Subsistence

Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government is pressing for an intensive environmental analysis of the region’s health as part of a larger push for protection of transboundary rivers.

Warm weather makes the hunt a little easier, but locals are concerned about precarious sea ice and unpredictable weather.

Hawk Inlet is healthy according to state officials. That’s the message Angoon received about three weeks after concerns were raised about high levels of mercury found in a subsistence seal.

For the first time, scientists have documented the prevalence of two biotoxins in Alaska’s marine mammal population above the Arctic Circle.

The city thinks Hecla’s Greens Creek mine may be responsible. The mine says its discharges in the area meet state requirements.

Troopers say none of the men were wearing life preservers.