BLM accepting comments for Alaska energy development
The Environmental Protection Agency posted the Bureau of Land Management’s draft Environmental Impact Statement and maps for oil and gas developments within the ...
Alaska
Can I keep this animal skull I found?
The following is an excerpt from the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s February 2018 newsletter. You may read the full article, located on pages 10-13 of ...
Winds can change seal pup migration path
In 1892, U.S. Revenue Marine Capt. C.L. Hooper provided information to the U.S. Senate about the seal fur trade. After traveling to the Aleutian Islands and ...
Bill introduced to ban Florida coastal drilling
Members of Florida’s congressional delegation have moved to codify Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s promise to exempt the state from proposed offshore oil and ...
‘Life-saving road’ cuts through Alaska waterfowl habitat
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signed an agreement to move forward with a land swap in order to build a gravel road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife ...
TWS urges Zinke to balance Alaska wildlife needs with energy development
The Wildlife Society has written a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, urging him to protect important wildlife habitat on lands in the National Petroleum ...
Mule deer found dead raises questions
In May 2017, a mule deer carcass was found near a highway bridge over the Chena River Flood Control area near Fairbanks, Alaska. The deer died from a vehicle ...
Hazards on migration route may imperil Arctic shorebirds
Arctic shorebird populations have been dwindling for more than a decade, but recent research suggests that habitat loss and other factors along their migratory ...
White bison calf born in Farewell herd
Early this past summer, a white calf was photographed in the Farewell Bison Herd, one of the four herds of plains bison in Alaska. Researchers suspect that the ...
As sea ice melts, polar bears’ mercury levels fall
Climate change hasn’t been kind to the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), which has seen its traditional habitat dwindle as sea ice melts. But the rising mercury in ...