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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved a federal disaster declaration for the Kuskokwim River because of the failure of chinook, chum, and coho fisheries in 2022.
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Democrat Mary Peltola joined Alaska's U.S. senators on a legal brief defending the mine in a lawsuit brought by Kuskokwim tribes.
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While competition was tight, one icicle dominated the frozen field by a wide margin.
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Experts want to compile a glossary with Alaska Native words and phrases holding information that can help track climate change and other conditions.
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The Yukon River Intertribal Fish Commission is requesting special action relative to this summer’s management of depressed salmon stocks.
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For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, fishing for salmon has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations.
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The plan could close fishing for seven more years and open the door for hatcheries. In villages along the river, Tribal leaders say the state has cut them out of the process and want federal oversight.
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Tribes can exert jurisdiction over allotments granted to individual Natives, the department’s head attorney said on Feb. 1.
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There are signs that climate change is depressing caribou numbers, and ongoing and proposed development could make recovery more difficult, experts say.
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The bill comes amid a wider debate over how Alaska’s waters are protected that is far from being resolved.
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Napakiak is one of the villages throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta that are planning and carrying out relocation projects or retreats from erosion and permafrost melt.
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Tribal governments have objected to the plan and say the project threatens the marine ecosystem, with some planning to file a lawsuit to stop it.