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The Fight for the Last Wild Salmon

In Alaska, the last stronghold for wild salmon, Native tribes and conservationists are working to save the fish from both ...
NOAA cuts, economic headwinds and invasive species pose problems, but there was some recovery in crab stocks and salmon ...
Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people ...
Two Alaska Native organizations are suing the federal government to protect subsistence fishing rights on two of the state’s largest river systems amidst a worsening salmon crisis. Earth Justice, a ...
Safari Club International petitioned for the review and wants the subsistence board to give deference to state wildlife ...
Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...
The Biden Administration will open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas leases this January. Alaskan Native Communities want a seat at the table. An airplane flies over caribou ...
Without salmon, Gwichyaa Zhee is missing its heart. “It’s just no good,” said Linda Englishoe, sitting on the sofa in her house not far from the Yukon River. An elder now, Englishoe has lived in the ...
In running the Metlakatla Indian Community S’ndooyntgm Galts’ap Community Garden, Gatgyeda Haayk has developed a particular relationship to soil. “People misunderstand soil,” she explained. Alongside ...