Apparently fueled by a warming Bering Sea, the 2019 salmon boom in Northwest Alaska stretched far to the east along the Arctic Coast. Canadian officials are reporting they saw unprecedented numbers of salmon […]
Arctic fish boom
The failed ban
The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. It would seem an appropriate time […]
Sea change
Across the remote, nearly 1 million square miles of water stretching north and south of the Arctic boundary between the U.S. and Russia, a monumental ecological shift powered by rising water temperatures […]
Pie cutting
What would Alaskans think if the state dealt fiscally with the oil industry the way it does with the fishing industry? The question begs to be asked with the issuance of the […]
Personal truths
In this the age of personal-truth, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has become the perfect focal point for America’s divisive partisanship. What better to argue over than something about which no one […]
Alaska to NYT
UPDATED: This story was edited on Aug. 23 to the include the reports of phenomenal sockeye salmon fishing on the Copper River. The bar graph was also reversed to avoid confusion over […]
Shrinking salmon
Late Kenai River angler Les Anderson’s world record king salmon of 97 pounds, 4 ounces might stand forever if the work of Jan Ohlberger and other researchers at the University of Washington […]
Beary dangerous
Almost on cue with serious thoughts as to the dangers of mountain biking in Alaska, the sharp hoof of a young, bull moose missed Lar’s head by a mere couple […]
