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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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Izzy Ross/KDLGMore 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. -
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.
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These quarterfinals are not for the faint of fur! Entering the bracket today is none other than the mightiest mama bear 128 Grazer, and defending Fat Bear Week Champion, King Otis.
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Yesterday we watched 151 Walker walk across the winner’s line, and he was certainly swaying what his mama gave him. Beach babe 901 took out actual babe 909 Yearling and it was very matter-of-fact; also, I’m pretty sure I saw her yawn as it happened.
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The plot thickens today as some of the biggest booties of Brooks Falls come out to play.
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Good day, Fat Bear America, and welcome to Fat Bear Week, Day 1! We have two mighty matches on today’s docket. Let’s jump (or waddle?) right in.
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The bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park have been busy all summer feasting on salmon and stocking up on nutrients for their winter hibernation, and they’ve got the fall bods to prove it.
