so, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a deal for you. Welcome […]
Truest danger
What you don’t know can kill you Twenty-nine-year-old Nick Vizzini had a passion for skiing. “I ski a lot,” he wrote on the Facebook page of the Four Wheel Camper Project […]
