The survey also found that tribal citizens are leaving Sitka at a higher rate than other residents.
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Environmental DNA offers scientists a look at salmon’s past and future
NOAA researchers are refining a method to collect data about what fish were present in an area, up to two days after those fish have moved on.
40 years in the making, Angoon hydroelectric project wins $27M in federal funding
Angoon’s 500 residents have long relied on diesel for power, paying somewhere between four and eight times more for electricity than the national average.
2 dead, 3 rescued after boating accident north of Sitka
The boat capsized near Chichagof Island on Tuesday night.
State’s high court rules against Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s herring claim
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska first sued the state in 2018, alleging that the commercial fishery management put herring stocks and traditional harvesting in jeopardy.
Southeast chinook stocks expected to be low again in ’24
Of the 11 chinook stocks in the region, only the Chilkat River is expected to have an adequate number of chinook returning to spawn.