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Alaska Editorial: Pebble pounded: Latest EPA study is more cause for concern

...feedback from a peer review panel.The revised assessment, made public Friday, focuses primarily on the Kvichak and Nushagak river drainages and says that a large-scale mine like that of Pebble could erase up to 90 miles of streams, reduce flow...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-02/alaska-editorial-pebble-pounded-lates
Opinion
'Do you have electricity?' and other stupid interview questions

...photos of Alaska Native subsistence activities. We'd been talking about his time at a remote fishing camp along the Nushagak River, and then switched to talking about his wife's family's fish processing business in Dillingham. Still out at the...

http://juneauempire.com/blog-post/amy-fletcher/2012-09-07/%E2%80%98do-you-have-e
Killer whales near Alaska village appear stressed

...of killer whales being in fresh water in the state.The whales, also known as orcas, swam about 30 miles up the Nushagak River to a spot just downriver from the village of Ekwok. The village is about 285 miles southwest of Anchorage.The whales...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-07/killer-whales-near-alaska-village-appea
State
2 of 3 wayward orcas found dead in Nushagak River

...Alaska have died.NOAA Fisheries spokeswoman Julie Speegle says the carcasses were spotted during a flight over the Nushagak River on Saturday.The two dead whales appeared to be adults. A necropsy is planned for early this week. The third...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-10/2-3-wayward-orcas-found-dead-nushagak-r
State
No sightings of young wayward killer whale in Alaska River after 2 others found dead

...spotted swimming downriver in the Nushagak River on Saturday, the same day the...whales have been swimming in the Nushagak River in southwest Alaska for about...whales swam about 30 miles up the Nushagak River to a spot just downriver from...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-11/no-sightings-young-wayward-killer-whale
State
Necropsy: Killer whale that remained in Nushagak River for weeks was pregnant

...trio of killer whales consisting of two adult females and a juvenile that was spotted for about three weeks in the Nushagak River. The necropsy was done by veterinarians on a beach in Dillingham, where the carcass was taken after she was found...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-12/necropsy-killer-whale-remained-nushagak
State
Necropsies show no obvious causes for deaths of whales in Nushagak River

...why the animals died.Veterinarians on Wednesday completed a necropsy on a second killer whale found dead in the Nushagak River.Two adult female whales were found dead in the river on Saturday, and a third whale, a juvenile, hasn't been...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-10-14/necropsies-show-no-obvious-causes-de
Outdoors
Village opposes Pebble Mine

New Stuyahok sits on the Nushagak River, 70 air miles north of Dillingham. It is the biggest community on the Nushagak River and consists of 550-plus tribal and community members. Sound...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061206/opi_20060612005.shtml
Opinion
This Day in History

...of albacore tuna, warm water fish, were sighted 80 miles southwest of Yakutat. A special fishing period on the Nushagak River was approved by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to provide for needy residents. In 1959, the cornerstone was...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071204/sta_thisday.shtml
News
This Day in History

...of albacore tuna, warm-water fish, were sighted 80 miles southwest of Yakutat. A special fishing period on the Nushagak River was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide for needy residents. In 1959, the cornerstone was...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071206/sta_20060712022.shtml
News

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