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.
USACE upholds denial of permit critical for development of Pebble Mine
A decision to deny a key permit needed to develop a major copper, gold and molybdenum mine abutting the Bristol Bay watershed in Southwest...
New analysis of high seas salmon surveys compiles decades of data
A new analysis integrating international salmon studies from the North Pacific Ocean, that date back to the 1950s, is giving fisheries researchers new insight...
Cordova farmers will collaborate on UAF climate change project
Three sea farmers in Cordova will collaborate with University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) researchers investigating climate change effects on culturally and commercially important marine...
Peter Pan Seafoods halts operations at processing plants
Officials at Peter Pan Seafoods in Anchorage have reached an agreement with Silver Bay Seafoods to operate Peter Pan’s facilities in Port Moller and...
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...
