Alaska’s national parks – once a source of much controversy – continue to power 49th state tourism in a big way, but economic returns remain largely limited to a few areas of […]
Parks booming
No chance
A long-buried state report is shedding new light on a 2017 bear attack that left a young, Anchorage woman dead in Central Alaska and another woman injured and traumatized. The women were […]
The Humpocalypse
This story has been updated with some Alaska catch information. If “The Blob” was responsible for Alaska’s faltering salmon runs this year as some have suggested despite a lack of any real […]
Subsistence wars?
While Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth has been trying to convince Alaskans the state should have no problem gaining legal right to its navigable waters while leaving the federal government […]
The last video
Young Austrian Aidan Don was never supposed to die in a cold river in Alaska. The 49th state was supposed to be but another stop along the way in […]
Hand-out news
The climbing season on North America’s tallest mountain is now well over, and if it feels like you missed it, well, there’s a reason. And that involves a story not about mountaineering, […]
Unhealthy parks
Alaska may be the last bastion of heart-healthy national parks, according to a study out this week warning that visiting a national park in the Lower 48 states could be bad for […]
Trekkers lost
Three National Park Service search teams were on the ground in the remote and rugged heart of the Wrangell St. Elias National Park today hoping to find some sign of an unidentified […]
Tourists, no tourists
Almost three decades on from passage of the Alaska National Interests Lands Act (ANILCA), the bonanza and the bust of 49th-state national parks is clearly outlined in a lengthy analysis of the […]
Pay for view
Denali National Park and Preserve: See it this summer and save 50 percent. The National Park Service has announced plans to jack the entry fee from $10 to $15 next year. The […]
