A warming climate could make Alaska more hospitable to ticks, and officials want to be ready
Researchers are using data from the “Submit-a-Tick” program to model where non-native ticks might thrive in future decades as climate conditions change.
Pace of change in the Bering Sea startles scientists
Ocean researchers are asking themselves if they’re witnessing the transformation of an ecosystem.
Man gets nearly 3 years in prison for stealing mammoth tusk from Campbell Creek Science Center
Martin Elze took the fossilized woolly mammoth tusk and cut it up to sell for profit.
Spruce bark beetle damage shuts down 2 popular Alaska campgrounds
The closures of the campgrounds, facing the threat of falling trees, likely will last through summer, the state parks division said.
Dual Alaska environmental rulings deal setbacks to Trump
Trump has made it clear since taking office that he intended to dismantle the environmental legacy of Barack Obama, the first president to visit the Arctic while in office.
Tribe, groups sue over Alaska reserve petroleum exploration
An Alaska tribe and five environmental groups say the federal government performed inadequate environmental review before approving petroleum exploration in a reserve.
Halt drilling permit work in Alaska and elsewhere during shutdown, US House committee head says
The chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is calling on the Interior Department to halt work on oil and gas development permits and leases during the partial government shutdown.
State calls for reduced federal control of Alaska wildlife management
Alaska and federal officials have clashed over whether Alaska’s “intensive management” practices would be extended to federal lands.
Man just out of jail in Fairbanks charged with stealing semi
Jerry Lee Green was still wearing a yellow jail jump suit and carrying court release paperwork when Alaska State Troopers arrested him.
Judge backs state elections division in disputed Fairbanks House race recount
The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case on Jan. 4.
Conservation groups sue to block oil production in Beaufort Sea
Five groups represented by Earthjustice on Monday asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an offshore oil production plan approved for the Liberty project.
Anchor Point moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail
None of the moose met minimum antler size requirements and the meat was left to rot.