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If there's one thing Alaska's congressional delegation can agree on, it's a distrust of the Endangered Species Act and a belief it could ruin the state's economy.
Whiteout conditions ground hunt for Chignik Lake wolves
Whiteout conditions in Chignik Lake on Friday afternoon grounded authorities searching for the wolves believed to have killed a school teacher earlier in the week.
Rossi to head state Division of Wildlife Conservation
A relative newcomer to state Division of Wildlife Conservation who several wildlife advocates said is overly sympathetic to hunters at the expense of other groups has been selected to head the state agency at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Game Board wolf vote questioned
Critics of a controversial Board of Game decision are challenging a key vote that eliminated a wolf protective buffer zone outside Denali National Park and Preserve. They want the tie-breaking vote of the board's newest member tossed because he sells wolf traps and owns a tannery business.
Villagers unnerved by fearless wolves after teacher's death
Residents of Chignik Lake were on patrol Wednesday, hunting for wolves they blame for the death this week of a schoolteacher as she was jogging on an isolated road.
Groups' goal is to minimize moose/vehicle collisions
Anyone who drives Point MacKenzie Road in winter knows to take it slow. In addition to icy roads, moose pop out from everywhere or sometimes stand placidly beside the road, munching on young willows.
Wolves may have killed village teacher
Authorities were in the Alaska Peninsula village of Chignik Lake on Tuesday investigating whether a 32-year-old schoolteacher, found dead off a road leading out of town, was killed in a wolf attack.
Group calls for tourist boycott over wolf decision
An animal rights group is calling for a tourism boycott of Alaska over a recent decision to remove buffer zones for wolf trapping near Denali National Park.
Marmots, rabbits are targeted on islands
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will eradicate invasive mammal species on uninhabited islands near Kodiak and Akutan.
Area around Denali opened to wolf hunters
The Alaska Board of Game on Friday approved opening the northeast periphery of the Denali National Park and Preserve for wolf trapping.
Fortymile wolf hunters to use helicopters again
A helicopter will be used to hunt wolves for the second year in a row in the Fortymile region near Tok as part of a state predator control program.
Alaska bison hunters can use radios, cell phones, Game Board says
Lawmakers tone down effort to overturn polar bear listing
The federal listing of polar bears as a threatened species so outraged Alaska lawmakers, they considered spending more than a million dollars for a public relations effort to reverse the decision.
Activist seeks expansion of Denali wolf sanctuary
Priscilla Feral spent a full day flying to Fairbanks from Connecticut to speak before the Alaska Board of Game for five minutes on Saturday, even though she doesn't think it will do any good.
The Anchorage chapter of the national conservation organization Ducks Unlimited has been honored by the national organization for being among the 100 chapters that raise the most money for the organization.
Grass-roots group aims to expand Denali wolf buffers
A grass-roots organization has gathered hundreds of signatures in support of a proposal to expand wolf buffers next to Denali National Park and Preserve.
Deadline to watch bears at McNeil River is Monday
The deadline to apply for a permit to watch brown bears this summer at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary is approaching.
Teacher hopes project leaves kids bullish about moose
Forty students stomped through snow with logger's tape and clipboards Tuesday morning, gathering information about forests in the Point MacKenzie area and learning about the kind of habitat it takes to raise moose.
Poll finds Anchorage likes wildlife in city
Anchorage: You like having moose and bears as neighbors -- you just don't want any more of them.
NOAA gets feedback on plan to protect belugas
Roughly 150 people turned out Friday night to give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a piece of their mind about its proposal to designate more than 3,000 square miles of Cook Inlet as critical habitat for beluga whales, making development in those areas subject to restrictions.
Fairbanks fur tanner appointed to state game board
Gov. Sean Parnell has appointed Fairbanks fur tanner Al Barrette to the Alaska Board of Game, ending a one-year hiatus when nobody living north of the Alaska Range was on the seven-person board that regulates hunting and trapping in the state.
Video: Barrette skins a wolf and shares his views on hunting and trapping (Warning: Graphic images)
Whales suspect in struggles of Prince William Sound herring
Something is holding down the herring population of Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales.
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More than 1,500 skiers, many dressed in elaborate costumes, came out for the annual Alaska Ski for Women on Super Bowl Sunday.
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Anchorage's in-town ski area is aiming to make a mark among snowboarders and skiers with its new Ptarmigan Terrain Park.
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Costco, the nation's third-largest retailer, has partnered with Valdez Heli-Camps to offer a punch card that buys 25,000 vertical feet of skiing in the Chugach Mountains.
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Skiers and snowboarders dropped into Alyeska's new Super Pipe to warm up and compete in the Alyeska Pipeline Masters competition on Jan. 16.
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The Alaska Kayak Academy recently began offering packraft polo games in the Bartlett High pool.
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If you want to know how polar bears are doing, you have to go where they live.
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The 7th Annual Wooden Ski Classic was held at Russian Jack Springs Park. Competitors were penalized if they didn't have the "proper gear," which included wooden skis, bamboo or wooden poles, three-pin bindings or leather boots.
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Within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one dog mushing job. It's in Denali, and it's currently vacant.
STORY
Most winter bikes know that during the Dark Season, survival is linked to the lights and reflective tape.
Bill calls for protecting people over wildlife in Anchorage
Dentist gives injured bald eagle prosthetic beak
Harbormaster says sea lion harassment must stop
Game Board approves new rules on exotic pets
Feb. 2 now 'Marmot Day' in Alaska
Juneau's famous black wolf mysteriously disappears
Board hears moose and caribou hunt details
Fans of exotic pets seek legal backing from Game Board
Game board eyes expanding predator control
Hearings on Inlet belugas start Feb. 3
Charges reduced for defendant in caribou wasting case
Navy defends sonar training in Gulf of Alaska
Increase in trapped birds fuels speculation
NOAA extends period for Cook Inlet beluga comments
Attorney hired for beluga issue
Dentist to help bald eagle get his broken beak fixed
Sullivan, Young call for study of Inlet beluga whales
Scientists go to extremes for Arctic research
Aerial-gunning foes plead with Obama to ban such methods
Wanted by Alaska lawmakers: PR firm to fight species listings
Group seeks more polar bear protections
Environmentalists join Natives in drilling suit
Haines eagle foundation gets healthy donation
Sea lion survey finds one group increasing another declining
Court rejects lawsuit over polar bears
NOAA proposes critical habitat for Inlet belugas
Two black bears still roaming about face possible euthanasia
Ravens form a wake-like gathering after 2 electrocuted
Alaska black bear dies at Oregon zoo
Charges against man who shot four bears dismissed
Peeking into salmon life begins with egg harvest
Polar bears vs. oil exploration, with Alaska in the balance
Injured Alaska swan makes big splash in Washington
Mourners give wolf biologist howling send-off
Three bears shred inflatable boat leaving several hunters stranded
Polar bear tourism is growing on Alaska's North Slope