Wildlife

House Bill 211 sponsored by Kiana Democrat Dean Westlake met opposition in a House session early Monday afternoon.

Two dead squid have washed ashore in as many weeks, but it’s unclear if these are unrelated incidents or a sign of something more significant.

Families and community members on St. Lawrence Island will be eating bowhead whale this week after a local hunter caught Gambell’s second whale of the season Monday night.

Sunshine is abundant this time of year, but cooler temperatures this week have slowed the melting of a well above normal snowpack in Fairbanks, which is affecting migratory bird’s arrival at a local refuge.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is getting close to finalizing its study on mountain goat habitat in the Haines and Skagway area. Biologists hope the findings will inform decisions on helicopter skiing and other activities shown to impact mountain goats.

In a joint-effort, new recommendations were released this month for managing the wolf population on Prince of Wales Island. But this holistic approach still leaves open a lot of questions.