Yukon River residents say they’re going broke trying to replace their missing subsistence food sources.
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Fish for Families aims to bring Bristol Bay sockeye to Alaska communities facing low salmon runs
In early July, it sent out its first shipment of the season — 1,000 pounds of salmon to Chignik communities on the Alaska Peninsula. The program plans to send a total of 8,000 pounds of salmon there this month.
Abortion remains legal in Alaska, but access for rural residents is challenging and expensive
In Bristol Bay, patients seeking abortions have always faced obstacles to care.
Belugas spotted in lake 20 miles inland from Dillingham
A state biologist says belugas probably venture into fresh water more often than people realize.
Bristol Bay’s sockeye run is already the biggest on record
One scientist says the sockeye runs now returning to Bristol Bay may be the largest in hundreds of years.
Chum fishing will remain closed on the Yukon amid projections for another low fall run
Conservation measures have led to no salmon fishing for chinook or chum along the river for the second year in a row.