New mobile app offers increased accessibility of Bristol Bay Native place names
The free Geographic Information System (GIS) map-based app, available in the iOS App Store, allows users to click on locations throughout Bristol Bay to learn their names in languages including Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, Dena’ina, and Yup’ik. Users can also listen to audio pronunciations of many names and test their knowledge with quizzes.
BLM names Steven Cohn as Alaska state director
Cohn will be responsible for overseeing management of 70 million surface acres and 220 million acres of federal subsurface mineral estate.
BLUE GLOBE Act would promote stronger maritime workforce
Legislation aimed at giving NOAA Cooperative Institutes a stronger focus on technology advancement is moving through Congress, in an effort by Sen. Lisa Murkowski,...
Anchorage, Fairbanks airports honored for snow, ice control
Major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks have been honored for excellence in the performance of snow and ice control.The Northeast Chapter of the American...
Limited progress seen to date on relocating villages threatened by climate change
Federal agencies provided millions of dollars from 2016 through 2020 to repair infrastructure in Alaska Native villages damaged by climate change, but a number of threatened villages received no aid at all and need to be protected, the Government Accountability Office says.
Photographer James Barker honored by Rasmuson Foundation
Fairbanks photographer James H. Barker, who is well known for his extensive work among Alaska Native peoples, is being honored as the Rasmuson Foundation’s 2022 Distinguished Artist. Barker is the 19th Alaskan named by the foundation as a distinguished artist and the first photographer to receive the award.
Dahlstrom joins Dunleavy re-election campaign
The Dunleavy administration on Monday, May 23, announced that former Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom had joined his reelection campaign effort to be Alaska’s next lieutenant governor.
Dementia awareness legislation passes Legislature
Legislation introduced by Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, that creates a dementia awareness and early detection campaign and builds healthcare capacity to meeting the growing number of dementia cases in Alaska has passed the Legislature and awaits the governor’s signature.
EPA proposes new Clean Water Act restrictions for Bristol Bay
Federal environmental protection officials are planning a public review and comment period on a revised proposed determination under the Clean Water Act to prohibit and restrict use of certain areas of the Bristol Bay watershed for disposal of materials from the Pebble mine.
HB 322 protects future funds for marine highway, scholarships
House Bill 322, designed to protect funding sources for the Alaska Marine Highway and higher education scholarships, has passed the Legislature and now awaits Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s signature.
