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Bristol Bay and Beyond, Dec. 30, 2016

KDLG 670AM
Published January 2, 2017 at 12:38 PM AKST
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A couple of sassy walrus at the new haulout at Cape Greig.
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Belleque family set netters the day the two billionth was caught in 2016.
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Howard Knutsen holds one of the two billionth salmon caught in Bristol Bay.
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The Shawcroft family fishing at Coffee Point in July, 2016.
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Delivering to the F/V Lady Helen in Ugashik, July 2016.
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Dillingham's mayor and city attorney at the LBC hearings in Dillingham.
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Sam Calvert runs for a first place finish with coach Andrew Slagle adding some motivation.
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Lowell Stambaugh ahead of the first Nushagak opener of 2016.
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Tug of War at Beaver Round Up 2016.
Clark Fair
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Hard at work on a spring day in 2016, downtown Dillingham.
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Preparing to halibut fish in the spring of 2016. At Dillingham boat harbor.
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Patricia Carscallen at Unicorn Lane Gardens in Dillingham.
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Youngsters enjoying an evening hour along Lake Clark at Kijik summer camp.
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Mike Davis showing off some subsistence catch at Kanakanak beach in Dillingham.
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Dave and Johanna Bouker had been married 51 years when they posed for this shot the week of Valentine's Day, 2016.
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Lund skiff waits for summer play. Pictured in spring of 2016 near Manokotak.
Joanne Knight
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A gray whale dies slowly near Cape Pierce, summer 2016.
LISA ANDREANO, MICHAEL WALGREN, COURTESY USFWS
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Kent Winship being escorted in to the Veterans Day assembly in Dillingham, 2016.
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Kiley Clouse in the middle school cross country race in Dillingham, September 2016.
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A young runner from New Stuyahok gutting out a steep climb in Dillingham.
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Young smelters at the Dillingham boat harbor, fall of 2016.
Robyn Chaney
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Cole Dull with his grandpa after a first place finish at the Southwest Regions race, September 2016.
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Set netters trecking to a skiff in Pilot Point.
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Iced and bled sockeye in Pilot Point, July 2016.
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Pilot Point fish camp, July 2016.
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Delivering to the F/V Lady Helen in Ugashik, July 2016.
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Ice cold fish delivered in Ugashik, July 2016.
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Dusk in Ugashik, July 2016.
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Ugashik, July 2016.
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Ice cold sockeye delivered in Ugashik, July 2016.
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Ugashik, July 2016.
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Everett Thompson found his wife Sharon aboard a tender midseason, July 2016.
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Before an opener in the Naknek Kvichak District, July 2016.
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Ahead of an opener in Naknek Kvichak, 2016.
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Aboard the F/V Lady Helen, July 2016.
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At the Silver Bay Seafoods plant in Naknek, July 2016.
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Walrus hauled out at Cape Greig, July 2016.
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Saundra DuCross enjoys the view of Bristol Bay's newest wildlife attraction. Near Pilot Point, July 2016.
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Walrus at Cape Greig.
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Tide Table Coffee in Dillingham serving a customer on a December day.
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Matfie Mccarr calls the streets of Dillingham home. Picured December, 2016.
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Skipper Pete Andrews pulling out of the Dillingham Boat Harbor, June 2016.
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Mending on a hot June day.
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The hour long ICYMI edition: we revisit a few stories from 2016, including the two billionth salmon, a dramatic sea rescue, the hard to witness death of two gray whales, plus prom, walrus, poetry, and more.

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Time for song at Kijik camp on Lake Clark, summer 2016.

Bristol Bay and Beyond, Dec. 30, 2016: Join us for an hour long, ICYMI episode of Bristol Bay and Beyond. We revisit some of the stories from 2016, like the day the two billionth salmon was caught, a dramatic sea rescue from Port Heiden, bear hunting on the Alaska Peninsula, and the Lake and Pen prom. Plus there's walrus at Cape Greig, a couple of poems, a dash of song, and more. It's our "in case you missed it" episode of KDLG's weekly newsmagazine, with plenty of 2016's photos to peruse in the slideshow above while you listen. 

 Reach Dave Bendinger by emailor 907-842-5281. Photos, story ideas, song, poems, and essays are welcome anytime!

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Landing the two billionth salmon at Coffee Point, July 2016.

Bristol Bay and Beyond