Without more data, some salmon in B.C. and Yukon could face 'undocumented extinction,' study says
A lack of crucial data in vast Northwestern watersheds risks "undocumented extinction" of some salmon, according to a new ...
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Border Patrol launches Juneau operation, with eye on drugs rather than mass deportations
(U.S. Border Patrol photo) One of those areas is the Taku River, which along with other navigable waterways that cross into Alaska from Canada are potential concerns, Wilkin said. “It is one of the ...
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Border Patrol launches Juneau operation, with eye on drugs rather than mass deportations
One of those areas is the Taku River, which along with other navigable waterways that cross into Alaska from Canada are potential concerns, Wilkin said. “It is one of the identified areas of risk, if ...
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through ...
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Alaska forecasts “excellent” sockeye salmon run for Upper Cook Inlet, Copper River
The U.S. state of Alaska has forecast an “excellent” sockeye salmon run for the state’s Upper Cook Inlet fishery, but ...
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Invasive freshwater fish able to swim through Alaska’s Cook Inlet, study proves
The documentation of salmon-eating northern pike in Southcentral estuaries, a North American first, shows a new way for the ...
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Yukon assessment recommends relicensing Whitehorse dam, calls for stronger salmon protections
The dam, which was built in 1958, impacts the territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN), Ta’an Kwächän Council (TKC), Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN) and the asserted territory of the ...
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School, nursing station close in northern Manitoba First Nation due to lack of running water
A First Nation in northern Manitoba that has been under a boil water advisory for more than six years has had little running water at all for the past several days. Sheri Schweder, director of the ...
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On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
Before Alaska became an American state, Russia invaded and subjugated its people for fur trading Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent America’s largest state—encompassing mountains, coasts ...