DENVER – With another Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race done, more Iditarod sponsors departed, and another yuge Iditaord money-making idea gone bust, it’s time to talk about what ails Alaska’s Last Great […]
Iditarod future
Techno-boosted fish
In news that will come as no surprise to most Alaskans, an international team of researchers led by the University of Washingon’s Ray Hilborn has concluded that well-managed fisheries pose no threat […]
Burn, burn, burn
A long way from a record, the Alaska fire season is winding down at last with the long-term consequences far from clear. The good news is no one died, although a number […]
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 […]
Gone fish?
Officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game say they’re sticking with a forecast for another boom year for pink salmon despite a first-ever, international survey of the Gulf of Alaska […]
Travel meltdown
The March equinox arrived on Wednesday to end the Alaska winter just as the weather appeared to be doing its best to wreck the best of the Alaska spring. Normally this would […]
DOA king fishery
Chinook salmon runs in Upper Cook Inlet have taken a depressing turn back to the future with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game this week announcing the closure of May, June […]
Bear-ly seasonable
Skater Peter Snow never saw the bear on his backcountry adventure among the lakes of the Swanson River canoe route in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge over the weekend, but he […]
Doomsday warming?
On the day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations publicly revealed its special report warning of an impending global-warming catastrophe, the daily temperature in Alaska’s largest city […]
The heat is on
Get out the sunbrella and chill the beer, the National Weather Service is warning that global warming is returning to Alaska’s largest city. A special weather statement from the federal agency today warned […]
