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.
EPA decision on Bristol Bay area mine could doom project
An Environmental Protection Agency decision blocking the proposed Pebble Mine at a site abutting the Bristol Bay watershed could spell an end...
Above average run of kings forecast for Copper River
Early state forecasts for the Copper River - Prince William Sound region commercial fisheries are bright for Chinook salmon in the Copper...
Participants sought to test electronic logbooks in Gulf of Alaska
Real Time Data — a software firm bent on revolutionizing the collection, reporting and management of commercial fishing — is looking for...
Coast Guard evacuates injured fishermen near Dutch Harbor
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew, forward deployed to Cold Bay from Kodiak, evacuated a mariner with a hand injury on...
Pat Simpson honored for research to repurpose plastic ocean wastes
An innovative engineer with Cordova roots is being recognized by the Alaska SeaLife Center for his work to create plastic-based lumber from...
Tanner crab fishermen want higher price for their catch
Tanner crab harvesters, whose catch is being offered at $2.50 a pound in the Kodiak area compared to $8.30 a pound a...
SE Alaska trollers speak out to protect fisheries
Southeast Alaska trollers engaged in a fight to continue winter and summer commercial Chinook salmon fisheries say they have reduced their king...
Long-lasting toxic chemicals found in bodies of endangered killer whales
Canadian researchers examining the bodies of Southern Resident orca whales stranded along the coast of British Columbia have found toxic chemicals used...
Challenges to clean fisheries habitat plagues Puget Sound
A legal challenge to two permits that would allow industrial animal feeding operations to continue discharging waste into Washington state’s salmon rich...
Prefiled bills would allow for taxing of new commercial fisheries
Among the nearly three dozen bills filed in the Alaska House of Representatives ahead of the legislative session beginning on Jan. 17...
Update from the CPD – Feb. 27 – Mar. 3
The following incidents were reported to the Cordova Police Department between Feb. 27 and March 3. Any charges reported in these press...
