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.
Disaster declaration sought for SE salmon harvesters
Five legislators from Southeast Alaska, citing poor salmon returns and a pandemic related market crash, are urging Gov. Mike Dunleavy to seek a disaster declaration from the federal government.
Pebble mine backers say deposit includes rare earth mineral
A new technical report released by backers of the Pebble mine project includes a revised mineral resource estimate that concludes the deposit has the world’s single most significant source of rhenium, one of the rarest elements in Earth’s crust.
World’s deadliest catch crab fisheries open on Oct. 15
Commercial fishing for an abundance of Bering Sea snow crab, and much smaller quotas of Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea Tanner crab gets under way Oct. 15. Harvesters will be mindful of the usual dangers at sea, plus costly pandemic health mandates.
Update: Pandemic spread in triple digits for 20th day
Update: A surge in the spread of COVID-19 in Alaska continues with numbers in the triple digits for a 20th consecutive day, with 157 new cases boosting the overall number of cases to 11,039.
Trump administration plan would open Tongass to logging
A Trump administration decision to eliminate the Roadless Rule and open 9 million acres of Tongass National Forest to logging and road construction is drawing praise from Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Alaska’s congressional delegation, and condemnation from conservationists.
USGS funded to map Alaska for critical minerals projects
Federal funds totaling $1.13 million have been allocated for mapping and geophysical surveys by the U.S. Geological Survey and Association of American State Geologists for critical minerals projects in Alaska.
Researchers aim to improve coastal storm surge forecasting
As winter approaches every year residents of coastal western Alaska brace for severe storms, relying on weather forecasters to give them adequate warning in isolated communities, where sudden storms have caught many off guard and at times led to death.
NOAA Fisheries study shows wind influence in GOA Pollock abundance
As Bob Dylan famously said "you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" — Particularly if you’re a juvenile Pollock in the Gulf of Alaska.
Update: COVID-19 cases continue rise, statewide count at 9,861
Update: Fourteen straight days of triple-digit increases of newly infected people put Alaska’s overall COVID-19 patient total at 9,861 on Wednesday, Oct. 7, including 8,878 residents and 983 nonresidents, state health officials said.
Gulf research project will focus on fisheries, fishing communities
Federal fisheries researchers will embark on an Oct. 1 new ecosystem-based fishery management project in the Gulf of Alaska.
