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The show tonight at 5pm. Hunter and Denali filling the horizon. Not a bad way to end the day. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #ViewFromTheDeck #Denali #DenaliNPS #Mountains.
The show tonight at 5pm. Hunter and Denali filling the horizon. Not a bad way to end the day. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #ViewFromTheDeck #Denali #DenaliNPS #Mountains.
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Sea otters were nearly hunted into extinction a century ago for their luxurious pelts.
But they have been surging in population in the Gulf of Alaska, bringing both benefits to nearshore ecosystems and drawbacks to the shellfish economy.
Described by commercial shellfish harvesters and Native Alaskans as pillagers of clams and crabs, sea otters are seen by many marine biologists as having positive impacts on kelp forests.
by Justin Catanoso
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/booming-sea-otters-and-fading-shellfish-spark-values-clash-in-alaska/
Sea otters were nearly hunted into extinction a century ago for their luxurious pelts.
But they have been surging in population in the Gulf of Alaska, bringing both benefits to nearshore ecosystems and drawbacks to the shellfish economy.
Described by commercial shellfish harvesters and Native Alaskans as pillagers of clams and crabs, sea otters are seen by many marine biologists as having positive impacts on kelp forests.
by Justin Catanoso
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/booming-sea-otters-and-fading-shellfish-spark-values-clash-in-alaska/
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Had 30 plus people in Nome, despite a chilly day. Pic by @hanners64n.bsky.social
Had 30 plus people in Nome, despite a chilly day. Pic by @hanners64n.bsky.social
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PBS News Hour: Sign in
Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
PBS News Hour: Sign in
Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
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Friendly annual reminder that millennia before Columbus, the land and sea now called Alaska was home to diverse peoples with distinct, thriving cultures who had no need to be "discovered". And their descendants are still here. --Signed: a guest living in Lower Tanana Dene county. Basi', Tsín'ęę (map courtesy Alaska Native Language Center at UAF). #Indigenous #Alaska
Friendly annual reminder that millennia before Columbus, the land and sea now called Alaska was home to diverse peoples with distinct, thriving cultures who had no need to be "discovered". And their descendants are still here. --Signed: a guest living in Lower Tanana Dene county. Basi', Tsín'ęę (map courtesy Alaska Native Language Center at UAF). #Indigenous #Alaska
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[Short Film]: #SandsOfTime: #CoastalErosion in #SouthernAlaska
"This short documentary by Anna Hoover of #BristolBay, #Alaska, presents the realities of coastal erosion by witnessing the experience of Bristol Bay community members. Interviews, local archives, and ancestral knowledge put the circumstances in stark relief, detailing the communities’ adjustments to the retreating coastline."
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhQZrBwQTI&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=6
#IndigenousKnowledge
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #AnimalProducts #Fishing #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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Saturday night as the moon rose above the Chugach Mountains ridge behind our house. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #Moon #MoonRise
Saturday night as the moon rose above the Chugach Mountains ridge behind our house. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #Moon #MoonRise
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**Tears of joy alert!!! "On Alaska's frozen shoreline, oil rig workers made a discovery that stopped them cold—a walrus calf, alone and wailing, separated from his mother in waters over 50 miles away. Most walrus pups don't survive 24 hours without maternal contact. This one had already been crying for days.
The Alaska SeaLife Center team didn't hesitate. They designed something unprecedented: round-the-clock "cuddle therapy." Staff members now work in rotating shifts, bottle-feeding every three hours while cradling the 85-pound infant against their chests, mimicking the constant warmth he'd know from his mother. They hum. They rock. They never leave him alone. The transformation has been miraculous. Within weeks, the calf—who arrives limp and dehydrated—now nuzzles into his caregivers' arms, makes happy chirping sounds, and has gained 12 pounds. He recognizes voices. He reaches for familiar faces. Sometimes survival is just about showing up with love."
#Alaska #AlaskaSeaLifeCenter #WalrusPup #Love
**Tears of joy alert!!! "On Alaska's frozen shoreline, oil rig workers made a discovery that stopped them cold—a walrus calf, alone and wailing, separated from his mother in waters over 50 miles away. Most walrus pups don't survive 24 hours without maternal contact. This one had already been crying for days.
The Alaska SeaLife Center team didn't hesitate. They designed something unprecedented: round-the-clock "cuddle therapy." Staff members now work in rotating shifts, bottle-feeding every three hours while cradling the 85-pound infant against their chests, mimicking the constant warmth he'd know from his mother. They hum. They rock. They never leave him alone. The transformation has been miraculous. Within weeks, the calf—who arrives limp and dehydrated—now nuzzles into his caregivers' arms, makes happy chirping sounds, and has gained 12 pounds. He recognizes voices. He reaches for familiar faces. Sometimes survival is just about showing up with love."
#Alaska #AlaskaSeaLifeCenter #WalrusPup #Love
Dear journalists, it is still possible to be honorable. Give it a try.
@dangillmor I wish there were a link to the previous version of the article, but a current link would do so I could find it in the internet archive.
Kudos to those journalists for standing up for themselves and shame on the corporation for claiming the article fell short of any particular standards. What a load of Elk Manure.