The problem of predation at a hatchery in Southeast Alaska is going big-time in a slick video of a humpback whale invading a net pen to gobble salmon fry, and the state’s […]
Whale tale
Oil in the Chukchi
When Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and other oil companies abandoned plans to drill for oil in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea three years ago, environmentalists took the news as a victory for the […]
The last Eden
Whether by accident or design – and there would appear to be a little of both in play – Alaska has become a global model for how to save the planet. The […]
Market realities
News analysis The hand-picked, natural-gas czar of former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker continues to tout his belief in a $43 billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in the 49th state, but global […]
“The Blab”-ber
News analysis Alaska is going to end the 2018 salmon season with a catch a little over half that of last year despite another phenomenal return of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. But […]
Wilderness lost
Alaska might be one of the last bastions of North American terrestrial wilderness, but the waters that wash up against its coasts are another story. A global search for marine wilderness found […]
Liar, liar
The sun was bright in Anchorage on Friday. The bitter north wind had finally stopped blowing. And the temperature had climbed to 20 degrees. The day felt positively balmy. But it […]
