State proposes killing 100 wolves a year to benefit moose between Denali and Lake Clark parks
by Anchorage Daily News | December 22, 2024
The unit’s intensive management plan in the past has called for the removal of 60% of brown bears and 60% to 80% of black bears, though state officials say they have no immediate plans to kill bears now. Critics of the proposal, including Alaska Wildlife Alliance and Public Employees for ...
Valuable crab populations in Alaska’s warming Bering Sea waters are in a ‘very scary’ decline
by Anchorage Daily News | September 21, 2021
“Federal biologist Erin Fedewa boarded a research vessel in June in Dutch Harbor, and journeyed to a swath of the Bering Sea that typically yields an abundance of young snow crab in annual surveys. Not this summer. At this spot, and elsewhere, the sampling nets came up with ...
Scientists urge Biden to go big on ocean protection
by Anchorage Daily News | June 24, 2021
“President Joe Biden’s laudable Jan. 27 executive order, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad,” called for (among other things) conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. However, the administration’s “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful” plan ...