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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON May 20 - 0 COMMENTS
Forest Service Cuts Too Deep in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest
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Tourism is thriving in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. So why is the U.S. Forest Service slashing its investment in this growing, renewable industry? That's the key question posed by the president and chief executive of Alaska's largest tourism association this week in an op-ed in the Juneau [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON April 8 - 0 COMMENTS
Alaska Forest Feeds Record Salmon Harvest
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by Teresa Haugh U.S. Forest Service, Alaska  Alaska’s Chugach and Tongass national forests are sometimes referred to as salmon forests, producing all five species of wild Pacific salmon: king, coho, sockeye, pink, and chum. Salmon is vital to Alaska’s economy, and last year’s statewide commercial [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON April 1 - 0 COMMENTS
Southeast Alaska: Melting Funds for Tongass Tourism Gem
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(Photo Credit: Gastineau Guiding. Clients of Gastineau Guiding enjoy a view of Mendenhall Glacier. More than 400,000 out-of-state visitors each year take in the beauty of Mendenhall Glacier making it the most visited site in Alaska's Tongass National Forest) Southeast Alaska: Melting Funds for [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON March 26 - 0 COMMENTS
AK Fisherman Hit DC to Fight Canadian Mines
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Commercial fishermen and tribal leaders from Southeast Alaska are in Washington, D.C, this week. They're there to press for U.S. State Department action to protect their region's copius wild salmon runs, thriving tourism industry, and cultural resources from large-scale mine projects planned for [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON March 7 - 0 COMMENTS
Racing to the Finish Line for Bristol Bay
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Mushers in Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race, including Monica Zappa, are making their way to Nome, battling some of the worse trail conditions  in the history of the event. Warm weather and lack of snow have made parts of the roughly 1,000 trail extremely treacherous . Out of an initial field of 69 [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY John Ross ON March 1 - 0 COMMENTS
100 Best: Copper River
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Location: Alaska Type of stream: Freestone Angling methods Fly Species: Rainbows, sockeye, and grayling Access Restricted Season: June - September Supporting Services: Private lodges Short take: You can match the mayfly on this Alaskan river Handicapped access: Fishing from a boat is possible, but [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON February 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Mushing to Save Bristol Bay
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Alaska’s top sporting event is the 1,000 mile Iditarod sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome and this year a woman whose passion is to protect Bristol Bay wild salmon is competing in the grueling long-distance event. Monica Zappa, 30, is dedicating her first Iditarod race toward raising public [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON February 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Another Attempted Land Grab in Alaska
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by Mark Kaelke TU Southeast Alaska Project Director Alaska is a place ruled by seasons and cycles that get fairly predictable after you experience them a few times.  We harvest fish, berries and our gardens in the summer, hunt and chop wood in the fall, do various forms of sledding or skiing, take [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON February 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Long Live the King?
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SoulFood2(PhotobyMarkHieronymus).jpg by Mark Hieronymus, Sportfishing Outreach Coordinator TU Alaska Program Of all the salmon species in Alaska, the king salmon is the most highly regarded. Folks come to Alaska from all over the world for a chance to catch a king on sport tackle, and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON February 12 - 0 COMMENTS
Tongass: Land of Staggering Plenty Faces Challenges
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By Chad Shmukler www.hatchmag.com Despite being a land of staggering plenty, Alaska's Southeast is facing a number of challenges. Proposals for new mining operations and hydroelectric dams are looming and the logging industry -- a spectacular and perpetual loser both environmentally and [ READ MORE... ]
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