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Local Alaskan communities could capitalize on birdwatching

August 2, 2022

The money that tourists spend on birdwatching in Alaska could be an untapped source of income for local communities. Birders flock to Alaska to get a glimpse of rare birds such as bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) …

Dana Kobilinsky

Interdisciplinary effort to understand caribou challenges

January 12, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and Indigenous people are working together to study how climate change and human development are impacting declining caribou herds in Canada and Alaska. The team, including caribou researchers, vegetation ecologists, …

FYI News

Beavers expanding into Arctic, transforming the tundra

December 21, 2021

Beavers are heading northward, and they’re having a significant impact on the landscape in northern Canada and Alaska. That’s one of the findings highlighted in the Arctic Report Card 2021, published by the National Oceanic …

Dana Kobilinsky

TWS2021: Indigenous hunters teach researchers about seals

November 3, 2021

Conversations that researchers have had with indigenous hunters in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, have revealed information about where seal species are showing up and how climate change may impact them. By including indigenous knowledge in habitat models, …

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Wild Cam: Orcas to blame for Aleutian sea otter collapse

October 7, 2021

Many people thought the sea otter populations around the Aleutian Archipelago were the model of the species’ success. For decades, populations up and down the Pacific Coast of North America blinked out due to past …

Dana Kobilinsky

Climate change changes Indigenous seal hunting

September 10, 2021

A changing climate resulting in reduced sea ice coverage is causing Indigenous seal hunters who rely on the marine mammals for subsistence to change their methods. As the ice continues to change, their ability to …

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USDA plans to reinstate protections for in Tongass National Forest

June 23, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to repeal or replace the previous administration’s rule that exempts the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from roadless-area restrictions on logging and other development. The rule affects approximately 9.2 …

Joshua Rapp Learn

Wolverines den in caves formed in permafrost

June 22, 2021

Wolverines use deep fissures in the Arctic permafrost as dens, photos have revealed. “After we found three of them, it seemed like enough of a pattern to start sharing it,” said Tom Glass, a researcher …

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Biden administration supports refuge-splitting road in Alaska

March 17, 2021

The Biden administration is supporting an effort to build a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. In 2019, then-Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt proposed a land exchange that would allow for the …

FYI News

Watch: Bearded seals can’t compete with industrial sounds

March 1, 2021

The loud sounds bearded seals emit underwater may not be noisy enough to overcome the sound from increasing industrial activities off the coast of Alaska. Recent research highlighted how bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) noise can …

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