By most accounts, the 2013 salmon season in Alaska was a barn-burner. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is…
ANCHORAGE — Nearly 40 Alaska fishermen protested Sept. 4 outside an Anchorage Walmart store, upset with a decision by the…
Labor Day decided to be a bit testy this year. Winds pounded the wilting fireweed generating mini blizzards of white…
Bycatch in Alaska’s commercial fisheries is a touchy subject. Discussions at the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council about capping bycatch…
While I was embattled with an obnoxious woodpecker that was practicing wicked marimba beats on our logs this morning, a…
The Kenai River kings seem to have met their escapement goal after all, but it was still the lowest return…
Thar whar bright treasures in them thar high tides near the base of the Spit’s east side over the weekend….
As August starts to slowly glissade (“butt scoot” for those of you who consider outdoor recreation as playing “Big Fish”…
It is part of what makes our state and community distinctive: Alaska’s wild salmon runs. They differentiate us from almost…
Last week, the Parnell Administration ruled a wild salmon stream in Cook Inlet was “suitable” for large-scale coal strip mining….
July is a crazy time for Alaskans. We are harvesting madly, working long hours, trying to seize every minute of…
The first two families that landed on Ninilchik’s shores in the mid-1800s could never have imagined a gathering like last…
Flat Island and Point Pogibshi have been heating up for silvers lately, so maybe those reports from boats fishing elsewhere…
