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.
Delegation supports CARES Act assistance to Alaska Native corporations
Alaska’s congressional delegation has filed an amicus brief in support of granting Alaska Native corporations’ eligibility for tribal assistance appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Electronic monitoring grants will benefit Alaska fisheries
Two Alaska fisheries are among the beneficiaries of new national grants to modernize data management systems to ensure sustainable fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands through electronic monitoring.
ANTHC gets federal grant to combat coastal erosion
Funds totally nearly $1.4 million have been awarded to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to combat coastal flooding and erosion in remote Alaska Native communities as the climate continues to warm.
Whales are a multi-million-dollar economic driver in Alaska
A new study from NOAA Fisheries highlights the economic importance of whales to Alaska, not as a source of blubber, meat and baleen, but as a tourism attraction. Over half a million visitors to the state in 2019 alone spending an estimated $86 million on whale watching tours, and the overall economic impact doesn’t end there.
Update: COVID-19 infection total in Alaska reaches 35,325
Update: Infections from the novel coronavirus pandemic care continuing their rapid spread throughout Alaska, with 756 new cases.
USACE denies critical permit for proposed Pebble mine
A final federal decision issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denies a critical clean water permit for the proposed Pebble mine, leaving out on a limb a project fought over in public hearings and court battles for well over a decade.
Farewell to Sen. Kerttula, a good friend of Cordova
A child of the Great Depression who rose to become the Speaker of the House and later president of the Senate in the Alaska Legislature, Jalmar Kerttula had a passion for his adopted state, and a special place in his heart for Cordova.
Copper River project wins USDA award
A project of the Cordova Ranger District Copper River Watershed Enhancement Partnership has won the Chugach National Forest 2020 Chief’s Award for its work to identify and replace under-sized culverts in the Copper River watershed.
Congress to take up safeguarding fisheries
U.S. Coast Guard capability to safeguard national interests and promote economic security in the Arctic will be the subject of a congressional hearing on Dec. 8, one in which Alaska’s commercial fishing entities have a special concern.
BB tribes want a voice in long term regional protections
United Tribes of Bristol Bay say a request for a regional leadership meeting with Sen. Lisa Murkowski to discuss long-term protections for the area has to date been unanswered.
