Dogs more dangerous than bears? Alaskans worrying about bear attacks – as many do – might be spending too much time focused on the wrong animal, according to new data coming out […]
Attack animals
Gone viral
A lost hiker, a camera and an internet sensation A neophyte hiker did what no neophyte hiker should do in Alaska and went off trail. He ended up lost atop barren […]
False fix?
Hatchery benefits to wild fish questioned A “global synthesis” of 51 years’ worth of peer-reviewed studies examining interactions between hatchery and wild salmon has concluded that human efforts to improve on nature […]
Warming bonus
200M-plus Salmon Again, but Market Chaos A warmer ocean continues to smile on Alaska commercial salmon fishermen, but the fish market is sadly another story. The 49th state these days finds […]
The neighbors
Russia’s Arctic development rolls on As Americans, Alaskans among them, continue to ponder the economic future of the U.S. Arctic, the Russians are charging full speed ahead into what they see as […]
The final frontier
Billions for old when new appears cheaper Residents of remote villages in rural Alaska are singing the praises of Starlink – a SpaceX satellite array that beams the internet to anywhere on […]
Two-legged stool
Tourism rebounding as fish fade If federal economists are to be believed, a resurgent tourism industry in the state’s national parks might make the tourist hordes more valuable than the state’s […]
Choked streams
Hatchery salmon smothering wild salmon? Scientists studying warming in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest have stumbled on a new way in which the state’s massive aquaculture industry could be harming wild salmon: hypoxia. […]
Massive fail
Flailing policy
Where Anchorage bike policy went wrong With the Anchorage Assembly patting itself on the back for supposedly making Alaska’s largest city safer and friendlier for so-called “vulnerable road users,” […]
