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State veterinarian Robert Gerlach says numbers in Alaska are lower than last year, but that the public should still report any dead bird with abnormalities.
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Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week highlights the region’s hefty bears and healthy ecosystem. But on October 10, that celebration is coming to an end. Here’s more about this year’s contestants, and the events.
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At the end of last year, before the EPA issued the decision, the Pedro Bay Native Corporation closed a $20 million deal that blocked the Pebble Limited Partnership’s proposed route to transport materials to and from the giant copper and gold deposit.
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UAF Climate Specialist Rick Thoman says southwest winds could gust up to 60 miles an hour in the Dillingham area, which could also get up to eight inches of snow tonight, according to a winter weather advisory from the National Weather Service, which is in effect from 6 p.m. tonight until 9 a.m. on Friday.
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The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for blowing snow in Dillingham and to the west. The heavier snow will start around 3 a.m. on Friday and linger through the afternoon.
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The Alaska Sea Ice program gives an update for Bristol Bay's ice movements on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
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More land burned in the Bristol Bay region last summer than in the past 72 years combined. A lot of environmental conditions had to align for that to happen.
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The Nushagak River’s king run on the west side of the fishery has been low for years, even as sockeye runs have hit record highs. The board's stock of concern designation for Nushagak kings could mean significant shifts in the fishery.
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Although wild salmon remains one of Alaska’s most lucrative seafood industries, it’s also one of the state’s most vulnerable, as climate change and population growth increase pressure on the world’s oceans. As it looks more and more likely that demand will eventually outstrip the productivity of salmon and other wild seafood stocks, researchers have turned to another method for producing protein from fish by culturing it in a lab.
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The winner of Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week is 747 Bear Force One, who weighs in at 1,400 pounds. People around the world voted in the competition for the park's biggest brown bear. The tournament has gotten so popular that the state’s largest newspaper hired a writer to cover it.
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Happy Fat Bear Tuesday and welcome to the final massive match of the bracket. By 5 p.m. AKDT today we will have a 2022 Fat Bear Champion — but there can only be one.
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Welcome back, well-rounded readers! For those just joining us, we are sizing up the biggest bears of Katmai National Park, and we’re well on our way to declaring one fat winner.