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.
ComFish 2017: From fish politics to EM
From fish politics to new products to an update on electronic monitoring in commercial fisheries, ComFish Alaska 2017 brought together an eclectic group of...
BOF approves PWS tanner crab harvest strategy
Harvest strategies for tanner crab fisheries in Prince William Sound have been approved by the Alaska Board of Fisheries, clearing the way for commercial,...
Bill would add state fish, wildlife habitat protections
Bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, calls for new permits for the protection of fish and game habitat.HB 199, co-sponsored by Rep....
Hilcorp agrees to temporary shutdown of Cook Inlet production
In the aftermath of discussions with Gov. Bill Walker regarding the company’s gas lien leak in Cook Inlet, Hilcorp Alaska executives have agreed to...
Northern Edge 2017 begins May 1
On the eve of war games in early May in the Gulf of Alaska, officials at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage are preparing for...
Mitch Seavey honored as the oldest, fastest winner
Fifty-seven-year-old Mitch Seavey, the oldest and fastest winner ever of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, claimed $71,250 in prize money and a $40,000...
Spectacled eider project will estimate global population
A new Interior Department research project, to include the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, will estimate the global population of threatened spectacled eiders, and...
House Republican health plan would hit Alaska hard
A new report by a national nonpartisan research and policy institute says Alaska would suffer the biggest cuts to tax credits of any state...
Legislation aims to combat state’s opioid epidemic
Legislation introduced by Gov. Bill Walker to combat the state’s growing drug epidemic includes several proposed charges in the way opioids would be prescribed...
Increased commercial harvest anticipated in 2017
State fisheries biologists are projecting a statewide salmon catch of 204 million fish for 2017, including average size commercial harvests of 41 million sockeyes...
