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 […]
Transparency
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 […]
One man’s war
Table reversed to put retired judge on trail Nineteen years ago in Alaska, a then-big game guide by the name of David Haeg was convicted of illegally hunting wolves from an airplane […]
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 […]
Worse than ever
Obesity epidemic appears underestimated Americans might be even fatter than the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been warning for years, physicians were told at the Endocrine Society meeting in Chicago […]
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 […]
