Margaret Bauman
Margaret Bauman is a veteran Alaska journalist focused on covering fisheries and environmental issues. Bauman has been writing for The Cordova Times since 2010. You can reach her at fisheriesreporter@gmail.com.
Federal fisheries regulators still in early stages of wrestling with salmon bycatch
Federal fisheries regulators tasked with mediating conflicts over salmon bycatch in the groundfish fisheries between trawlers and commercial and subsistence salmon harvesters have updated...
Processing plant sales may impact seafood processing jobs
Seafood processing plants put up for sale by companies trying to stay financially afloat amidst challenging global markets are expected to have an impact...
School district may seek city aid
Cordova School District and its school board may be looking to the city of Cordova again soon for additional funding to help pay for...
Larger BSA needed just to keep up with inflation
Education finances remain in a state of flux, with Cordova’s school budget facing a huge deficit, as legislators battle with a governor determined to...
OBI wants out of setnet purchases of Alitak district salmon
OBI Seafoods has told set netters in the Alitak District they will not be buying their fish where they are harvested on the south...
Budget cuts leave Cordova School District facing tough choices
Cordova School District officials were meeting last week to begin making tough budget choices after legislators failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of...
Federal courts face another Groundhog Day in the Pebble mine saga
It’s Groundhog Day all over again in the federal court system over the fate of a proposed copper, gold and molybdenum mine in an...
Baywide inshore run forecast is 37.9M sockeye salmon
State fisheries biologists are forecasting a run of 37.9 million fish coming into Bristol Bay this summer, with a potential inshore surplus of 25...
Trident Seafoods in process of closing sales on three plants
Officials with Trident Seafoods say they are close to finalizing sales of seasonally operated processing facilities at False Pass, Petersburg and Ketchikan, saying these...
BSA boost in legislation sent to governor poses challenge for Cordova School District
Educators statewide, including the Cordova School District (CSD), are somewhat on hold in budget development for the coming year, waiting to see whether Gov....
