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Yakutat's TERN of Events receives More Kids in the Woods Funding

KETCHIKAN - When kids come to the Tern Festival at Yakutat this month, they will be learning about birds from artists, naturalists, birders and biologists. They will also be getting outdoors and learning to love it.

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-24/yakutats-tern-events-receives-more-k
Outdoors
Police & Fire for Tuesday, May 21, 2013

...L. Osborn, 38, of Juneau, for failing to return a 2012 brown bear registration permit to the Douglas Alaska Department of Fish and Game as stated on the report. He was given a $110 fine out of Juneau District Court.Fire and medical? At 11...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-21
Local
Critter cams provide peek into the lives of bears

ANCHORAGE - Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day.Six bears were equipped with rugged video cameras attached to collars around...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-07/critter-cams-provide-peek-lives-bears
State
Sitka herring near 10-year average for spawn miles

...SITKA - Sitka Sound herring spawn measured close to the 10-year average for spawn miles, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.Spawn miles are a measure of shoreline. The spawn from the massive congregations of herring turns the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-07/sitka-herring-near-10-year-average-spaw
State
Police and Fire Calls for May 6, 2013

...died in the fire.Fish and game licenses? Alaska Department of Fish and Game sent two notification letters to Jack Coogan...Mendenhall Wetlands Waterfowl Permit.? Alaska Department of Fish and Game sent two notification letters to Kevin Nye...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-06/police-and-fire-calls-may-6-2013
Local
Wolves in national preserve drop by more than half

...border."The drop is substantially more than normal and coincides with predator control efforts by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game conducted near the preserve," the Park Service said in a news release.Alaska has practiced predator control...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-14/wolves-national-preserve-drop-more-half
State
Scapegoating Webster is a setback for Cook Inlet

...Never mind that the Board of Fisheries vote was 7-0 to adopt a new escapement goal range put forth by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for Kenai kings based on new sonar counters, or that the same full board unanimously refused to adopt any...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-16/scapegoating-webster-setback-cook-inl
Opinion
Outdoor perspective: Kenai River kings: strong or suffering?

Recently, the executive director of Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA), a 501c3 nonprofit organization "dedicated to ensuring the sustainability of the world's premier sportsfishing river" wrote an editorial in which he appropriately gave his organization credit for leading the successful charge to block the legislative confirmation of Vince Webster to the Alaska Board of Fisheries. In a swift and organized character assassination, KRSA spread false and misleading information vilifying Mr. Webster. In their attack, they blamed Mr.

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-03/outdoor-perspective-kenai-river-king
Outdoors
Kenai River guide reverts to catch-and-release

KENAI - For 24 years, Greg Brush has been cementing the foundation of his life - faith, family and fish.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-15/kenai-river-guide-reverts-catch-and-rel
State
Trials set to begin in subsistence fishing case

ANCHORAGE - Sam Jackson believes a favorable trial verdict for him and other Alaska Natives cited for illegally fishing king salmon could help his people reclaim the subsistence rights they've enjoyed for thousands of years.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-14/trials-set-begin-subsistence-fishing-ca
State

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