Outdoors Alaska

Seavey says he sued knife maker to get blade off market

Iditarod musher Mitch Seavey, facing criticism for suing a knife-maker over a 2011 accident on the Iditarod Trail, said the lawsuit is not about money: "My goal is to get the knife off the market," he said.

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Parnell proclaims June 'Safety Month'

Gov. Sean Parnell has signed a proclamation declaring June to be "Safety Month." This is to coincide with the National Safety Council's National Safety Month.

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Troopers hike enforcement in safety corridors this weekend

With the start of Memorial Day weekend, Alaska State Troopers are stepping up enforcement in the four safety corridors across the state from now until July 1.

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King salmon forecast promising despite cloudy, cold rivers

There's good and bad news for holiday-weekend fishing. First, the bad: It looks as though last winter's record snowfall has kept a few rivers colder than usual and off-color. The good news is that the first reports seem to forecast an average or better year for kings, and the halibut and trout fishing...

2 days ago
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Officials try new methods to curb pike on Kenai Peninsula

An electric fence and water cannon will be part of an effort this summer to control invasive northern pike in a lake on the Kenai Peninsula.

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Lingering snow affects visitor services at Exit Glacier

National Park Service officials say more snow than usual is lingering in the Exit Glacier area northwest of Seward.

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2 Denali wolves killed in buffer zone, setting off public outcry

Conservationists are demanding an immediate halt to wolf trapping around Denali National Park after two primary breeding females from the park's best-known pack died, one of them killed by a trapper operating just outside the park's boundary.

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Families sue over deaths of commercial Inlet clam diggers

The families of five clam diggers who died in a boat accident last year in Cook Inlet are suing the seafood company the men worked for, charging negligence over safety equipment and training.

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Heavily loaded boat, rough seas worried at least one clammer

Before a skiff loaded with men and razor clams motored from a muddy Cook Inlet beach last week, one of the clam diggers saw the potential for danger and decided to walk back to camp, troopers say.

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Five commercial clam harvesters perish in Cook Inlet

The Coast Guard found the bodies of two missing clam diggers Wednesday near a beach on the west side of Cook Inlet, raising the death toll to five after a skiff disappeared.

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Bald eagle is euthanized after being shot in the elbow

Alaska Raptor Center officials in Sitka say a bald eagle that had been shot had to be euthanized.

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