The data is meant to help tribal citizens, and others, make educated decisions about where and when they’re harvesting.
Food
Study confirms ancient people of Interior Alaska ate salmon
A new study proves for the first time that people who lived in Interior Alaska more than 11,000 years ago ate salmon along with big game like bison.
3-week power outage in Newtok leads to spoiled meat in freezers
Families without personal generators have seen their freezers thaw out and watched a summer’s worth of subsistence harvest go to waste.
Fire destroys the only store in the village of Kasigluk
Kasigluk couldn’t get help from nearby villages to fight the flames because the community is locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
3 Yellowstone bison arrive at their new home near Old Harbor, Alaska
The buffalo left Montana for Alaska on Monday — three hardy bulls, which weigh about a thousand pounds each.
After troubled rollout, state extends deadline for new food aid program
Tens of thousands of school-aged children in Alaska are eligible for the pandemic-EBT program. Families now have until the end of September to enroll.