Yukon king and chum salmon face threats at each stage of their life cycles, many of them connected to climate change.
Climate Change
New ‘berry booklets’ for Alaska pickers combine traditional knowledge and science
A warming climate means where and how people harvest berries is changing.
Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal
The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year. It’s much smaller than its New Deal predecessor, but targets a more diverse group of young people.
Juneau Assembly considers repealing hazard maps and development restrictions in place since 1980s
The proposal presented in Monday night’s committee meeting would abandon existing land use restrictions for hazard zones altogether.
Families affected by Juneau’s glacial outburst flood rebuild, or reassess completely, as recovery efforts drag on
For many, the fear still feels fresh. But they’re only just beginning to experience the financial toll.
Four years into the Yukon salmon collapse, an Interior Alaska village wonders if it will ever fish again
The river’s once-strong king salmon run has been on a long, slow decline since the 1990s. Chum salmon runs have also been unpredictable. But in the last four years, both species’ runs abruptly crashed.