By: Hal Shepherd. Shepherd Alaska October 5th, 2023. “We should be asking them why want to take away a major means of protecting those same fisheries and the rights of Native Alaskans to continue …

NOME – Applications for instream flow reservation permits submitted by the Native Village Traditional Councils of Teller and Brevig Mission to protect two critical salmon-bearing streams in the Imuruk Basin threatened by the proposed …

In 2019 the Alaska State Legislature established May 31 as Katie John Day to observe how the federal “subsistence priority” has been defended vehemently by Alaska Natives and protected by the courts, most notably by …

The hard rock mining industry is the single largest source of toxic waste in the United States and has contaminated an estimated 40% of Western watersheds. As a result, throughout its 200-year-plus history, over 12,000 …

In an article published this month, Artic Today looks at the research showing what has happened in past periods of global warming when arctic permafrost melts. The research shows that greenhouse gases contained in …

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced next steps in its review of several Public Lands Orders signed at the end of the previous Administration, and is emphasizing the agency’s intent to improve …