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Southern Alaska Peninsula Caribou Herd recovers after aerial wolf control
State wildlife biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shot and killed more than two dozen wolves from a helicopter last month to help a small caribou herd struggling to survive on the Alaska ...
2 men plucked from beach after ship sinks
The Coast Guard has rescued two men who abandoned a sinking ship. A Coast Guard helicopter launched off the cutter Mellon found the men Thursday night on a beach near False Pass.
Longtime stewards of the Izembek Refuge deserve a road
Published: May 31st, 2008 12:58 AM Last Modified: May 31st, 2008 02:53 AM When my wife and I look out our window in King Cove, we see tundra, water and all the life they support.
Public comment underway on offshore drilling in Bristol Bay area
A lengthy, multi-million dollar federal exercise that will determine whether offshore oil and gas exploration proceeds in the North Aleutian Basin is now open for extensive public input.
Published: April 27th, 2008 12:50 AM Last Modified: April 27th, 2008 01:18 AM COLD BAY POPULATION: 87 LOCATION: In the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge at the western end of the Alaska Peninsula, 634 miles ... via Anchorage Daily News
House panel to vote on Izembek Road proposal
“In the long run, the House will not pass this”
' A bill advanced Wednesday that if approved would for the first time allow a road to be built through designated wilderness in a national refuge, according to a conservation group fighting the proposal. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
State population stats give Mat-Su growth new spin
“At least at this point, the general tenor is that if we're left alone, we're happy out here in Knik-Fairview”
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough lost the title of fastest-growing population in Alaska -- at least between 2006 and 2007. via Anchorage Daily News
Alaskan - weather nerds' revel in information-packed climate book
If you like gardening, you might scratch Barrow off your list of places to live. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Published: February 8th, 2008 12:41 AM Last Modified: February 8th, 2008 01:16 AM POPULATION: 807 LOCATION: On a sand spit on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, 18 air miles southeast of Cold Bay and 625 ... via Anchorage Daily News
“Ribbon seals general live in the Bering Sea, hanging out on sea ice, although they do on occasion come down to the Aleutians and the Gulf of Alaska”
Rescued ring seal headed for release in Cold Bay JOSEPH ROBERTIA Diamond, a 250-pound adult female ribbon seal, waits patiently in her cage at the Kenai Airport on Wednesday after being driven from Seward in a ... via Clarion Dispatch
Purchase PFD-based travel deals before they expire
“Especially during the holidays, you want to give yourself plenty of time in case one of the flights is late.”
All signs point toward the Misfits bringing their blood-spattered punk sound back to Anchorage. via Anchorage Daily News
Coast Guard helps SeaLife Center return seal to to the wild
The Coast Guard is assisting the Alaska SeaLife Center in returning a rehabilitated ribbon seal to the wild. via Alaska Journal of Commerce
Published: November 3, 2007 Last Modified: November 3, 2007 at 01:26 AM A listing for the Family Fun and Crafts Bazaar that ran on page B-2 of Friday's Alaska section incorrectly stated that the event will ... via Anchorage Daily News
Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes
The road to King Cove hits refuge bump
“We believe that the compromise was reached in 1998, when Congress passed the King Cove Health and Safety Act”
Aleutians East Borough Mayor Stanley Mack is fighting for a land exchange that would allow for construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that would connect his village with an airport ... via Alaska Journal of Commerce
Local resident escapes volcano
“It's really amping up right now, so I'm really hoping we can get out of here before it blows”
A Brunswick County man escaped a village about 30 miles south of an erupting volcano in Alaska on Friday. via StarNewsOnline.com