Wildlife

Walker made the announcement Wednesday at the Alaska Federation of Natives and National Congress of American Indians annual conference in Anchorage.

“Something is hitting them harder and faster, in addition to the disease that we’re familiar with seeing, something else seems to be involved,” says Marc Webber with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Homer,

Monday’s small claims case between a trapper and a trap springer was supposed to last an hour, but after about two and half hours in District Court, it’s stretching into a second day.

A Juneau trapper has lowered the amount of damages he’s seeking in a lawsuit against a hiker who sprang his traps last December. John Forrest sued Kathleen Turley in September.

For some wildlife biologists, getting to work on an island at the tip of the Aleutian Chain is the chance of a lifetime.

“I mean I’m not deaf, so I realize it’s pretty funny to listen to,” said Mary Maley. “I’m kind of famous as a tour guide for being sort of loud, yelling over engines and having the ability to do that on tour.”