The subsistence harvest is scheduled to open April 2 and run through August 31. The fall hunt is set to begin in September.
Wildlife
From the ashes: Life returns to Kasatochi volcano
Nearly every year since Kasatochi erupted, scientists have returned to study how ecosystems respond to cataclysmic destruction.
Pollution has worked its way down to the world’s deepest waters
Tiny creatures in the Mariana Trench have high levels of industrial contamination. The new findings suggest that even Earth’s most remote locales feel the effects of human beings.
Skeleton of orca that died in the Nushagak River printed in 3-D
The Dillingham City School District, Bristol Bay Campus and Nunamta Aulukestai have worked in partnership to clean, categorize, scan, and print the fetal skeleton’s hundreds of bones.
Ketchikan Indian Community checking Ketchikan beaches and shellfish for toxins
PSP toxins cannot be cooked or cleaned out of shellfish, and freezing does not destroy the toxin. Consumption of the toxin can cause paralysis and death.
Renewed fight, but old arguments for lawmakers wanting to open ANWR for drilling
Activists descend on Juneau to lobby against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.