Sitka’s Fish & Game Advisory Committee wants to revive a local bear working group to look for solutions to the high number of kills in the community this season.
Wildlife
Scientists have documented an increase in harmful algal blooms in northern waters
In the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas, there is a growing presence of Alexandrium cysts, an algal bloom that creates harmful saxitoxin.
Scientists are still following whales that swam through the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Other populations of killer whales are doing well, but two pods that swam through the spill are not.
Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
“I was glued to my computer for days, trying to figure out what these birds were doing, because it was so clearly, obviously, not normal.”
Petersburg assembly calls for tailings dam ban and a pause on British Columbia mining permits
The resolution asks for a pause on permitting for new mine projects until there’s an agreement between the U.S. and Canada on protecting rivers from mining pollution.
Central Southeast Alaska moose hunt sets new record
Nearly half this year’s haul, or 61 moose, came from Kupreanof Island.