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Yukon likely won't see any major wildfires for at least the next month, emergency officials said at a briefing on Thursday.
Industry representatives assert that trawling near Kuskokwim Bay complies with regulations and does not impact salmon, despite local concerns about habitat damage and fish migration.
Invasive species like green crabs and choke cherry trees are causing environmental and economic harm in Alaska.
A petition to list king salmon as endangered in Alaska faces opposition due to concerns about its impact on local fisheries and management practices.
The institute started monitoring the cyanobacteria situation at the beginning of June and will continue until the end of September.
Adult abundance “well below” fishery thresholds on both beaches. This outcome was not unanticipated, as the department said when opening the fishery in Ninilchik last year that adult abundance met necessary thresholds for allowing harvest — at least meeting or exceeding 50% of the historical average — but juvenile abundance was low, meaning there would likely not be enough adult clams this year or next.
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