Isabelle Ross
News DirectorIzzy Ross is the news director at KDLG, the NPR member station in Dillingham. She reports, edits, and hosts stories from around the Bristol Bay region, and collaborates with other radio stations across the state.
Since 2019, Izzy has directed the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, which provides vital information daily to thousands of commercial fishermen in the summer. She has also reported for Alaska's Energy Desk, a regional journalism collaboration with Alaska Public Media. Her work airs regularly on Alaska Public Media's statewide news. It has also aired on National Native News, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Here and Now.
Izzy graduated from Smith College with a degree in Government in 2015. After graduating, she spent a year reporting on stand-up comedy in Berlin, Germany, on a Fulbright Journalism Fellowship. She has worked for Washington Monthly, NPR Berlin, and Deutsche Welle.
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More than 80 people testified during the second day of the Board of Fish Bristol Bay meeting. KDLG's Izzy Ross is at the meeting and filed this rundown. -
The board voted unanimously to postpone action on three proposals to modify the longstanding management plan. It will also delay a decision on the Department of Fish and Game’s draft action plan to protect kings.
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Many people who testified on Wednesday urged the board to postpone a decision on what to do with the plan until its statewide meeting in March. They say that will give local advisory committees and the public more time to consider the plan.
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The 2022 Board of Fish Bristol Bay meeting is underway from Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. KDLG's Izzy Ross is at the meeting. Here are her notes.
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The department says several of its recommendations could protect kings but that fishermen would lose out economically. It also says some actions could push fishermen into other districts in the fishery.
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The board will consider 52 proposals to change regulations in Bristol Bay’s commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries. The schedule may change depending on how long public testimony lasts and how quickly the board moves through the proposals.
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One year ago, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a declaration to remove a slur against Indigenous women from nearly 650 place names on federal lands. New names were finalized this fall — including one for a Dillingham creek that bore the slur. Three elementary students in Dillingham had been pushing to change the creek’s name long before the federal government started its process.
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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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Margie Olympic was elected to Seat G on Lake and Peninsula School Board, which was the only competitive race in the borough's Oct. 4 municipal election. Three incumbents ran unopposed for school board and borough assembly.
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There will soon be a switch-up of leaders at the Dillingham City School District. Starting Monday, middle-high school Principal Beth Dillman will begin work as the elementary school’s director of climate and culture. The current director, Megan McCambly, will become the middle-high school’s interim principal.
