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River Watch team/US National Weather Service AlaskaLast week, communities along the Yukon River experienced ice jam-related flooding. But as of the evening of May 26, significant ice jams close to the mouth of the river gave way and the water began to recede. -
Samantha Watson/KYUKAn ice jam below Aniak has inundated low-lying areas in the community and could cause further issues as the breakup front works its way towards Kalskag. But National Weather Service Hydrologist Johnse Ostman said he's optimistic about a lower river that is "thermally mushing out and degrading."
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Last month, a muskox was poached near the Kuskokwim River community of Lower Kalskag. The herd is growing there, but state managers say it’s not yet large enough to hunt legally, and the poaching isn’t helping. -
Three tribal organizations from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have launched a new resource page for their ongoing salmon advocacy partnership. -
At a recent science conference in Bethel, Elders and community members spoke about changes in weather patterns they’ve experienced on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. -
Researchers and local experts gathered in Bethel in early April to share and compare environmental knowledge at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference, particularly across issues facing the Yukon-Kuwkoksim Delta. -
Gubernatorial hopefuls are blasting Alaska's trawlers for catching salmon. Now, industry allies have launched a radio ad campaign. -
The motion stems from a lawsuit filed by the groups in November after the Alaska Board of Game reauthorized a Mulchatna predator control program that had previously been overturned by state court rulings. -
The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference, also called WAISC, will run April 7-9 at Bethel’s cultural center. -
Researchers found that over the past 27 years, landfast ice in Alaska's Arctic has been forming later, breaking up earlier, and hasn't been reaching as far offshore. -
On March 21, a team of researchers left Bethel on a snowmachine expedition across the western and northern coasts of Alaska. -
Deeper than normal snow held in place by a monthslong cold snap in Western Alaska has driven large numbers of moose into communities across the region. For several moose, Bethel was their last stop.
