More than 20 years ago, when the Tlingit residents of Hoonah in coastal Alaska decided to build a ... now based on Chichagof Island, about 35 miles west of Juneau. Community leaders considered ...

The Limited Entry Act was created to manage open-access chaos. When Alaska gained statehood in 1959, there were no limits to who could fish. This led to ballooning participation, and by the early ...

At the time of contact, they were the most numerous of the Alaska Native groups. Communities stretched from Prince William Sound on the north Pacific Coast to St. Lawrence Island in the central ...

The village of Shishmaref, in Northern Alaska, may have to be relocated due to rising temperatures, thawing permafrost, and rapid coastal erosion. Denis, who has lived here for 20 years ...

Erin Kirkland Named for former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, who spearheaded the project, the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back paved trail winding its way from downtown Anchorage ...

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...

(B, L, D) Day 6: September 5 — Petersburg: We visit the small Alaska fishing town of Petersburg on Mitkof Island today, which still retains much of its Norwegian heritage. We’ll explore a unique ...

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official ...