Check out the links below to read about Alaska’s wildlife and habitat in the news during July 2022!
The spirit of the whale: Utqiaġvik celebrates Nalukataq with feast and dancing | Anchorage Daily News, Alena Naiden
4 bears killed after getting into tents at Anchorage campground abruptly opened to homeless | Alaska Public Media, Casey Grove
US agency to study expanding critical habitat in Alaska for rare North Pacific right whales | Alaska Public Media, Mark Thiessen
Pebble Project camp destroyed in wildfire | Alaska News Source, Joey Klecka
Alaska birdwatching is a big money-maker and presents opportunities for rural areas, study says | The Midnight Sun, Yereth Rosen
A creeping mass of insect larvae near a Denali lodge raises the question: ‘Am I hallucinating?’ | Anchorage Daily News, Morgan Krakow
Bristol Bay commercial sockeye salmon catch shatters record | Anchorage Daily News, Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
Watch live: The Katmai bear cams are back | Anchorage Daily News
Farmed for their fur or taken as pets, raccoons aren’t indigenous to Alaska, but they have a long and interesting history | Anchorage Daily News, David Reamer
Bristol Bay’s sockeye run is already the biggest on record | Anchorage Daily News, Isabelle Ross, KDLG Dillingham
Working for Wildlife; Short films highlight wildlife research | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Riley Woodford
How are the Deer? Surveys offer insights | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Riley Woodford and Abby McAllister
I found a baby bird! | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Arin Underwood
Belugas spotted in lake 20 miles inland from Dillingham | Alaska Public Media, Isabelle Ross, KDGL
Diesel sheen from beached tender prompts brief Bristol Bay fishing closure near Naknek | Anchorage Daily News
Another bear killed at East Anchorage city campground repurposed for homeless residents | Anchorage Daily News, Zachariah Hughes
Remembering Romeo, the Wolf that Stayed | Alaska Magazine, Nick Jans
Birdwatchers spend more and stay longer than other Alaska tourists, study says | Alaska Public Media, Claire Stremple, KTOO
Western mining boom puts salmon species at risk, study warns | The Globe and Mail, Ivan Semeniuk
Low Kenai River king counts close sport and set-net fisheries, again | Alaska Public Media, Sabine Poux, KDLL
It began as a typical ferry ride in Kachemak Bay. Then a minke whale went airborne. | Anchorage Daily News, Morgan Krakow
Wolves in Southeast Alaska Face Pressures From All Sides | Alaska Magazine, Sean Nielson
Alaska is experiencing wildfire behavior it’s never seen before | Anchorage Daily News, Mark Thiessen, Associated Press
The Bristol Bay sockeye run was record-setting, but there are plenty of factors that go into a successful fishing season | Anchorage Daily News, John Schandelmeier
Catch limits increase as sockeye runs hit highs on Kenai and Kasilof rivers | Anchorage Daily News, Sabine Poux KDLL
Evidence of invasive crab that could wreak havoc on Alaska fisheries found near Metlakatla | KTOO, Eric Stone, KRBD
'We don't want more food stamps, we just want our way of life.' Low chum numbers disrupt Yukon River residents' lifestyles | KYUK, Olivia Ebertz
Brown bear eating trash killed in southeast Alaska city | Seattle Times, Associated Press
Cook Inlet fishermen sue over set-net closures | Alaska Public Media, Sabine Poux, KDLL
Birding, a fast-growing tourism draw in Alaska, brings visitors to Utqiaġvik | Anchorage Daily News, Alena Naiden
The Aleutian tern may be Alaska’s most imperiled seabird | KTOO, Claire Stremple
Historic musk ox hunt to open on North Slope | Anchorage Daily News, Alena Naiden
For the first time, live invasive green crabs have been found in Alaska | Alaska Public Media, Raegan Miller, KRBD
