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A predator-control program in Western Alaska, ruled unconstitutional last week, is needed to boost the ailing Mulchatna caribou herd, state game managers say.
The goal should be to craft a plan to increase agriculture on a statewide basis to submit to the next legislative session.
Spring is harvest season when you're living off the land in the high Arctic. Here's how the author learned from Inupiat ...
Western Alaska’s Mulchatna caribou herd consisted of nearly 200,000 animals in 1997. Today ... allowing woody bushes and trees to expand into tundra territory. Since caribou rely on lichen and moss to ...
From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different environments ...
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There is a path to increasing food security without an Alaska Department of Agriculture ... to strengthen the genetic pool of a herd of 70 animals. Sitkalidak plans to add pigs and chickens.
Each biome has characteristics that make it unique, for example Alaska is a type of tundra. The animals and plants have to be really tough to survive the freezing conditions. Deserts are dry and ...